Playbook14 min
Launching a marketplace: the 90-day plan
Registration, verification, data enrollment, brand setup, and the first-listing checklist, sequenced into a realistic quarter.
In preparation
Resource library
Guides for people building a marketplace
Practical writing about the parts of this business that are genuinely hard: data rights, settlement fees, state compliance, and pricing a platform so partners do not resent it.
These are the planned first releases, not published articles
We would rather show you an empty shelf than six cards that link to nothing. The titles below are written, in review, or queued, and each one will appear here with a real article behind it. Until then, the fastest way to get these answers is to ask us directly on a call.
Ask us insteadGuide12 min
Rental compliance: screening, fees, and deposits by jurisdiction
FCRA consent and adverse action notices, published screening criteria, application fee caps, and the states and cities where renter fees are banned or phased out.
In preparation
Brief9 min
Off-market listings without breaking the filing rules
Office exclusives, the seller disclosure, the one-business-day clock, and why the exposure limits on a gated listing are an MLS setting rather than a guess.
In preparation
Brief8 min
Structuring settlement and provider fees without referral exposure
A plain-language primer on why per-order and per-referral fees need review, and the flat-fee structure the dashboard enforces. Not legal advice.
In preparation
Guide11 min
MLS and IDX data rights for marketplace operators
What each MLS agreement controls, why display rules differ per feed, and how to structure per-tenant data licenses.
In preparation
Technical13 min
Designing RBAC for a multi-sided marketplace
Role definitions across tenant admin, branch, agent, property manager, consumer, investor, lender, and external parties — and where each scope boundary belongs.
In preparation
Coverage
What the library will cover
Four areas, in the order partners tend to hit them.
Marketplace launch
- Choosing your first module
- Partner paperwork and verification
- Branding, domains, and disclosures
- Seeding inventory before launch day
Data and licensing
- MLS and IDX rights explained
- Proprietary and off-market supply
- Co-mingling restrictions and display rules
- Public records and licensed datasets
Transaction operations
- Designing your pipeline stages
- Deadline and contingency automation
- Multi-state disclosure packets
- Settlement integration patterns
Business model
- Pricing a marketplace
- Fee structures and referral risk
- Commission splits and payout reconciliation
- Measuring net revenue retention
Next step
Get the answers before the articles exist
Every question on this page has come up on a real call. Bring yours and we will answer them against your actual markets and inventory rather than in the abstract.