Yeah, we had made a conscious decision (after talkiing to ConnectMLS, before it was rolled out) not to pursue the Agent -> Client interaction, and to stick with the client self-service end of things. Our original intent was to release a Client feedback loop of our own, but that was scrapped in favor of lead distribution.
All said, though, and respecting your feedback, 2007 will be the Year of Lead Management.
Hopefully, we can have this conversation next year and you won't have such a compelling reason to use Connect for CRM.
-Matt