| New Alabama Relocation Network makes debut | | | | their property statewide. |
| A new network of websites which features the | | | | This is the first time in the history of real estate that |
| largest 494 cities in Alabama will make it's debut | | | | geographic boundaries have been erased. In the past, |
| statewide in December. Called the ePartners Network, | | | | agents and brokers have worked in certain geographic |
| the statewide web will make it easier for consumers | | | | areas and basically limited themselves to that area, |
| to find properties all across the state of Alabama. In | | | | even though they were licensed to do business |
| particular, the major cities, Montgomery, Huntsville, | | | | anywhere in the state. Now, for the first time, those |
| Birmingham, and Mobile and their surrounding | | | | boundaries are gone. An agent licensed to do business |
| communities are linked and cross linked so consumers | | | | in the state can assist customers finding homes or |
| can easily search for homes and real estate from one | | | | locating a local agent from anywhere. |
| single location. | | | | This new network will be a plus for all real estate |
| The state affiliate Broker, Mike Carraway (Broker, | | | | ancillary services as well. Mortgage companies, |
| Access Realty), has already introduced the network to | | | | insurance companies, and others can now advertsie |
| real estate agents in Birmingham, Huntsville, Jasper, | | | | their services on the network either statewide or in a |
| Cullman, Hoover, Gulf Shores, Orange Beach, | | | | local community. |
| Montgomery, and several other Alabama cities. Each | | | | The ePartners Network will change the way that the |
| city has it's own site and weblog and an agent can | | | | real estate business is done in other ways as well. It |
| elect to be the exclusive real estate agent for their city | | | | will serve as the first statewide, and even nationwide, |
| to help consumers find what they want or to market | | | | platform for paperless real estate transactions. |