I think there is a balance between mass produced websites and custom websites. A mass produced website is often times harder to get natural search engine results as the website may seem similar to others within the same industry and search engines do not like duplicate content.
RealEstate.NET is currently in beta (tech talk for testing) and you can join free as a beta member. Once a full version 1 is released agents / brokers that signup as beta members will be provided with a standard membership free (as a bonus for joining during beta).
While individual websites maybe significantly different from those that are purely template based they do have the disadvantage of being independent from community marketing activities.
RealEstate.NET will be providing members with free inclusion within a real estate search facility so agents / brokers can upload a listing and tick a box for it to appear within our marketing efforts. This will be a free service and there is no additional cost for leads generated etc.
If you interested please join today at
https://realestate.net/
Any feedback would be appreciated, I am a developer for RealEstate.NET working on aspects of it's version 1, which will include many new features and improvements on the several existing features.
In response to some of the questions above, RealEstate.NET does offer a secure connection (just change the
http://realestate.net to
https://realestate.net
Databases are backed up daily, a sub-domain name is provided (
http://username.realestate.net) as well as an @realestate.net e-mail address that automatically forwards to the e-mail you use to signup. But you can connect your own custom domain names again FREE by following the instructions within your member area.