Over the last two weeks I have had the pleasure to speak with various agents around the county discussing ideas and implementation of real estate websites. It is clearer than ever that the future  real estate agent will posses a vast knowledge of the internet and web lead generation will be standard among top producing agents. The current knowledge of  agents is unbelievable, understanding SEO techniques and technical problems with I frames and wrappers.  Many agents are now in the developing era of real estate technology, they do not want to be cornered by a template system or be told they cannot develop custom functionality. I heard many great ideas from these agents, concepts and issues I have never thought about as a developer or a real estate agent. Real estate agents are catching on to the power of customization. They want the control and flexibility but many do not want the headache of managing and developing these complex systems. For Galtlinedesign it was a great opportunity to sell our service as the custom IDX RETS provider, only time will tell but I think we are on to something big.