Q. I don't want to waste my time duplicating what somebody else already has. You could concentrate on putting up your inventory, and provide links to outside information sources, but the consumer will bookmark their site, not yours. In reviewing some of your ratings, it appears that you have a thing against image maps. A. Not necessarily.
Image maps do take longer to download.
If you use them, make sure they are worth the wait. A. Let's say your home page boasts national property listings, and you have this absolutely gorgeous image map of the entire country. If I, or anyone else visiting your site, takes the time to wait for this map to download, I'm going to expect to be able to use the map to look for properties. There are some 700,000 WEB sites out there. Be honest with your visitors.