The main advantages of this practice are that you can communicate with larger numbers of people simultaneously, and much of the work can be automated by designing a web page with a sign-up link and an auto responder.

Its strictly a traffic play with hopes that we get massive amount of hits later down the road.

Ryan - if you post your e-mail on the web, you will begin to receive a lot of spam.

Your property will now be highlighted to our members and will be syndicated across the web in our feeds.Additionally, members can elect to be notified of properties that fit certain criteria, and as they are added to the site, you'll be notified in your Dashboard (also where you add your notifications).Stop by and check it out!

I've seen several other guru's with similar web sites.

@Dan Demers @Peter Kolat The whole goal of Google Adwords is to drive quality traffic to your website.

One of the most important factors in retail commercial is traffic count combined with road access.For other types of commercial (industrial, manufacturing, etc), the most important factor is zoning combined with supply.The size of the parcel and how much developement it will need affect the price greatly.

Mike, I am the owner of a web development firm.

Jim,Welcome to the online community that is Web 2.0 for REI.

It looks great ( www.885swamp.com ), gets the viewer a ton of info, I can track hits and it gets a ton of traffic...my rider and all my advertising steers traffic towards the site.