[Cart-users] Trying to Get Started

[RETemp <re...@ca...>]

Hi, All--

I am a non-technical, RETS-virginal user in the Research & Economics of
the California Association of REALTORS. I would like to find out if Cart
is a good choice for meeting my simple needs, which I"ll describe.

Our department receives monthly housing data from about 90 Associations
of REALTORS (AORs) throughout California. We already have a system that
accepts Excel (.csv) files of MLS records as input. Each record contains
about 70 data fields such as property type, status of listing, selling
price, days on market, etc. Since many of the AORs are in the process of
installing RETS-compliant servers, we would like to begin collecting our
monthly data from them using a RETS client. Does Cart sound like a good
choice for this?=20

I have downloaded, installed, and launched Cart on my computer, and one
question already confronts me. Before giving me permission to access its
server (a Rapattoni MLS), the people who run the server want me to tell
them the value for "User-Agent" that my client is sending. What should I
tell them?

Perhaps the above question will give you all a clue of the other kinds
of questions that I will run into, and whether I have the technical
ability to use this application.

Thanks!

> Ron Pisaturo
> California Association of REALTORS(r)
> 525 South Virgil Avenue
> Los Angeles, California  90020
> Phone: (213) 739-8338=20
> Email: re...@ca...
>=20