There have been many sign ups to the virtual tour software initiative these past few months.

The amount of e-mails is getting overwhelming for me so I have decided to charge for "customer service".

The software will remain FREE. However, if you have any questions the $39.99 will get you e-mail support, access to flash tutorials and a forum.

Please let me know what you think about this.

First of all lets see how wikipedia define a blog:

A blog (a portmanteau of web log) is a website where entries are written in chronological order and commonly displayed in reverse chronological order. "Blog" can also be used as a verb, meaning to maintain or add content to a blog.

What are the pro's and con's of real estate blogs:

Pro's

• Free CMS (content management systems available)

• CMS allows for immediate publishing of data (posts and pages) on to blog.

• Easy to install.

• Inexpensive

• In general, SEO (Search Engine Optimization) friendly

• Constantly updated (good for SEO)

• Interactivity with prospective clients

• Blog's have personalities unlike static web pages.

So you're thinking of having your own real estate website? You find all the information on the Internet, you've found a company that develops templated websites, custom real estate websites or a freelancer from your community that you personally know and can get your site done.

You find yourself agonized by all the options you have available. From websites that cost you $15,000 dollars with fully integrated CRM systems and SEO systems with so many acronyms that its driving your crazy! To website that costs you a couple hundred dollars.

What should you do? How do you evaluate whats good or not?