You can now download the latest revision of the MLS Policy Violation Manual.  The manual has been updated for changes effective October 1, 2022.

Changes include the following:

SECTION 5

DATA MAINTENANCE FEE OR FINE WAIVER PROCESS WITH EDUCATION CLASS

SECTION 5.01 – Real Estate Data Accuracy Class Requirements: Data Maintenance Fee or Fine is due and payable within five (5) days of receipt of the policy violation notice. (Added September 2022)

Under the following guidelines, REALTORS® may choose to attend the Real Estate Data Accuracy Class up to two (2) times in a calendar year (Jan. – Dec.) for violation of two different policies and receive up to $100 in waivers each time.  (Amended September 2022)

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10/03/2022

The following change has been made to the MLS Policy Violation Manual. This change will be effective October 1, 2022. Changes are in bold red below.

SECTION 5
DATA MAINTENANCE FEE OR FINE WAIVER PROCESS WITH EDUCATION CLASS
SECTION 5.01 – Real Estate Data Accuracy Class Requirements:

Data Maintenance Fee or Fine is due and payable within five (5) days receipt of policy violation notice.

Under the following guidelines REALTORS® may choose to attend the Real Estate Data Accuracy Class up
to two (2) six (6) times in a calendar year (Jan. – Dec.) for violation of two different policies and receive
up to $100 in waivers each time.

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09/28/2022

Summary:

1. Client search will be activated on existing new-style Client Portals on October 10, 2022.
2. All existing old-style Classic Portals will be upgraded to the new-style in October 24, 2022.
3. Search will be available on mobile and desktop versions of the Client Portal

The newer version of the Client Portal was first made available to Columbus users in 2018. There have been many improvements since then. Many users never upgrade to the new version.

One of the features of the new version of the Client Portal is the ability for the client to search for listing and mark listings as favorites. The Search button (magnifying glass on mobile) will appear at the top of the screen on desktop and Android. It will be at the bottom on iOS

The MLS committee and MLS Board of Directors believe that allowing the client to search on the MLS Client Portal is very important to stay competitive. They have decided to activate search functionality on the new portal and push the newer version of the portal to everyone. This means that all existing old-style classic portals will be automatically converted to the new version for users who have not already converted to the new version.

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09/27/2022

The following fields will be updated on September 26, 2022 with improved “Auto-Suggest” functionality on Quick Search and Add/Edit screens. 

• School District
• County
• City
• Zip
• Township
• Corp Limit Per Auditor
• Sub-Type

You will now be able to type the first few letters of a name, and the field will “auto-suggest” only the matches that contain those letters.  Click Enter to select.

You will still be able to click “See All…” at the bottom of the search box if you would like to view the entire list of available options.

The map will also “jump to” the location of the matched properties.

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09/15/2022

Due to 2022 NAR policy updates, Flexmls is making the following changes to comply with the Broker Attribution Requirement.

Flexmls will add the capability to enable Broker Attribution. This setting is controlled at the Office level and is disabled by default. No action is required and no changes will go into effect unless this preference is made active by the Office.

There is no Company level Broker Attribution field, but if you have a Flexmls Company account, you will be able to individually manage Broker Attribution for all of the Offices in your Company-level account in General Preferences under the Broker Attribution tab.

If your Office wishes to make Broker Attribution active, they can enable this in the General Preferences under the new Broker Attribution tab in one of two ways:

• Office enters default email address or phone number for all Office listings
  OR
• Office chooses to designate the Broker Attribution field to a Listing Agent
  • If the Broker Attribution field is designated to the Listing agent by the Office, the agent can enable their own Broker Attributions under General Preferences in the new Broker Attribution tab.
    • The listing agent enters a default email address or phone number for all Listing Agent Listings
      AND
    • The listing agent can set the Broker Attribution field when adding or editing a listing.

If the Broker Attribution field is designated to a listing agent, all of the agent’s listings will inherit the email address or phone number entered and will be included in data feeds. 

Note: If this setting is disabled at the Office level, the preference will not be viewable at the agent level.

The Broker Attribution tab is now accessible under General Preferences. Select the radio button to make Broker Attribution active at the Office level. Then, add a default email address or phone number, or designate to a listing member.

If the Office has made broker attribution active at the agent level, that agent will have the option to select the radio button to make Broker Attribution active and add a default email address or phone number for all of their listings.

If Broker Attribution is designated to a listing member, the option to assign Broker Attribution is available when adding a listing.

If Broker Attribution is designated to a listing member, the option to assign Broker Attribution is available when editing a listing.

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08/30/2022

Columbus REALTORS® will introduce SSO for all members sometime on the evening of Sunday, August 21. YOU CANNOT LOGIN TO SSO BEFORE SUNDAY NIGHT!

SUMMARY: Beginning Sunday night (but not before), you will be required to login to the SSO to gain access to all things MLS.

How do I login to MLS starting SUNDAY NIGHT?

1. Go to http://columbusrealtors.com
2. Click the PORTAL button at the top of the screen
3. Login to the member portal (you should receive an email early in the day on Sunday). Remember, SSO will not be available until Sunday EVENING.
4. You may have to “authenticate” your login (you’ll received a text message with code)
5. Your Username for SSO should be the same as your old Flexmls login (except Admins/Assistants – more info at bottom)
6. Once you’re logged into the member portal, just click Flexmls icon to be forwarded to MLS.
7. You MAY have to login 1 time to Flexmls with your new SSO password, especially on mobile/phone.
   

What about my phone? Is that SSO too?

Yes. You will need to go to columbusrealtors.com and sign in to the member portal (SSO) on your phone. Click the button inside the SSO dashboard to go to Flexmls (or other sites). This will work the same as on a computer.

What is SSO?

Hopefully you’ve already heard of SSO (Single Sign-On). If not, here’s the short version. SSO basically means you log in to a single site. That single login gets you access to multiple apps and sites. This means you have many fewer passwords to remember. You sign in through the SSO, then just click a button in the SSO “dashboard” to launch other software.

Office Admins and Unlicensed Assistants

All admins and assistants will be required to create a new account. The old format logins “cr.adminXXXX” and “cr.NRDS#a1” accounts will no longer work. New ADMIN accounts will have to be given MLS Access by the Broker. Assistant accounts will have to re-establish Superuser connections to their agent. There will be an FAQ on the member portal login screen with specific instructions.

More information will be provided in the coming days

Contact MLS Technical Support with questions

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08/17/2022

Did you know that on average, it takes a person about 90 minutes to open an email, but only 90 seconds to open a text?

As of June 23, you can share single or multiple listing(s) from Flexmls Desktop to Homebuyers via text message. You can access this new text message feature using the new Share button on the Quick Search and Change Listing page.

How does it work?

• Before you can start sharing listings with your clients, there is a 1 time opt-in email sent to your client.  You will then receive an email notifying you of their opt-in status.

• Once your client has accepted the opt-in request, you can start texting listings to that client using the new Share button.
• You will also be able to Share listing(s) via text message on the Change Listing page
• You can invite clients to opt-in to text messages from the Contact Management page. Here you can send the invitation to opt-in or reinvite if they have previously opted out.

• Once your client has opted in to receive text messages, they will be able to receive links to listing(s) that you share via text. From there, they can open the link and view the listing(s) on their phone.

• Listings will always be sent from the same, generic telephone number.  Your client cannot reply to the text, but can interact with you on the Client Portal if it is enabled.

Click here for more details.

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07/15/2022

The MLS will be undergoing regular system maintenance from 5am to 7am EST on July 14, 2022. During this maintenance window, there are expected to be approximately 3 service-interrupting events lasting 15 to 20 minutes each.

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07/11/2022

Updated 7/8/2022
Our vendor has notified us that the issue with images displaying is now resolved.

Original Message:

Images uploaded to Flexmls on new listings are currently not displaying.

Our vendor is aware of the issue and working on it.

There is currently no ETA.

Images that have been uploaded are not lost.

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07/07/2022

MLS will be undergoing a regular system maintenance from 5am to 7am EST on July 6, 2022. During this maintenance window, there are expected to be approximately 3 down times lasting 15 to 20 minutes each.

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07/05/2022