Not necessarily. I think if the only way to make your business work is to start off by manipulating your customers, that's a problem. I would suggest one possible alternative is to target sellers and give them the tools they need to easily list their home and promote that listing off the platform. If sellers can see the value add, it shouldn't matter so much that there's no existing listings in their area.
michaelmior.You are correct, for the most part. If the only way to make the business work was to manipulate the customer we would not be doing PropBox. We believe being transparent with our customers is the way. I'm curious if you spent any time on PropBox, because it does exactly what you suggest it must do. We promote the buyer and seller working together with commomly shared data to reach the common goal - a successful transaction. Take a peek if you have time and tell me what you think. PropBox.co Thanks fro yoru comments. Richard