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I have no tech knowledge whatsoever. I want to build a craiglist.com type of site focused on RE. Can u help?

I have been in the real estate business since I graduated college four years ago, both in a sales and development capacity. I've worked in real estate in two major metropolitan markets, Miami and New York City. As a result of this experience and other insights, I feel that a craigslist.com type of website focused on Real Estate in a particular city, in Miami for starters, could become a huge community success. In short, I want to build a craigslist.com or plentyoffish.com type of website focused on real estate, but I don't have the tech knowledge to even get it off the ground. If I want to teach myself how to build a site such as the ones I mentioned in terms of functionality, how can I get started? What sites, tutorials, etc, do you reccommend? I know there is web design involved, some programming, you have the back and front end, Mysql, html, need a hosting company, need the code for forums, chat rooms, listings, etc. That's about the extent of my tech knowledge. Help.

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1. This is a tall order, but you could start with w3schools, there are a lot of good tutorials and examples there.
2. Find a local freelance web developer.
3. You could be years learning enough for this, it's a major project, there are already many sites which list multiple agencies' properties. I am surprised you do not know of these being in the business.
4. This idea you have is actually not very hard to accomplish, You can do it in .php. PHP is very simple to use, Contact me at KMyers @ K-Disk.com and I can arrange a space and mabey a sample to play arround with
5. Yes, many RE sites exist already; but this should not be a reason to stop you if you have a good idea to differentiate. (Do you research first though). I suggest you focus on the things you know: the RE business, how the site can make money, etc., and leave the technical part (databases, html, search engine, etc.) to a technical person. So partner with a technical person (or just raise money and pay a web designer/developer) and you will have a higher probability of success. Good luck.
6. Check w3schools.com Alternatively you can hire a web expert and set the whole things up in a few days. Do not pay a single cent before job is completed and you are satisfied. Check http://k.aplis.net/
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