We have been telling our MLS clients and showing them how it will benefit them, and the response is extremely positive. RETS is a database standard that enables an MLS database to be compatible with a database in other cities, such as Dallas, even though the data are different. An ocean view property is a definition, but the data in the markets are all distinctive and unique to their own conditions. It seems logical, but they are uniquely different. An ocean view is the same, but an ocean view of the Intercoastal is different than an ocean view of the Atlantic.
Every market has their own local preferences, and that is what has to be remembered.
RETS enables that and translates that into other applications and other markets. Its a universal connection language. We allow our current clients to significantly lower their costs of doing business. One benefit to MLS clients is the ability to leverage our technology investments and not have to operate their own independent infrastructures. Today we have a number of MLSs who are connected to VistaInfo and its central host systems and they are operating on a lower cost basis as a result.