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Trainers: Flexmls Train-the-Trainer (TTT) Webinar Series Are you a trainer? Do you need to brush up your knowledge of Flexmls? Do your new office trainers need to get up-to-speed fast? These FBS trainer webinars are just what you need! Because these are open to all who use Flexmls, the majority of the training will be held using FBS’ local MLS (FMAAR) but some other databases may be shown for certain features. There are 4 sessions (each Thursday in April) along with a bonus session on IDX on Friday, April 29th. Make sure to register for all 5 sessions as registering just for the first one won’t allow you to access the others. Each invite highlights what will be covered but I have also attached more detailed outlines. Reminder: upcoming Flexmls training webinars open to all end users can be found at https://www.flexmls.com/training/ Flexmls Train the Trainer Session #1 This 2 hour webinar will cover: Flexmls Train the Trainer Session #2 This two hour webinar will pick up where we left off in session #1. It will also include: Additional Search Results tools Flexmls Train the Trainer Session #3 This 2 hour webinar will cover: Map Searching Customizing: Flexmls Train the Trainer Session – Building Reports Use the Flexmls custom report writer to create custom report layouts for showcasing listings or one-line reports for aggregating data. This 1 hour session will introduce the Report Writer tool and walk through some example code for customization. Bonus Flexmls Train the Trainer Session – Flexmls IDX Flexmls IDX is an optional subscriptions available to your members through FBS’s dedicated Broker Agent Services department.
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Private reports can now be emailed; requires MLS login; cannot be emailed to clients Agents now have the option to send the private reports when emailing listings. Private reports should be sent only to agents. Private reports contain sensitive, agent only information. These agent-only fields include Agent to Agent remarks, compensation and listing agent contact information. Private reports are not intended for the public. CAUTION: Private reports should be sent only to agents. MLS login is required to view the private reports. How it works: There is a new “Version” selection on the email screen. Agents can select “Private” in the drop down box. A pop-up message will appear warning the agent that MLS login is required and that private reports are for agents only.
Agents may elect to send the private report link to a peer in their office or to another agent or appraiser who has MLS login credentials. REMINDER: Private report links sent in email will always require the agent to login to the MLS in order to view the report. Only MLS members have these login credentials. Private reports should never be emailed to the public. REMINDER: Private report links sent in email will always require the agent to login to the MLS in order to view the report. Public versions of the reports are always available to be emailed to the public. Public reports have been sanitized of agent-only information. The private agent-only fields mentioned above will not be visible on the public reports. The public reports do not require and MLS login. WARNING: Providing your MLS login to anyone, including a client, is a violation of MLS policy and can result in fines. The ability to email private reports was previously deactivated by the MLS committee. The volatile nature of the “agent-only” fields on the private reports was deemed too sensitive to be viewed without requiring an MLS login. FBS, our MLS vendor, has added the ability to require MLS login to view the reports. This prompted the reactivation of the private email option.
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Flex Enhancement: Improvements to the Opt-In Status Report On April 6, the Opt-In Status Report, which shows subscription statuses for all of your contacts in a real-time, easy-to-read report, will be improved to include the following:
Summary Tab The Contacts Receiving Subscription Emails section contains the number of contacts who have opted in and are receiving emails, the number of contacts who have opted in during the last seven days, and the number of contacts whose Confirmed opt-in status will become Inactive in the next seven days. Clicking on a link will take you to the corresponding tab on the report. The Contacts Not Receiving Subscription Emails section shows the number of contacts whose emails can’t be delivered (bounced or returned to sender), the number of contacts who haven’t opted in (Pending) for more than seven days, the number of contacts that have become Inactive within the past seven days, and the number of contacts who have opted out of receiving subscription emails in the past seven days. Clicking on a link will take you to the corresponding tab on the report. Contact Information Search Contacts Bar Active Status Removed Contacts Tool Tips
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Realist Downtime: Scheduled Maintenance – Sunday, March 27 – 2am CoreLogic will be performing Realist system maintenance on the early morning of Sunday, March 27, 2016 from 2:00 am to 5:00 am. Realist may be intermittently unavailable during this maintenance period.
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Realist Downtime – Tuesday 1:30-2:30am – System Maintenance CoreLogic will be performing Realist system maintenance on the early morning of Tuesday, March 15, 2016 from 1:30 am to end 2:30 am. Realist may be intermittently unavailable during this maintenance period.
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Basement Field: New Format – March 15 For Residential and Res Rental property types only, the current Basement field will be split into three fields: Basement Yes/No, Basement Description and Foundation Type. Basement Y/N and Foundation will be required for all listings. Basement Description will be required only when Basement YES is selected, otherwise will be hidden/non-selectable. “Stone” is to be added to Foundation Type field. All existing listings will be mapped to the new fields based upon selections made in the old Basement field. The 3 New fields and mapping will be: Basement Yes/No: (REQUIRED entry) Basement Description: (REQUIRED ONLY IF BASEMENT-YES is selected) Foundation Type (REQUIRED entry):
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New Field & Policy Change: Showing Start Date – Repost
This is a reposting of the original announcement for the Showing Start Date field. The field originally went live on MLS December 14, 2015. This is just a reminder for those who are unfamiliar with the field. ————————————————————————————- The Showing Start Date field is now live on MLS. The field is required entry for all new and existing listings. Members are now able to promote those listings “not quite ready for showing” while still entering them in MLS. The Showing Start Date field enables members to enter an exact date when showings will begin. It is important to note that NO SHOWINGS SHOULD OCCUR FOR ANYONE prior to the Showing Start Date. New showing policy is also in place. Verbiage such as “No Showings until 12/30/2015” is allowed in the Property Description field. You may also include a reason for the delayed showings such as “new carpet being installed”. All wording in the Property Description field is still subject to MLS policies, rules and regulations. Read the Full Article for more information about this new field and how it will Originally posted on 02/17/15
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Realist Downtime: Monday, Feb. 29 – 11pm – Scheduled Maintenance CoreLogic will be performing system maintenance on the evening of Monday February 29, 2016 between 11:00 pm and 2:00 am. Realist may be intermittently unavailable during this maintenance period.
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Realist Downtime: Maintenance – Early Morning Tuesday, Feb. 23 CoreLogic will be performing system maintenance on the early morning of Tuesday, February 23, 2016 between 1:00 pm and 5:00 am. Realist may be intermittently unavailable during this maintenance period. Schedule:
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Realist – February 8, 2016 10:10am – 11:09am – RESTORED *Edit – 11:09* – CoreLogic experienced network issues this morning which affected CoreLogic applications including Realist. Thank you for your patience while the CoreLogic technical teams worked on this issue. Realist service has now been restored. *Edit – 11:06am* – We are seeing service seems to be restored, but we have not received an official update regarding their system being back in full capacity. MLS Technical Support has seen that Realist is completely unavailable at this time. This outage is unexpected and not planned maintenance. Auto-population of tax data for new listings is included in this outage. We will update this post when Realist is restored or when more information is available.
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