GMB/Map for Realtor with no Business Address

[bantam75]

Hi,

I have a client who has asked me to do some local SEO work on his new site.

I'm not 100% sure what to do.

He's in a pretty small town and he mentioned there were 110 other agents in his area, but when I looked on Google Maps, I saw only 12. So I thought it would be a great idea to get him showing on the map.

However he's self-employed and it turns out that he's licensed through an estate agency, so he gives out their address officially.

That agency is already on Google Maps.

So I wanna know what my/his best course of action is.

 

[DoyleDuncan]

For a home-based realtor, you can set up a Google My Business profile as a service area business and hide the physical address. That should let them appear in local maps without needing a separate storefront. Did the agency's existing listing cause any verification problems?

 

[DoyleDuncan]

For a home-based realtor, you can set up a Google My Business profile as a service area business and hide the physical address. That should let them appear in local maps without needing a separate storefront. Did the agency's existing listing cause any verification problems?

p.s. you can set up a service area business for the realtor and hide their home address. That will let them appear in local search without conflicting with the agency.