Embrace the suck.Agents - We put the carrot on a stick, you find us a deal and we can talk about selling/trading one of our other properties. 

My opinion: Does SEO with a good carrot site work, yes it does!

Now, I just need the appropriate carrot/stick to port this to Java or Perl or something else more timely.

This would be like buying a new car from a Yugoslavian car company....THE PRICE WAS RIGHT, BUT...Consider the Investor Carrot sites at oncarrot.com - their stuff is also not expensive but it's clean design and current technology.

But it opens up the time v money debate.If I was a newer investor on a tight budget I wouldn't use investor carrot or investorfuse unless I had a large budget.  

I actually just signed up with Investor Carrot and looking to invest a lot of time into the SEO of my website.

I really like the carrot for a two year lease idea.  

If you are looking for something generic, check out investor carrot.  

I think it creates a carrot on the end of the stick effect.

I have a website on Investor carrot and our email services on Yahoo.