We’ve heard from you that there are some questions in the field about how to properly report the sale of property that involves concessions.  The concessions field was added a few years ago because it assist appraisers when they’re doing a work-up on a listing…they need to know if there was cash back, and why.  …

Every day of the month, the pros at zipLogix provide a tutorial webinar.  They’ve separated these offerings out by level of user experience, so you know you’re getting training that’s just right for your current needs.  To view their calendar of events, or to register for a webinar, please go to their training calendar.  Happy …

The world of Internet Data Exchange (IDX) can be very complicated for agents, and brokers alike.  Flexmls understands.  That’s why they are bringing back their Ask the IDX Specialist webinar this month.  They want to help you untangle things like, “Do I need to hire a Developer?” or “What is a WordPress Plugin?”  Even if …

We are in the process of notifying several agents / brokers that their FlexMLS user account shows multiple logins in multiple locations (sometimes accross the state or country) at the same time.  It could mean a password was hacked, or given out in a direct violation of our rules.  To safeguard the system – the …

REALTORS have more power in RPR Mobile than ever before.  With RPR’s new Buyer Tour feature, its now easier to preview properties and set up your buyer tours.  In this two part webinar series, RPR trainers will take you for a walk around RPR Mobile to make sure you’re getting the most out of it. …

Delivering a successful showing experience for your buyers doesn’t happen by itself, it comes from great planning!  The process of creating an RPR Buyer Tour Report is comprised of five steps, which being with a tap on the Report button located on the lower left side of the app’s home screen. From the list of …

Join us in the Board Office conference room for training on the e-signature platform, Dotloop.  Dotloop trainers will be on hand for two classes (same material – two different times) to become an expert ‘looper’. Training will include: editing forms, eSignatures, tasks, third party collaboration and more!  Whether your currently use the Dotloop program, or …

We’re aware of an issue that has been negatively impacting deliverability of Flexmls emails to recipients using outlook.com and hotmail.com addresses.  Flex is working to resolve it as soon as possible.  This issue has been ongoing over the past two weeks, and is resulting in emails being delayed or not delivered at all. While some …

In the last few weeks, we’ve seen a marked increase in contact information entered into publicly displayed fields within the MLS.  Please remember, submission policies dictate that you cannot include Firm Name, Agent Name or contact information is the photos, public remarks or directions on a listing.  This defeats the purpose of printing a public …

Back in February, we had a funny little post asking everyone to please make sure to map their listings. We also added a task to Linda’s checklist, to look for listings without geocoded map locations. The good news?  Only 10 active listings this month didn’t have a map location. The bad news?  We’ve just learned that many map locations are completely wrong.  A lot of them, in fact.  We have a setting where we can “Require Geocode Map Confirmation”… when entering a listing.  When this setting is on, the map will pop up after entering an address and you will be asked to click next to confirm the location of the pin on the map.  If it’s wrong, you can change it at that time… (see below for our previous post with easy instructions on how to be locate your pin location).  Love it or hate that idea?  Please VOTE!

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If you liked it then you should’ve put a pin on it…

Sandy Carroll, CEO / February 21, 2018

How to properly map your listings:  Ut-oh. We’ve heard that there are a lot of listings, especially land, where the map pin is in the wrong location or not geo-coded at all.  This does your client a huge disservice and is making it hard for cooperating brokers to find your property! It also puts these listings at a disadvantage on Zillow and syndication sites because they don’t appear in map searches, which is the primary way buyers locate homes. Check your listings please!  We have notified all who have unmapped listings, but if your pin is in the wrong place, we can’t tell. https://wp.me/p3f4jh-awFAre you having trouble knowing where exactly to locate the pin?  There are a few simple tricks…

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