06/09/2009 - User-friendly IDX Search Tools Supply Consumers with the Most Comprehensive and Unique Real Estate Search on the Web

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June 9, 2009

EUGENE, ORE. – The IDX, Inc. team is happy to announce today the addition of Jim Scartz with John R. Wood real estate, in joining the elite rank of real estate professionals opting to give the search functions of their websites an advantage over their competition, by incorporating the highly customizable IDX Broker software. This modernized Internet Data Exchange (IDX) technology will not only advance and improve the real estate search for prospective home buyers, but they will also be able to view thousands of the most up-to-date property listings on the Naples, Florida real estate market, with IDX Broker's capabilities of taking raw listing data from the Sunshine MLS (SSMLS), and displaying the information onto Scartz's site in an easily searchable format.

Through five distinguishable and comprehensive search categories, such as: basic, advanced, map, address and listing ID, potential home buyers can experience a truly elaborate and user-friendly online real estate search. The map search, being the most unique, enables home seekers to locate their chosen property on an interactive Google Map. They may then exercise this information to judge their closeness to nearby main roads, landmarks, malls, parks, school districts, neighborhoods, convenience locations and other cities, to justify if this is a place they could envision themselves residing, and eventually referring to as “home”.

The ability to edit the look, layout, design and format, as well as which search options will be displayed for his clients to browse, is achievable for Scartz through an administrative login dashboard, providing him with the resources necessary to develop an online real estate business that has its own sense of individuality and personalization. He has the capabilities to expand his brand name, as well as increase the visibility of his listings throughout the web, by creating custom XML and RSS codes and dynamic title tags. Scartz also has access to daily MLS updates, coming directly from the SSMLS, regarding property additions and removals from the Naples, Florida real estate market, as well as price increase and decreases. Each of these tools aide Scartz in managing his online real estate business more efficiently.

About Jim Scartz

“With 25 years of award-winning real estate experience, Jim knows that his job is to provide clients with personalized service, not just to make a sale. He has personally helped buyers and sellers close over 1,000 transaction sides. Jim is past President of the Bonita-Springs-Estero Association of Realtors. Originally from Columbus Ohio, Jim earned a B. S. degree in Finance from The Ohio State University in 1973. He joined John R. Wood Realtors in 1999. “

About IDX, Inc.

Based in Eugene, Oregon, IDX Inc. is nationally known as a leading provider of real estate search applications. IDX, Inc. manages over $1 trillion worth of active listings data from over 275 Multiple Listings Services (MLS). IDX Broker is IDX, Inc.’s principle real estate software utility. The easy to manage and customizable software helps real estate professionals display home listing data from their multiple listing service (MLS) on their individual and/or office websites. For more information on the services provided by IDX, Inc. please visit www.idxbroker.com.