Agents will now be able to link directly to the private, agent-only reports from manual email.

1. Previously, only subscription auto-email contained links to the private version of the report in the agent copy.  Agent copies of manual email did not have the private report links.  This required the agent to copy the MLS# and open a new MLS window to see the private reports.
2. The yellow box at top of email identifies “Agent Only” links. This yellow box with link to private reports will now appear on all agent copies of email (subscription and manual).  The agent can now simply click the private link to see the agent-only private report.
3. Public links are still accessible by clicking the link in the body of the email (same as subscription email)

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09/16/2016

Listings emailed to the client manually now function as “opt-in” for that client’s email address.

How the new opt-in process works:

1. If a contact clicks a manual email link from the agent, it will count as confirmation of their email address and allow them to receive subscription updates
2. An additional line of disclaimer text was added to manual emails: “By clicking a link in this email, you agree to receive future listing-related automatic emails from your real estate agent.”
3. Each time a contact clicks a link within a subscription or manual email will extend the expiration 13 months.
4. If the client has previously opted-out of subscription email, clicking a manual link will function as opt-in for subscription email.  This will limit the need for agents to use the “send opt-in request” option.  Simply sending a listing to that client’s email address will function as opt-in confirmation (once link is clicked).

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The wording of the initial subscription opt-in email and confirmation screen have been updated as of September 12, 2016.

Notable changes include:

1. Text updated to “We’re excited to be helping you with your real estate needs. We’ve set up a free portal for you. To get started, click the button below to confirm you want to receive email updates from [agent’s name].”
2. Confirm Button updated to “Yes, Please Send Me Listings.”
3. Clicking “Yes, Please Send Me Listings” now displays a confirmation of subscription opt-in and allow the client to view their News Feed by clicking View Listings.
4. The Manage Subscription link will allow them to unsubscribe from listing updates.

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CoreLogic will be performing system maintenance on the evening of Saturday, September 17, 2016 beginning at 11:00 PM through 4:00 AM Sunday morning.  Realist may be intermittently unavailable during this maintenance period.

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David Scott Gale who walked away from at least 4 contracts on million-dollar plus homes a few years ago is back at it again and using the same MO, where he makes a cash offer on a million-dollar listing and claims to want to close in 30 days. He never does any due diligence (negotiate in good faith, provide proof of funds or produces an earnest money deposit). We’ve been told that he is charming, tells lots of stories; many of which have been found to be lies. He has a rap sheet, is a registered sex offender and also has a securities violation. He hasn’t threatened any of the agents he’s been in contact with, but he does waste a lot of their time and no one knows what he’s up to. In the past, he’s looked at properties primarily in Southern Delaware County, but has also contacted agents about properties in Bexley and downtown Columbus. Just want to remind agents about this fraudulent buyer and his MO.

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09/12/2016

We’re sad to report that Past President Dick Fagan passed away this morning (Sept. 9) at 8 o’clock.

Obituary available to view here

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/dispatch/obituary.aspx?n=richard-fagan-dick&pid=181361045&

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09/09/2016

According to HER, Realtors®, two of their agents have received non-legitimate email inquiries from Al Maktoum almakt0808@gmail.com (863) 400-6366 x2 on two different properties through Zillow.

https://columbusrealtors.com/alerts/default.aspx

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09/07/2016

The MLS will be intermittently inaccessible on Friday, September 9th between 1:00am and 5:00am. The Flexmls system may be completely offline for approximately 30 minutes during this window.

This planned maintenance downtime is due to a system upgrade taking place at a network provider used by our vendor, FBS.

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The Columbus REALTORS® association headquarters will be closed all day on Monday, September 5th in observance of Labor Day. The association will open for normal business hours on Tuesday at 8:30am.

Schedule:
Monday, September 5, 2016 – Closed
Tuesday, September 6, 2016 – Open at 8:30am

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08/31/2016

*Update at 9:37am* – Print to PDF functionality looks to be restored. We are still following up with several other smaller issues.

*Original* We are seeing that it appears the Print to PDF option that was available in several locations within Flexmls is currently unavailable. This, along with several other smaller issues, appears to be the result of the software vendor restoring access to the system after a brief period of inaccessibility this morning.

We are in touch with the vendor and expect to see functionality fully restored at some point today. We will update this notice as we learn more from our vendor.

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