News for RealtyWEB.Net MLS Members
Monday, October 29, 2018
Friday, October 26, 2018
Homesnap for RealtyWEB.Net MLS Members Will Be Here Soon!
We're excited to announce, that as a member benefit, we will soon be deploying Homesnap, a mobile agent productivity tool.
Homesnap is the public-facing brand of the Broker Public Portal, an industry initiative to provide a national home search platform powered by real-time MLS data that follows Fair Display Guidelines. We've partnered with Homesnap to provide a search site and app that facilitates productive collaboration between consumers, agents, and brokers. Homesnap sends exclusive leads to the listing agent or broker for free, in real time. Stay Tuned for More!
Homesnap is the public-facing brand of the Broker Public Portal, an industry initiative to provide a national home search platform powered by real-time MLS data that follows Fair Display Guidelines. We've partnered with Homesnap to provide a search site and app that facilitates productive collaboration between consumers, agents, and brokers. Homesnap sends exclusive leads to the listing agent or broker for free, in real time. Stay Tuned for More!
Thursday, October 18, 2018
Identify & Fix Your Contacts’ Invalid Email Addresses
Make sure your contacts are receiving your emails! Something as simple as a typo when entering a contact’s email address can make it impossible for them to get listing updates from you. Starting on November 1st, identifying and updating invalid email addresses can easily be done from the Contact Management screen in Flexmls Web.
When Will It Change
This update will be available on November 1, 2018.
This update will be available on November 1, 2018.
Who Will Be Affected
All users with access to Contact Management will receive this update.
All users with access to Contact Management will receive this update.
What Will Change
When you send emails to contacts from Flexmls (manual emails or subscription emails), the system verifies that the recipient’s email address is valid before sending the email. If the email address is deemed invalid for any reason, it will be flagged as an invalid, non-working email address.
When you send emails to contacts from Flexmls (manual emails or subscription emails), the system verifies that the recipient’s email address is valid before sending the email. If the email address is deemed invalid for any reason, it will be flagged as an invalid, non-working email address.
When you go to the Contact Management page, a banner at the top of the page alerts you if you have any contacts with invalid email addresses. Click the View Email Addresses button to review the invalid email addresses.
A pop-up displays your contacts with invalid email addresses, and gives you options to Edit or Remove the email address. Please note, a Primary email address can only be edited, not removed.
Click Edit to enter the correct email address for a contact, then click Save.
If the email address displayed is a contact’s secondary email address, you can edit it, or you can remove it from the contact’s record by clicking Remove. After removing one or more secondary email address, click Done to complete the removal process.
Why Are We Making These Changes
This update helps you review and fix invalid email addresses quickly and efficiently, ensuring that your emails can be delivered to your contacts.
This update helps you review and fix invalid email addresses quickly and efficiently, ensuring that your emails can be delivered to your contacts.
Flexmls Updates - The Quick Launch Now Displays Statuses
Starting on November 1st, the Quick Launch will display a listing’s status when displaying search results on Flexmls Web. This can be useful if a listing has been on the market previously–it allows you to identify active listings immediately, without having to open them to view the details.
When Will It Change
This update will be available on November 1, 2018.
This update will be available on November 1, 2018.
Who Will Be Affected
All users who currently have the ability to search via Quick Launch in Flexmls Web.
All users who currently have the ability to search via Quick Launch in Flexmls Web.
What Will Change
The Quick Launch is a multipurpose search bar located at the top of most screens in Flexmls. You can use it to access recent searches, search various areas of Flexmls, and create basic listing searches. When you use the Quick Launch bar to search by address or MLS #, a listing’s status will display.
The Quick Launch is a multipurpose search bar located at the top of most screens in Flexmls. You can use it to access recent searches, search various areas of Flexmls, and create basic listing searches. When you use the Quick Launch bar to search by address or MLS #, a listing’s status will display.
Just as before, you can click on one of the search results to view a listing’s details, or you can hover over a search result and click the New Tab option to open the listing in a new tab. To find out more about using the Quick Launch, watch our short video below.
Quick Launch Tutorial
Why Are We Making These Changes
This update makes it easier for you to identify which listing you would like to view.
This update makes it easier for you to identify which listing you would like to view.
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Are you maximizing the valuable tools available to you through our MLS?
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This service is free of charge and simply requires that the broker-in-charge register for an account online. It only takes a few minutes! You’ll soon be on the road to impressing your sellers with the powerful online exposure offered by your company with no additional work for you – listings are automatically distributed from the MLS system.
ListHub is the nation’s largest and most trusted network for automatic distribution of your MLS listings to over 80 consumer search websites like Homes.com, HomeFinder.com, LandWatch, and dozens more.
This service is free of charge and simply requires that the broker-in-charge register for an account online. It only takes a few minutes! You’ll soon be on the road to impressing your sellers with the powerful online exposure offered by your company with no additional work for you – listings are automatically distributed from the MLS system.
FREE WEBINAR
Join ListHub for a 30-minute training webinar on Tuesday, 10/23 at 1:00pm ET to help you discover all the free benefits of creating a ListHub account, including:
- Advertising their listings on more than 80 websites
- Tools for selectively choosing where to advertise
- Automatic daily listing updates directly from your MLS
- The ability to redirect traffic to the brokerage website
- Lead management tools
- Phone and online technical support
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Wednesday, October 17, 2018
Remove Incomplete Listings in Flexmls
It's now easier for administrators and assistants to remove incomplete listings on Flexmls Web. Anyone with access to edit a specific incomplete listing can remove the incomplete listing. This will make the process of cleaning up unwanted, incomplete listings more convenient at all levels.
When Will It Change
This update is available as of October 4, 2018.
This update is available as of October 4, 2018.
Who Will Be Affected
Any user who can currently edit incomplete listings on behalf of another user(s), will be able to remove those incomplete listings. This will primarily affect users who can add and edit incomplete listings on behalf of other users that are in their office, company, or MLS.
Any user who can currently edit incomplete listings on behalf of another user(s), will be able to remove those incomplete listings. This will primarily affect users who can add and edit incomplete listings on behalf of other users that are in their office, company, or MLS.
What Will Change
To remove an incomplete listing on behalf on another user, open the Menu to find and select My Incomplete. You will see a list of users and incomplete listings that you have the ability to edit. Select the listing you would like to remove and click the Remove button.
To remove an incomplete listing on behalf on another user, open the Menu to find and select My Incomplete. You will see a list of users and incomplete listings that you have the ability to edit. Select the listing you would like to remove and click the Remove button.
A prompt will appear asking you to click OK to delete the selected listing or Cancel in order to keep it. Click OK to remove the incomplete listing.
Please Note: Once a listing has been removed, it cannot be recovered; so this feature should be used with care.
Why Are We Making These Changes
This change makes it easier for administrators and staff to manage unneeded, incomplete listings. Only the user who initiated adding a listing had the ability to remove the incomplete listing. This can be inconvenient when that user is not available to remove the incomplete listing, but it is still displaying in the office administrator’s list of incomplete listings (a situation that can arise when a member leaves an office). Now, it will be easy for Office, Company, and MLS-level administrators to remove such listings.
This change makes it easier for administrators and staff to manage unneeded, incomplete listings. Only the user who initiated adding a listing had the ability to remove the incomplete listing. This can be inconvenient when that user is not available to remove the incomplete listing, but it is still displaying in the office administrator’s list of incomplete listings (a situation that can arise when a member leaves an office). Now, it will be easy for Office, Company, and MLS-level administrators to remove such listings.
Friday, October 12, 2018
NEFMLS CREATES NEW FORM FOR TRANSACTION BROKER EXCLUSIVE BUYER REPRESENTATION AGREEMENT
by Jeffrey Marks
You may recall that in August 2018, NEFMLS created a new form known as Exclusive Buyer Representation Agreement. That form was for single agency. We have now produced an additional Exclusive Buyer Representation Agreement For Transaction Brokerage. The form is available today and can be downloaded at nef.flexmls.com (Flexmls). Log in and go to Forms/Info>NEW Exclusive Buyer Representation Agreement for Transaction Broker. The single agency form allows for the single agent to transition to transaction broker form.
If you have any questions please contact us at 904-394-9494 x1603.
Monday, October 8, 2018
Flexmls Expanding Gadget Display
Soon the labels for Hot Sheet and Statistical gadgets will display additional information for location, property type, and other selected criteria. This will make it easier to see exactly which criteria the gadget is using. This is especially useful if your MLS has counties, cities, or overlays with the same name--the gadget will show which location is being used.
When Will It Change
This update will be available on October 18, 2018.
Who Will Be Affected
All users who have Hot Sheet or Statistical gadgets that are set to display specific locations or criteria.
What Will Change
As before, custom Dashboards allow you to specify locations and property types for Hot Sheet and Statistical gadgets (as allowed by your MLS). To select a specific location or property type, you can click the gadget’s More icon (three dots) and select Settings.
The label on each gadget will display more information about the location and criteria being used. Additionally, statistical gadgets will now display the specific property type that has been selected. In the example below, you can see that there are multiple locations for Barnstable (County, Town, Village and Map Overlay). Each gadget specifies which Barnstable location is being displayed.
As before, if the the gadget is using multiple locations, property types or search criteria, you can hover over the gadget’s label to view all of the fields it is using.
Why Are We Making This Change
This change makes it easier to identify what information is being used for Hot Sheet and Statistical gadgets. It also reduces potential confusion when looking at your gadgets, especially if your MLS has cities, counties, areas, or overlays that share the same names.
When Will It Change
This update will be available on October 18, 2018.
Who Will Be Affected
All users who have Hot Sheet or Statistical gadgets that are set to display specific locations or criteria.
What Will Change
As before, custom Dashboards allow you to specify locations and property types for Hot Sheet and Statistical gadgets (as allowed by your MLS). To select a specific location or property type, you can click the gadget’s More icon (three dots) and select Settings.
The label on each gadget will display more information about the location and criteria being used. Additionally, statistical gadgets will now display the specific property type that has been selected. In the example below, you can see that there are multiple locations for Barnstable (County, Town, Village and Map Overlay). Each gadget specifies which Barnstable location is being displayed.
As before, if the the gadget is using multiple locations, property types or search criteria, you can hover over the gadget’s label to view all of the fields it is using.
Why Are We Making This Change
This change makes it easier to identify what information is being used for Hot Sheet and Statistical gadgets. It also reduces potential confusion when looking at your gadgets, especially if your MLS has cities, counties, areas, or overlays that share the same names.
Friday, October 5, 2018
Official Press Release Data Share Hernando County
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Northeast
Florida Multiple Listing Service, Inc., Northeast Florida Association of
Realtors®, Inc., HERNANDO County Association of Realtors®, and HERNANDO County
Multiple Listing Service, Inc. Sign Data Share Agreement
Mutual Reciprocity of Supra Lockbox Key Access Included for Members
Mutual Reciprocity of Supra Lockbox Key Access Included for Members
Jacksonville and Brooksville
FL, September 26, 2018 –
The Northeast Florida MLS, operating as RealtyWEB.Net and the Hernando County Association of REALTORS have signed a Multiple
Listing Service data share agreement. This
agreement will allow listing data to be shared directly between the MLSs,
providing real estate professionals of each organization with access to more
than 20,000 active listings as well as comparable and historical information.
Both entities use flexmls® created by FBS, which will provide for a seamless
integration. The arrangement also allows for mutual reciprocity regarding Supra
lockbox key access.
RealtyWEB Data Share from RealtyWEB.Net on Vimeo.
“RealtyWEB.Net MLS is excited to partner with the Hernando
County Association of REALTORS® and their MLS to share listing data,” said
NEFMLS President Kathy Karr-Garcia. “I see this as a tremendous value to
our members and is the fourth in what I hope will be many agreements that allow
REALTOR® members in the surrounding areas the ability to serve our consumers,
and one another, with a much higher level of professionalism.”
“The business is still local, but the boundaries of ‘local’
are broadening with technology – we are proud that we continue to take steps to
stay ahead of the trends in MLS Technology,” added
Karr-Garcia.
Ron
Stephan, CEO of RealtyWEB.Net MLS commented “This is a mutually beneficial
service provided to our combined membership. The data share is a
non-threatening solution as the listing data will appear in our respective MLS
systems. While alternate data sharing
methods will be used as well, members will be able to view listing and
comparable historic data within the applications they use on a daily basis
without having to learn a new program.”
“Hernando County Association of REALTORS® leadership recognizes the importance of
serving both our members and their consumers. While this is not our first data
sharing agreement, we see this as a value-added step in creating a remarkable
data source for members of both HCAR and NEFAR,” said Ed Hirst, HCAR President.
Bill Lampert, President of Hernando County
Information Services (HCIS) said, “We are very happy to be able to expand our
MLS footprint for our members to search properties and find homes for customers
in northeast Florida. RealtyWEB.Net MLS and NEFAR are top notch organizations,
and we are proud to collaborate with such leaders in our industry.”
Glenn
East, CEO of Northeast
Florida Association of Realtors® (NEFAR) stated, “This
is an awesome opportunity to share access to our Supra lock box service with
the members of Hernando County Association of Realtors® at no additional
expense to either association's membership. In 2015, NEFAR opened its Supra lock box key
access to all Florida Realtor® members, at no additional expense, provided they
have a current primary Supra key access within their primary Realtor® association.
Florida Realtor® members utilizing alternate key box systems may purchase
individual access to the NEFAR lock box system."
"NEFAR
welcomes the opportunity to share its data and Supra lock box key access with
the members of the Hernando County Association of Realtors®," said Ben
Bates, NEFAR President. Bates added, " This is an example of putting our
members first and increasing cooperation within the industry and the local
marketplaces."
About
Northeast Florida Association of Realtors®/MLS
The Northeast Florida Association of Realtors® (NEFAR) provides professional development, political advocacy, professional standards administration, media relations, and promotional activities and exchange of information among its members. NEFAR serves as the voice for real estate in Northeast Florida; serving the public through efforts to protect private property rights and community affairs programs. NEFAR is Northeast Florida's largest professional association, comprising nearly 7,000 members working in all facets of the real estate industry, including residential and commercial sales as well as property management. NEFAR is headquartered in Jacksonville, with satellite Service Centers in Orange Park, Jacksonville Beach, Palatka and World Golf Village.
The Northeast Florida Association of Realtors® (NEFAR) provides professional development, political advocacy, professional standards administration, media relations, and promotional activities and exchange of information among its members. NEFAR serves as the voice for real estate in Northeast Florida; serving the public through efforts to protect private property rights and community affairs programs. NEFAR is Northeast Florida's largest professional association, comprising nearly 7,000 members working in all facets of the real estate industry, including residential and commercial sales as well as property management. NEFAR is headquartered in Jacksonville, with satellite Service Centers in Orange Park, Jacksonville Beach, Palatka and World Golf Village.
The
Northeast Florida Multiple Listing Service (NEFMLS) operating as RealtyWEB.Net,
is a wholly owned subsidiary of NEFAR. RealtyWEB.Net provides innovative
programs and services to over 6000+ real estate professionals. They are
partnered with many exceptional service providers giving members a wide array
of choices to fit their individual business model. Members have access to
statistical data products that are customizable, along with extensive tax data
through their integration with Metro
Market Trends, Inc., which provides detailed
and accurate property information throughout the state of Florida. The RealtyWEB.Net
staff is comprised of a long-standing team of dedicated vendor employees who
continually provide outstanding customer service, extensive hands on training,
and proficient technical support.
About
Hernando County Association of REALTORS®/MLS
The Hernando County Association of REALTORS® (HCAR) currently serves over 700 REALTOR® members in Hernando County. The Association’s objectives are to promote and maintain the Code of Ethics, to provide multiple listing services, to provide educational and technological instruction and to provide leadership opportunities, in order to recognize our memberships' common goals of increased professionalism and profitability. The Hernando County Association of REALTORS® is the voice of real estate in their community. The Association provides superior services and exceptional education to their REALTOR® members.
The Hernando County Association of REALTORS® (HCAR) currently serves over 700 REALTOR® members in Hernando County. The Association’s objectives are to promote and maintain the Code of Ethics, to provide multiple listing services, to provide educational and technological instruction and to provide leadership opportunities, in order to recognize our memberships' common goals of increased professionalism and profitability. The Hernando County Association of REALTORS® is the voice of real estate in their community. The Association provides superior services and exceptional education to their REALTOR® members.
Hernando
County Information Services (HCIS) is a wholly owned subsidiary of HCAR. HCIS
MLS provides services to more than 1,100 real estate professionals. Through the
MLS, HCIS subscribers can access tax information and provide reliable, trusted
market data. Members will also have access to a site called MLS Toolbox in late
October 2018 where consumers can search properties and work directly with their
local REALTOR®. HCIS is proud to own a product that
allows our REALTORS® serve their
customers.
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Welcome Hernando County Association of Realtors
We are excited to welcome our newest data share partner - Hernando County Association of Realtors!
Hernando County Association of Realtors joins us along with Ocala/Marion County Association, Daytona Beach Area Association and Flagler County Association of REALTORS® to form an expanding network of real estate data for all of our members.
These data shares allow you to provide more value to your customers by providing more options and more listing exposure.
On Wednesday, October 10th, both the QUICK SEARCH & the MAP search will automatically default to include all of these databases. If you want to narrow your search down you can select one of the MLSs or select various MLSs by using CTRL-Click.
Check out the reach we all have available within the state of Florida, over 16,000 Active homes!
We intend to continue reaching out beyond artificial boundaries to neighboring Association owned MLSs to ensure our members and theirs have comprehensive listing data at their fingertips to help you , as real estate professionals, do what you do best.
Hernando County Association of Realtors joins us along with Ocala/Marion County Association, Daytona Beach Area Association and Flagler County Association of REALTORS® to form an expanding network of real estate data for all of our members.
These data shares allow you to provide more value to your customers by providing more options and more listing exposure.
On Wednesday, October 10th, both the QUICK SEARCH & the MAP search will automatically default to include all of these databases. If you want to narrow your search down you can select one of the MLSs or select various MLSs by using CTRL-Click.
Check out the reach we all have available within the state of Florida, over 16,000 Active homes!
We intend to continue reaching out beyond artificial boundaries to neighboring Association owned MLSs to ensure our members and theirs have comprehensive listing data at their fingertips to help you , as real estate professionals, do what you do best.
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