Loopnet

[Greg B.]

Howdy gents. With my history of rental properties I occasionally toy with the idea of getting into commercial rental property(apartments). I can see some pros/cons about making the jump, so I just haven't really tried yet.

I have been a subscriber of Loopnet in the past and really wasn't impressed by most of the listings. They had a huge amount of volume but nothing I ran numbers on made any sense to my and my spreadsheets. So I canceled the subscription. I do check in from time to time and still not thrilled with what I see.

So now I have this little lady from Loopnet calling me every month trying to get me to subscribe again. I will say she is working hard for her sales commission but I'm not taking the bait. She is claiming they have a new database search engine and now they have off market listings that reveal a lot of relevant information.

I told her I wouldn't subscribe but I would ask about the new features on the forum. If the features are that good then they would pay for themselves and I would be subscribing pretty quickly.

So here I am asking, has anyone used the new Loopnet features? Are they worth their money?