256683 Open Realty/Joomla Integration

Typical screw-up. I've got Joomla 1.0.15, Open Realty 2.5.3, and the CMSRealty component (for Joomla) 1.1.3 running on a UNIX server. The Open Realty is up and running fine. The Joomla is up and running fine. The component is up and runs fine to a point. When I hit the button to run a search on properties (from within Joomla), the initial search form is served appropriately and includes the parameter "option=com_cmsrealty." When you try to submit a query (again, from within Joomla), the form is submitted minus the "option=com_cmsrealty" parameter which, by default, returns you to the Joomla home page. It's abundantly clear the search functionality here is trying to work from within the Joomla framework and NOT the Open Realty framework. What I want: Fixes. I'll provide logins, passwords, directories, and all source files. I need a Joomla/Open Realty expert to go in and hack the code. Forums? Forget about them. There's no help there: I've read through them forever and I'm tired now. You figure out the query and how to pass that parameter in the string, tell me how you did it (because I'm going to have to migrate that site soon) and I will go post it out on the forums because there's a lot of people there needing to know the answer to this one.