The Columbus REALTORS® offices will close early on Wednesday, December 31 at 3:00pm on New Years Eve.

Please plan accordingly.

Rest of the week schedule:

Wednesday, January 1st – Closed

Normal business hours resume Thursday, January 2nd 8:30am-5:00pm.

Happy New Year!

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12/31/2013

Although every attempt was made to facilitate the transfer of Saved Searches, Tempo/Fusion technology does not provide the ability for saved searches to be automatically transferred to the new Flexmls system.

The Tutorial Video below has been created to help you streamline the process and minimize this inconvenience of copying and recreating Saved Searches

Saved Search Criteria – Manual Transfer Video and PDF – (PC) (Mac) (Printable PDF)

Contacts will be transferred automatically (without your assistance) from the Tempo/Fusion to Flexmls. We highly recommend all members back up their contacts as a precaution. The Tutorial Video below has been created to show you how to back up your contacts.

Contact Backup Video – (PC) (Mac).

To view the latest news/updates on the conversion, click here.

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12/27/2013

Jean Lanier Saunders has passed away. Her Memorial Service is going to be at 11:00 on Monday, Dec. 30 at Unity Church, 170 E. Columbus Street in Pickerington.  Read the full obituary in the Moutrie Observer (Georgia).

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On Feb. 3, 2014, Columbus REALTORS® will change from Tempo/Fusion/Kurio to Flexmls. The website below contains what you need to know to prepare for this major conversion:

http://www.columbusrealtors.com/mlsconversion

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12/20/2013

With the recent release of Internet Explorer 11, you may discover that some websites are not fixed yet to work with the Internet Explorer 11 browser. Currently, the MLS is fully compatible with Internet Explorer 11, but other real estate websites from other organizations or companies still may not be.

Agents have reported to us that they experience issues with the Franklin County auditor and the Union County auditor websites since their computer received updates to Internet Explorer 11.

As a courtesy, we have provided instructions that may possibly fix issues with their websites. If the instructions below do not resolve your issue with those auditor sites, you will need to contact them directly for technical assistance. Contact phone numbers are listed below for those auditors.

Below are general instructions on how to add any website to your Internet Explorer Compatibility view settings:

1. On the upper right corner of the Internet Explorer window, find the icon that looks like a gear (labeled tools) and click on it.
2. Select Compatibility View settings.
3. In the box labeled Add this Website type your web address you want to fix. For example, for Franklin County auditor type this in the box: metacama.com. For example, for Union County auditor type this in the box instead: ohiorevaluations.com
4. Hit the Add button and then hit the Close button.
5. Close out of all Internet Explorer windows.
6. Once closed out, you can try the website you were attempting to go to again.

If you still experience issues after running through these instructions, you will need to contact the auditor office for technical support with their website. Their phone numbers are listed below:

Franklin County Auditor: 614-525-3200
Union County Auditor: 937-645-3003

For further reading about Microsoft’s statement on Compatibility View with Internet Explorer, you may visit their page on their website here: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/internet-explorer/use-compatibility-view#ie=ie-11

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12/10/2013

Attention all MLS Participant Brokers!   The polls are now open for brokers to vote on-line for their choice of candidates to serve on the MLS Committee for a three-year term (2014-2016).   The candidates you select will help design and maintain your new FlexMLS system through the first term of our contract agreement.   Please click on the links provided to cast your vote and review the names and bios of those willing to serve on the committee starting in 2014.    Your vote is important and encouraged … thank you.

Candidate Bios

Vote Here

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12/03/2013

An elderly seller received a phone call about a week after closing saying that the check from the sale did not go through and they needed an account number to clear the check. Unfortunately he gave them the account number for the trust. At this point we don’t know if any money is missing. Please warn your clients not to provide financial information without verification.

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11/27/2013

NOTE:  This affects Fusion users only.  Tempo reports were not affected by this issue.

Please be aware that there was a display error on Fusion regarding the Buyer Broker and Sub Agency fields (compensation) recently.  During approximately November 12-21, the compensation “amount” entries on all Agent reports in Fusion (not Tempo) were rounding up to the next whole number.  That is, if a decimal value was used in Buyer Broker, Sub Agency, or Compensation (Rentals), (ie 2.5), the Agent reports in Fusion (not Tempo) would display Buyer Broker “3”, instead of the agent-entered amount of “2.5”.  In the same way, a Buyer Broker amount of “1.3” would round down to “1”.

This incorrect display was on the report itself.  For an unknown reason, the last MLS software update caused the reports to round up in these fields.  The data entered by the agent on add/edit in the compensation fields was not modified by the agent or the software update.  Only the data as displayed on the reports was affected.  This has since been corrected on the reports, but any reports printed during the period in question should be reprinted to verify accuracy.

REMINDER:  If you printed a report during the period of November 12-21, please print an updated report to verify that the correct, “not-rounded-up” compensation amount is displayed.

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11/25/2013

Hopefully you have heard the rumors about a new MLS vendor at Columbus REALTORS®.  Well, they aren’t rumors!   FlexMLS will be the new MLS vendor for the Columbus and Central Ohio Regional MLS as of February 3, 2014.

So, what does Flex look like?

View PDF flyers for Flex Desktop or Flex Mobile.

Flex has 2 different websites:  Flex Desktop (Web) and Flex Mobile (phones).  Flex “Desktop” version works only on full computers (Mac and PC) and iPad (not Android tablets).  The Microsoft Surface PRO only (not the RT variant) may be supported as well since it has a full version of Windows 8.  Flex “Mobile” will work on any up-to-date web-capable phone or tablet (iPhone, Android Phones, Windows 8 phone, Android tablet, etc). Flex Mobile will have limited add/edit capabilities.

Compatibility:

The most simple compatibility test is:  Can your computer, phone, tablet, etc. run the latest, most recent version of the standard browsers (Firefox, Safari, Internet Explorer, Chrome).  If the answer is “no”, your device may not work for FlexMLS.

Conversion Schedule:

Training will begin in January 2014.  There we be a “parallel” period starting in mid-January which will allow you to acclimate yourself to the new system before it goes “live” on February 3rd.  During “parallel”, the listings and photos on Flex will be delayed.  The Tempo/Fusion database will still be the primary MLS and all add/edit functions will be in Tempo/Fusion only.  January 31st, the “lights will go out” for Tempo and Fusion.  There will be a 2 day “blackout” when Add/Edit will not be available on either system.  Finally, on February 3, Flex will go online as the only MLS web search.

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On Tuesday, November 19, our vendor patched both the Tempo and Fusion systems to support Microsoft’s latest release, Internet Explorer 11. With this patch, users with Windows 7, Windows 8 and the recently available Windows 8.1 can safely upgrade to this new browser version. Recently, within the last two weeks, Microsoft has began to push Internet Explorer 11 as an automatic update within the Windows Update system. As such, if you find yourself with this installed on your system, there is no need to manually download the upgrade. Users with Windows XP and Windows Vista cannot be upgraded to Internet Explorer 11. (Last version for XP is 8 and for Vista, 9)

As with any new version of Internet Explorer, users can sometimes run into issues with websites that are no longer “compatible” with the updated browser. As with the last few revisions of Internet Explorer, Microsoft has included a “Compatibility View” that can help with access to sites. Microsoft has included instructions that can allow you to add any site to this list to help with potential issues. Instructions can be found through Microsoft via the link below:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/internet-explorer/use-compatibility-view#ie=ie-11

As always, to access Tempo via Internet Explorer, there are several additional settings needed. For guides on how to make sure these settings are on your system, you can find information on the link below:

http://cbrmlsstatus.com/welcomescreen/setup-instructions-for-internet-explorer-and-cbr-tempo/?mls=1

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11/22/2013