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The Story Behind Dr Bill

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Hi, I'm Bill Bailey — aka Dr Bill.

Real-Estate-Agent-Lists.com isn't a company. It's me. One person, with a PhD in Information Systems and over 20 years of experience collecting, cleaning, and selling specialty data on the internet. I built this business from scratch and I still run every part of it — the data collection, the quality checks, the updates, and the customer support. When you buy a list from me, you're dealing directly with the person who made it.

I mention this because the list business has a trust problem. There are a lot of vendors selling recycled, outdated, or outright junk data behind generic websites with no name attached. You submit your credit card, download a file, and hope for the best. If the data is bad, good luck finding a human to talk to.

That's not how I operate. I've staked my name and reputation on data quality since 2002 and I'm not about to stop now.

How I Got Here

I've been obsessed with data for as long as I can remember. After earning a degree in Computer Science and Statistics at Florida State University, I went on to complete a PhD in Information Systems. (Yes, I really am Dr. Bill.) I spent six years as a college professor before jumping into the consulting world, building data-driven web applications — including some of the first dynamic websites on Microsoft's original web server back in 1997.

In 1999, I partnered on a dot-com venture. It failed. But in the process, I learned something valuable: how to systematically collect and organize professional data from the internet. That skill became the foundation of everything I've built since.

I launched my first data site in 2002, selling physician contact lists — one of the first (maybe the first) to offer specialty professional data at prices small businesses could actually afford. The business grew quickly as I expanded into dentists, chiropractors, lawyers, and eventually real estate agents.

I've been selling real estate agent lists at this site since 2006 — that's nearly 20 years of continuous operation, updates, and refinement. I also maintain Physician-Lists.com and Business-Lists.com.

What Makes My Lists Different

My real estate agent database currently covers over 2.1 million licensed agents across all 50 states and the District of Columbia, with contact data verified and updated on a regular schedule. I do two major data refreshes per year with monthly email cleaning in between. Every list purchase includes 12 months of free updates so your data stays current.

Because I control the entire pipeline — collection, processing, verification, and delivery — I can guarantee 96% accuracy on every list I sell. If your data doesn't meet that standard, I'll make it right with a prorated refund or replacement records. No ticket system, no runaround. You'll be dealing with me.

I also launched Zap Contact, my own email marketing platform, specifically because I watched my customers struggle with cold email. The major platforms (MailChimp, Constant Contact, etc.) prohibit purchased lists, which made it hard for my customers to actually use the data they bought. Zap Contact solves that — it's designed for outreach to professional contact lists.

My Guarantee

If you buy a list from me and you're not satisfied, I will personally make it right. That's not a corporate policy — it's a promise from the person whose name is on the business. I've been doing this for over two decades because I treat every customer the way I'd want to be treated.

To your success,

Bill Bailey
Dr Bill LLC
Text: 850-279-5420  |  Contact

24 Years in Eight Screenshots

I don't ask you to take "since 2002" on faith. Here's the actual climb, captured by the Internet Archive — click any "View live" link to see the real page on Archive.org.

2002
dr-411.com physician database, 2002

Where it started: dr‑411.com

My very first data site — physician search, statistics, and 629,643 doctors you could actually buy, with PayPal at checkout. The model I still run today was already here on day one. Operated under Zichron Internet Marketing, named for Zichron Ya'akov, Israel, where I lived at the time. "Zichron" means memory — a fitting name for a data business.

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2006
real-estate-agent-lists.com launch, 2006

Real-Estate-Agent-Lists.com launches

1,270,438 agents in Access, Excel, and CSV — still "a service of Zichron Internet Marketing," run out of Charlotte, NC. A straight database catalog: the value was simply we have the file.

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2010
real-estate-agent-lists.com, 2010

Instant downloads & proof of traction

"INSTANT DOWNLOAD!", a live lists sold counter in the nav, BBB accreditation, and Email Broadcasting added to the menu — the first sign this was more than a file. 8,465 lists sold.

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2012
real-estate-agent-lists.com, 2012

The business becomes a person

My photo, my voice, my guarantee: "Hi, I'm Bill Bailey, and I've been compiling high-performance lists for 10 years." 13,402 lists sold — right before I sold the whole company.

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2014
real-estate-agent-lists.com under different ownership, 2014

The years I didn't own it

After I sold in 2012, the site passed into other hands — and it shows. This is the low point: the data went stale, the updates stopped, and the business I'd spent a decade building drifted. I include this frame on purpose. It's the part of the story that made what came next matter.

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2016
real-estate-agent-lists.com rebuild, 2016

Bought back & rebuilt as Dr Bill

I'd sold everything in 2012. By 2016 the buyer had run it into the ground — so I bought it back and relaunched, incorporated fresh as Dr Bill LLC with Zichron as the parent. New name, new look, and the Dr Bill face was born. 20,601 sold.

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2021
real-estate-agent-lists.com, 2021

A brand — and a return to my roots

Full Dr Bill identity, and the menu grows: Physicians, Dentists, and Business lists rejoin — the same professions I started with back at dr-411. Nearly 2 million agent emails. The loop closes.

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2026
real-estate-agent-lists.com, 2026

Today: 2.3 million agents, still one guy

Twenty years in, the pitch is the same and the standard is higher: 2.3 million verified agents, the only vendor that goes all the way down to ZIP-level granularity, weekly additions, monthly cleaning, and a full refresh twice a year. 31,000+ lists sold and counting — and you still reach me directly, by text or phone. Same person who built it in 2002. Same promise.

Twenty-four years, one constant: me. From a company named for the word "memory" to a smiley face from a dog font — still cleaning data, still answering the phone, still standing behind every list.