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SIRMLS – New Phone Number

admin — Mon, 07 May 2012 14:50:43 +0000

We’ve been making progress toward a more mobile and accessible method of support at SIR-MLS, Inc. As many of you in the real estate business have already realized it’s hard to be mobile when your connected to a land line telephone. It’s a hard transition to move away from office based telephones but with Google Voice many of the problems have been eliminated. With one number support, voice messages to email, and call time setup we are able to provide support during working hours from any location. In the near future 618-343-3030 will carry a message reminding everyone of our new phone number.

SIR-MLS, Inc.

314-827-6797

Source MLS

admin — Thu, 03 May 2012 18:22:32 +0000

MANAGING BROKERS,

We would like to invite you to complete a survey about a new initiative being considered by the Council of Multiple Listing Services (CMLS) to help brokers differentiate the quality of their listing data versus other sources. CMLS is a premier forum and resource for MLSs and Associations. The survey has been designed to gather information that will help CMLS progress the effort to brand listings, thus indicating they were sourced from an MLS.

The survey should take approximately 5 minutes to complete.

Thanks in advance for your participation. The results will be shared with all participants.

Press the button below to begin the survey.

http://www.cvent.com/d/scq1h0

Exporting PCF Files

admin — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 21:24:37 +0000

On May 2nd, at 8AM SIR-MLS and Dotloop will hold an introductory course to the new forms management program that will replace PCF. You may be wondering what to do with all the old forms you have saved in your PCF account. I have attached a file below that will help you export these files to .pdf documents that can be stored on your computer or uploaded to Dotloop at a later date. If your worried about saving these contracts for future reference just follow the link below.

PCF How to-Save as a PDF file!.

Introduction Classes for DotLoop and Listingbook will be held during Spring Conference. You do not need to be registered for Spring Conference in order to attend these classes. You must click the link below to register for these classes, we cannot register you at the MLS office.

Agent Open House

admin — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 19:34:14 +0000

Most of our users don’t know about the ability to enter Agent Open Houses into the MLS. There are 2 types of open houses inside the MLS, Public and Agent. An agent open house is not distributed to websites for consumer display. It’s simply a way for you to share your agent open houses with each other. In the video below I show you how to enter an agent open house and how to search for them after they have been entered. I hope this helps save a tree and simplifies the process of marketing your agent open house to your peers.

I have also attached the Open Houses Maintenance and Open Houses Search instructions from the MLS help menu for your review.

Click to Watch: Agent Open House Video

New Product Training @ Spring Conference

admin — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 14:33:21 +0000

I have linked the March Statistical Report for your review. It looks positive in our local market. On a whole we are up 8.2% for Units sold, 12.8% in volume sold, and 4.2% on average price. SIRMLS_Stats_2012_March

Spring Conference:

We also hope you will be joining us at Spring Conference this year. SIR-MLS, Inc. is planning on launching both DotLoop Now and Listingbook on or near the Spring Conference date. Both companies will have a representative at Spring Conference to provide more information. We will also have a the Cahokian Room on May 2nd from 8-9AM for our first DotLoop training class, and May 3rd from 8-9AM for our first Listingbook overview class. We only have room for 63 people per class.

We will also host a booth at Spring Conference; we’re bringing friends. Next to SIR-MLS, Inc. will be Best Buy with “Mobile Agent Technology”, Market Vision Statistics, Innovia Training Staff, Dotloop, and Listingbook.

DotLoop Update:

With the launch of DotLoop there is no need for PCF (or eSignature, document storage/management). We plan to keep PCF up and running until July 1st, 2012. There will be a document available at Spring Conference that details how to download your PCF forms for safe keeping. After July 1st, 2012 transactions, including all online contracts, will be delivered via DotLoop which is compatible with Windows & MAC platforms and operating systems as well as tablet devices (ie iPad). DotLoop is an end-to-end solution to the transaction process, which includes interactive forms, offered free to the MLS (saving us $10,000/year).

For brokers/agents it is an upgrade in technology, accessibility, and provides digital signature capabilities, doc sharing and more at no additional cost. For buyers/sellers it’s a better experience consistent with what they expect in a transaction. There will be upgrade options for Brokers that wish to have access to all transactions and contracts in their organization, and also to agents working on teams. Brokerages can also add their own broker specific forms at a small one time cost. For additional information on DotLoop, see this short video.

Listingbook Update:

Our current plan for Listingbook to replace Prospect Manager is still being finalized. We plan on activating Listingbook in early May. Once launched we will set a final expire date on the Prospect Manager Prospects of 10-31-12 (unless they are set to expire prior to that date). On July 1st you will no longer be able to enter prospects into Prospect Manager. All prospects in Prospect Manager will (at your choice) receive an invitation to set up a Listingbook account at any time after we go live. Historical data will not be saved into the new system. After 10-31-12 we will remove Prospect Manager from the system completely.

As its name – Advanced Intelligence – implies, Listingbook AI is the only real estate platform that gives your customers the ability to search like an agent and gives you a clear view into all of their online activity. Your buyers and sellers will have access to MLS data, all listed properties for sale/ rent, real-time price reductions and new listings, public records, community and school information, taxes, loan estimates, and even sold history.

Coming Soon: System Enhancement

Innovia is currently working to build a new field in the MLS called “Advertising Remarks”. This field will contain remarks that get delivered to 3rd party websites like Trulia, Realtor.com, and Zillow. Inside the MLS the Advertising Remarks will only be view-able in Listing Maintenance. These remarks are for advertising so once launched, feel free to use your name, email, phone number…AWESOME!

It’s Coming…It’s Simple…It’s DotLoop Now

admin — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 02:19:12 +0000

At Spring Conference this year SIR-MLS, Inc. will launch DotLoop Now in order to provide you a better way to manage form delivery and tracking. Don’t worry, we won’t be turning off our old forms delivery system when DotLoop Goes Live. This new software will enhance your business…oh, it also provides a digital signature platform.

It’s also nice to say that SIRMLS was able to reduce the amount it spends on a forms program by providing you the advanced technology of DotLoop Now. I call that a win-win!

Make sure you visit the SIRMLS booth area at Spring Conference. We will have a trainer from Innovia, DotLoop Now, ListingBook, and Best Buy all waiting to provide you the information you need to become more mobile and productive!

SIR-MLS Wireless 4.0

admin — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 15:17:05 +0000

The all new wireless MLS is available. The wireless website remains the same (wireless.sirmlsinc.com). Once there the MLS will auto-detect the type of device you are using to access the system. On all mobile devices you will see the new wireless MLS app.

We are only the second MLS in the country to receive the new wireless application so you may find a few small bugs in the system that need worked out. Innovia has worked hard to eliminate all issues with the system but historically all new releases of technology have problems. Please report any problems to tim.dain@sirmlsinc.com.

We would also like to hear from you about the New Market vision statistics that are available on this website (mlsiren.com) on the page bar above this post. How have you been using it? Do you find the statistics helpful? What changes or enhancements would you like to see in the future?

Thanks for providing the feedback, and enjoy the new updates to service.

Market Vision Statistics

admin — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 19:17:58 +0000

SIR-MLS, Inc. is proud to present Market Vision Statistics from Infinity Analytics. On the menu bar above you will see a new item titled “Market Vision Statistics. This software was developed by one of our users and we know you will find it extremely useful in examining and explaining market conditions to your clients. Below are a couple of screen shots.

There are also market reports that can be used on listing appointments which can be drilled down to the city level. These reports contain a large amount of data in an easy to understand format. Click here for an example report. Please note that this is a very new system, we are currently generating historic reports so if you select old dates the report might be blank for the next 24 hours.

Clarus MarketMetrics®

The free Market Vision Statistics by Infinity Analytics can be enhanced when paired with, Clarus MarketMetrics® from Terradatum which uses your industry experience along with the most current, local market data available to give you an edge in the marketplace when setting a home price. The reduced cost makes this a low cost market statistics option at just $9.95/month. Get Started – Visit Website – Sample Report

RE Technology Portal – GiveAway

admin — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 17:21:27 +0000

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RISMedia – RISMedia offers a 1-month free trial of REsource’s Publisher package: 20 articles/6 videos
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IXACT Contact – FREE IXACT Contact’s real estate CRM for ONE YEAR
The Tech Byte – FREE Tech Byte Elite Program
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Social Bios & Realtor.com

admin — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:34:09 +0000

Uploaded to Youtube by mbowlersr on Jul 22, 2011

by Mike Bowler: Social Bios was acquired by Move Inc. who owns Realtor.com last week. This will play an important role for Realtors on Realtor.com by having your profile setup for consumers to learn more about you. . With Social Bios there will be more interactions and more connections between consumers and local REALTORS by integrating a social hub for REALTORS. Networks like Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and Foursquare are included. SocialBios was named Inman NYC’s “Best Tech Startup” of 2011. I’ve added additional comments below these simple instructions that are important resources.

Visit: http://mikebowler.net for additional information