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· Holiday Schedule: Closed for Memorial Day   05/25/2018
· Before you close out your listing…fill out Green Features Y/N   05/09/2018
· Looking for Auction Properties?   05/09/2018
· Showing Start Date – Can I change it if I made a mistake?   05/08/2018
· RPR: What do you know about this great tool?   05/02/2018
· Flexmls Downtime: Scheduled Maintenance – April 30 – 4:30am   04/27/2018
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In Memoriam: Karen Ramsey

See full obituary here:

http://m.legacy.com/obituaries/dispatch/obituary.aspx?n=Karen-Ramsey&pid=189115802&referrer=1428&preview=True

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05/29/2018

Holiday Schedule: Closed for Memorial Day

The Columbus REALTORS association headquarters will be closed on Monday, May 28 in observance of Memorial Day. The association will open for normal business hours on Tuesday at 8:30am.

Schedule:
Monday, May 28, 2017 – Closed
Tuesday, May 29, 2017 – Open at 8:30am

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05/25/2018

Before you close out your listing…fill out Green Features Y/N

It is highly recommended that you fill out the Green Features Y/N field immediately.  If you do not complete the Green Features selection now, you will be forced to do so when you attempt to mark the listing as closed.  This will be very inconvenient because all of the sold information you entered on the Closing window will be lost when you are forced to go back to the main listing edit screen and and make your Green Features selection.

If you are unfamiliar with the new Green Features Y/N field, you can read the full Green Features story below.

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A new field, “Green Features Y/N – Form Required” has been added to the Residential property type.  Because the field is brand new, it will take some time for the new field to be fully populated.  Agents will be required to make a Yes or No selection in the Green Features Y/N field for all new listings.  Existing listings will require a selection in the field the first time the listing is edited.   If Yes is selected, then the Green Features Checklist form is required to be completed and attached as a PDF to the listing on the MLS.

This Green Features Checklist can be used to detail the green features present on a Residential property.  Items on the form include Energy/Green Certifications and Energy and Water Efficient Features.  The Green Features Y/N field allows agents to search specifically for listings that have “green/energy efficient features” of some type.  After searching, they can then review the attached form to see all green features present on that property.

It is highly recommended that you immediately update your listing for this new field particularly if your listed property has energy efficient green features.  Simply edit your listing and look for the new, required Green Features Y/N field.  Do not forget to fill out and upload the complete Green Features Checklist to your listing as an attachment.

Download the Green Features Checklist  from www.ColumbusRealtors.com > Tools > Worksheets, Forms and Contracts page by clicking here.

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05/09/2018

Looking for Auction Properties?

The Auction Y/N field was added to the default Residential Quick Search in March 2018 to make it even easier to filter Residential listing as “auction” or “not auction”.

Auction properties in MLS are included in searches for Active status properties. The Auction Y/N field makes it very easy for an agent to search for only Auction properties or even to specifically exclude auction listings from the search results. When a listing is entered in the MLS, the agent is required to make a selection in the Auction Y/N field. If Yes is selected, the Auction Date field will also be required.

Additional Auction details such as type of auction can be selected in the Additional Acceptance Conditions field.  The auction selections entered by the listing agent will appear on the MLS reports.  The Auction and Auction Date fields will appear only on the private version of the reports.

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Showing Start Date – Can I change it if I made a mistake?

The Showing Start Date (SSD) field cannot be “pulled back” after a listing goes live on the MLS. You should set the SSD to the minimum future date that you believe will be necessary. That is, if you think a repair will take 3 weeks, it would be in your best interest to set the SSD only 1 or 2 weeks in the future. If you need an extra week, the date can be extended into the future, but not retracted from the original date set. You will just have to wait until the 3 weeks pass. Just remember to extend the SSD BEFORE the date passes. You will not be able to extend the date after it has already passed.

I made a mistake when I entered the Showing Start Date. Can I fix it?
If you accidentally put the Showing Start Date out too far, you MAY be able to correct it. You must contact MLS by email or phone within 24 hours of the listing entry and request that the SSD be corrected by MLS staff. Make sure to leave a message or send the email. Requests to modify the SSD that are received on weekends or holidays will be adjusted on the next business day. This is the only way to correct an error when SSD was entered. If more than 24 hours passed before you contacted MLS either by email or phone, the SSD cannot be changed according to MLS policy. You must contact MLS either by email or phone, regardless if it is a weekend or holiday.

PLEASE NOTE: Even if MLS staff is notified of an SSD error within 24 hours, the SSD can only be adjusted to the next business day since SSD cannot be entered as a past date, even by MLS staff.

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05/08/2018

RPR: What do you know about this great tool?

Would you like to learn more about RPR?  There are live and pre-recorded webinars available on the RPR blog.  You can register for an upcoming live webinar or watch previously recorded webinars on a variety of RPR topics.  There are even RPR Commercial webinars available.

In addition to webinars, there is also a wealth of training and promotional information available on the RPR blog.  Get going, get learning.  Check out the RPR blog here.

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05/02/2018

Flexmls Downtime: Scheduled Maintenance – April 30 – 4:30am

*** Originally posted 4/26/18 at 5:05AM ***

FBS will be performing scheduled maintenance in the early morning hours of Monday, April 30th.  The expected window is 4:30am-5:00am while the software is being restarted.  This could result in sporadic connectivity issues for some users accessing the Flexmls system. Please note that any such issues should be very short lived.

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04/27/2018

In Memoriam: Joseph Crites

View In Memoriam: https://columbusrealtors.com/memoriam.aspx

 

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In Memoriam: Robert T. “Bob” Taggart

View full obituary: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/dispatch/obituary.aspx?n=robert-t-taggart&pid=188829175&fhid=8704

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04/24/2018

In Memoriam: Tom Augustus

Read full obituary: https://www.columbusrealtors.com/memoriam.aspx

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