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BajaGringo
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BajaMLS.org - Property Listing Service
When TalkBaja first moved to facebook a few years back, we began to get overrun with real estate ads and had to ban them. Our moderators have done a
pretty fair job of catching and deleting them but a few still manage to slip through on occasion. When they do, we have seen how they tend to draw a
fair amount of responses from interested members before we can delete them, putting us in the somewhat difficult position at times having to decide
how to handle such scenarios. Something needed to change.
It made me realize that there is a need for a comprehensive property listing service for Baja and although I was able to find an MLS system for Baja
California Sur, that service is only for real estate agents. Up here on the northern half of the peninsula there is no such regionally defined product
online although you can find 2 or 3 websites out there that many agents use, but not really designed for homeowners wanting to list their properties.
Craigslist might be the exception but is really not a very good platform for searching for real estate.
Having experience in helping friends and family working in real estate to build and manage their own listing pages, I decided to create a system
myself. Took me a few months of a lot of work but it is finally up and running.
How it will work
The system will allow for homeowners to list their Baja property for sale or for rent at no cost for up to 2 different properties. All you need to do
is once registered and logged in, is to request the free package from your profile page. Click the button to send and we will approve it quickly
during normal business hours.
I'll extend the free offer to BajaNomad members as well.
Once that is activated, you will receive an email notice and you can post your property for sale or rent as well as a vacation property. The site is
setup to work with HD images (up to 30 per property) and it requires resolutions of 1280x720 minimum.
Included in the software build is Google’s newest mapping tool to search by geolocation as well as an internal search engine keyed off of normal
real estate parameters. Also included are some special options tailored for Baja including land title status, lease fees, power (grid/offgrid), etc
and the mapping tool allows you to pinpoint the exact location of the property for buyers to see.
I have spent a lot of time to make the property listing form as user friendly as possible and I welcome your comments. I also hired a local tech who
will help me in managing the site and whose duties will include assisting users who have any problems. The system includes a builtin support system
where you can submit a support ticket for any questions or issues with the system.
It will be the ONLY real estate website that will be promoted to TalkBaja's members (38 thousand plus) and that alone should be a strong potential
buyer base. To help grow that audience I will be using a staff marketing rep to devote part of her time to share the site across facebook as well as
other social media platforms.
We've just gone online in the last few days but we're already seeing some good interest. I believe this will be a very successful website and you are
all welcome to use it.
Enjoy...
https://bajamls.org
[Edited on 7-8-2018 by BajaGringo]
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mjs
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Very nicely done. Should be a great benefit for buying and selling.
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fishbuck
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I need a small rental house in town. Near the surpermercado so I can ride my bicycle there.
Got any rental listings?
"A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for." J. A. Shedd.
A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it. – Albert Einstein
"Life's a Beach... and then you Fly!" Fishbuck
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BajaBlanca
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very cool! LOL fishbuck!
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redmercury
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The system will allow for homeowners to list their Baja property for sale or for rent at no cost for up to 2 different properties.
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Your comment says it is for homeowners, but on your website it says it is "For property owners and their agents." What steps are you taking to ensure
that real estate agents who use your site are reliable? As an example, I see there is an agent named Willie Bautista advertising many properties in
Rosarito on your web site. However, Willie Bautista, has no real estate license issued by SEDECO, which means it is illegal in Baja California for him
to act in any capacity as an agent in a real estate transaction. He is not even allowed to advertise real estate for sale.
As a minimum, you should vet the real estate agents and require they provide you with their real estate license number issued by SEDECO before
allowing them to post to your website.
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BajaGringo
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Hopefully so - thanks for the nice compliments...
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BajaGringo
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| Quote: Originally posted by fishbuck | I need a small rental house in town. Near the surpermercado so I can ride my bicycle there.
Got any rental listings? |
Nothing in town right now but a brand new listing just become available out here on the beach that I think would be PERFECT for you. Although I don't
think your bicycle would maneuver well on the sand...
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David K
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I love it!!!    
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AKgringo
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Is your brand new beach listing pet friendly? I understand that there may be a cleaning deposit required!
If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space!
"Could do better if he tried!" Report card comments from most of my grade school teachers. Sadly, still true!
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BajaBlanca
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Very nice first listing indeed
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BajaBlanca
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I just registered and noticed that professional was spelled with only one "s" when I went to list a property.
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David K
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Spanish word, maybe?
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BajaNomad
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Kudos!
When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.
– Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel
We know we must go back if we live, and we don`t know why.
– John Steinbeck, Log from the Sea of Cortez
Affordable Domain Name Registration/Management & cPanel Web Hosting:
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BajaNomad
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| Quote: Originally posted by BajaGringo | | Quote: Originally posted by fishbuck | I need a small rental house in town. Near the surpermercado so I can ride my bicycle there.
Got any rental listings? |
Nothing in town right now but a brand new listing just become available out here on the beach that I think would be PERFECT for you. Although I don't
think your bicycle would maneuver well on the sand...
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When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.
– Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel
We know we must go back if we live, and we don`t know why.
– John Steinbeck, Log from the Sea of Cortez
Affordable Domain Name Registration/Management & cPanel Web Hosting:
https://www.regionalinternet.com |
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BajaGringo
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I had caught that when running the site through the testing phase and remember adding it to the list of edits needed. I worked a lot of late nights
getting this done and a few things still slipped through. Just now corrected that finally - thanks!
Saw your login and I already approved you to post your free listings. Let me know if you have any questions or just open a support ticket on the
site...
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BajaGringo
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Thanks amigo...
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BajaGringo
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To give you an idea of what a listing would look like on the new site, here's a link to Mike and Pamela's listing for their Baja Dark Skies Inn.
Actually a very beautiful home and a steal at that price when you consider it comes with 1230 acres right next to San Pedro Martir National Park...
Baja Dark Skies Inn For Sale on BajaMLS.org
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caj13
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having trouble signing up. you have expired security stuff, and it keeps allowing me to sign up, but on verification, it says failed?
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David K
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caj13, note the date of the previous posts... Real estate listing is probably no longer available?
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SFandH
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| Quote: Originally posted by caj13 | | having trouble signing up. you have expired security stuff, and it keeps allowing me to sign up, but on verification, it says failed?
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Yes, according to my browser the website's security certificate expired 9 days ago.
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