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· Changing Your Password in Flexmls   03/20/2014
· FlexMLS Live Training Webinar Today at 3pm – Working with Buyers   03/18/2014
· Schedule a showing in Flexmls? Here’s how!   03/17/2014
· Offices Closing at 4:30pm – Power Outage – MLS not affected   03/11/2014
· Appraisers One Line Report – Parking Type, Basement, and Addl Acceptance Conditions   03/03/2014
· Webinars – Online Training Now Available   03/02/2014
· Realist Experienced Sporadic Unavailability and Slowness 2/25/14, 4:15pm-5:45pm   02/25/2014
· A2A – Agent to Agent Remarks Can Be Emailed on Private Reports, not Public   02/21/2014
· Where Do I…? Finding Your Way Around Flexmls   02/20/2014
· Map Location: Check Your Listings’ Geo-code   02/10/2014
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Changing Your Password in Flexmls

Changing your password within the Flexmls system is easy!

If you need to change your password follow these steps:

Preferences -> My Profile -> Change My Password

or

Click your initials or Account Name box at the top right, then click My Profile -> Change My Password.

Next, you will be prompted to enter the old password and verify the new password.

Please be advised that passwords will need to be renewed every 90 days.  All passwords are 4-8 characters and CaSe SeNsItIvE.

 

 

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03/20/2014

FlexMLS Live Training Webinar Today at 3pm – Working with Buyers

This online-only 60 minute Webinar will include advanced map searching, contact management features, portals, saving carts vs searches and more!

Space is limited.  Click the link below to reserve your Webinar seat now.
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/880097440

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03/18/2014

Schedule a showing in Flexmls? Here’s how!

One of the more common questions we have received with Flexmls is how to find the Showing Request button. To do so is quite easy!

1.  Run your search. This can be from a standard Quick Search, Map Search or hot sheets.

2.  Click on the LIST tab to view the entire list of your results.

3.  Find the listing you wish to schedule a showing in the left hand list. Look for the corresponding MLS #. To the right of this, you’ll see a downward facing arrow (▼)

4.  Clicking on this arrow (▼) will give you several options (see screen shot below). If you choose Showing Request,  you’ll be taken to any online showing service the listing brokerage may be utilizing. If one is not available, you’ll be told after trying the button — in these instances, you can still use the “Showing Phone #” shown on the listing and call your showing in.

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03/17/2014

Offices Closing at 4:30pm – Power Outage – MLS not affected

The Columbus Realtors’ offices will be closing at 4:30pm due to a power outage requested by AEP for service on connected power lines.  Telephones will be off as well including emergency MLS reporting.  The outage may last until the early hours of Wednesday morning, March 12.  MLS access will not be affected by this power outage.  Only association offices (including telephone) will be affected.

If you need to report that the MLS is down, please email techsupport@columbusrealtors.com

Schedule of outage:
Tuesday, March 11 – 4:30pm – All power and telephone service off and Columbus Realtors offices closed
Wednesday, March 12 – 8:30am – All power and telephone service restored and open for regular business hours

 

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03/11/2014

Appraisers One Line Report – Parking Type, Basement, and Addl Acceptance Conditions

Many appraisers and Realtors use the Parking Type, Basement, and Addl Acceptance Conditions field.  In flex, they cannot be displayed on the default view (results list).  However, a report has been created that will display all three of these fields on a “one line report” that can be used “like a view”.  The results are limited to 200 properties at a time.

To view the Appraisers One Line Report:
1) Select the properties you want to see in a one line view that includes these fields.
2) Click on Print at the top right of the flex window.  3) Choose selected or all properties (only 200 listings can be printed in this report at one time)
4) Choose the “Appraisers One Line” report in the Detail report drop down
5) Click Preview at the bottom if you want to see the report before you print it.
6) Click Print at the bottom (you may want to change your printer properties to landscape)

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03/03/2014

Webinars – Online Training Now Available

If you missed the live webinar training, you can view the recording anytime at the links below.

RECORDED SESSIONS AVAILABLE NOW:
Getting started with Flexmls – Recorded Jan. 13
Office Manager/Admin – Recorded Jan. 13
Train the Trainer – Recorded Jan. 14
Appraiser Session – Recorded Jan. 21
Prospecting – Recorded Jan. 22

Reminder:  All members currently have access to Flex.  It is highly recommended that you begin manually re-creating your saved searches in Flex and making an emergency backup of your Tempo/Fusion contacts as soon as possible.

* This was originally posted on January 21st, 2014 *

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03/02/2014

Realist Experienced Sporadic Unavailability and Slowness 2/25/14, 4:15pm-5:45pm

Realist experienced sporadic unavailability and latency between 4:15pm and 5:45pm.  The Realist technical teams worked to restore services as soon as possible and we received notice at about 5:45pm that Realist should be up and functional. If you continue to experience issues, please contact MLS at techsupport@columbusrealtors.com or 614-475-4000. We apologize for the inconvenience.

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02/25/2014

A2A – Agent to Agent Remarks Can Be Emailed on Private Reports, not Public

There is a very important change in the way A2A Remarks is handled in email.  In flex, A2A can be emailed on Private (Agent) Reports, but still does not appear on Public (Buyer) Reports.  In Tempo and Fusion, A2A could not under any circumstances be emailed, even on Agent Reports, but it could be printed or PDF created.  Please read the Help Text (below) that appears on Add/Edit beside the A2A Remarks field when entering the listing.

Agents should never email the Private report to their clients because listing agent contact information AND the A2A Remarks will display on this report.

Help Text on Add Listing page in flex:

This field is for AGENT ONLY COMMUNICATIONS.   Limited Service disclaimers, and information that is intended for Agents’ eyes only.  THIS FIELD WILL APPEAR IF THE PRIVATE (AGENT) REPORT IS SENT TO THE CLIENT.  It can be printed.  It appears on the Agent Full report.  Be cautious regarding the contents in this box.  Although the public reports will not display this field, if other agents choose to provide the private report to their clients by email or printed report, it will be visible.

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02/21/2014

Where Do I…? Finding Your Way Around Flexmls

Still having problems navigating around the new MLS system? The PDF located here will help you find commonly used functions in the new system.

This handy guide can be saved or printed out and used for quick reference for a variety of functions one might wish to preform with their MLS system.

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02/20/2014

Map Location: Check Your Listings’ Geo-code

All listings have been automatically geo-coded in Flexmls.  Previous manual geo-code in Tempo may have been changed by the the Flexmls geo-code process.  Also, a small minority of listings were unable to be geo-coded.

As with all automatic property location services, errors can occur due to incorrect or incomplete geographical information about a property.  For this reason, it is highly recommended that you pull up your listing on the map to verify that it was geo-coded correctly.

If the icon on the map appears directly on the listed property, the geo-code is correct.  If the icon is not located correctly, you should complete the following steps to re-geocode (set map location) for your listing:

1) go to Add/Change menu
2) click Change
3) type your MLS number in the box
4) click Next
5) Click Map Location
6) move the “red pushpin to the correct location”
7) Click “use this location”

Geo-code is the effective latitude and longitude location of your listing. It is very important for polygon map shape searching.  If your geo-code is incorrect, the polygon searches will not be able to accurately locate your listing.

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02/10/2014