by RMLS Communication Department | Jun 3, 2010
The new, improved CMA report has arrived
The transformed RMLSweb CMA (Comparative Market Analysis) has a brand new look and feel, as well as a new location! In addition to an extensive remodel of CMA, RMLSweb also now contains a Radius Search and enhanced User Preferences. Creating a CMA has never been easier and yet offered so many customizable options to set your CMA apart from the rest!
Highlights of the CMA include:
1) Navigate forwards and backwards without losing data
2) Adding comparables via seven different methods (MLS Numbers, Radius Search, Map Search, Address Search, Advanced Search, MLS Number Search, Saved MLS Numbers)
3) Saving the CMA in progress
4) Printing to PDF, printing to your printer, or e-mail with the touch of a button
5) Reorder your comparables or the pages of your CMA report by dragging and dropping them into the order you desire
6) Incorporate properties that are in different categories (ex: Farms/Ranches + Lots/Lands)
7) Display your recommended price through a graph
8) Customize your report with pages dedicated to Company Information, your Resume, and/or color themes to match your office/team
9) Auto-populate subject property information with Tax ID or previous MLS #
For more information, print out our quick reference guide.
Want a trainer to come out to your office and demonstrate this enhanced functionality? Call our Training Manager, Kerry Meeuwsen at 503-872-8051 or e-mail kerry.m@rmls.com.
by RMLS Communication Department | Jun 1, 2010
The new, improved CMA report arrives soon
The transformed RMLSweb CMA (Comparative Market Analysis) will have a brand new look and feel, as well as a new location! In addition to an extensive remodel of CMA, RMLSweb will also contain a Radius Search and enhanced User Preferences. Creating a CMA has never been easier and yet offered so many customizable options to set your CMA apart from the rest!
Highlights of the CMA include:
1) Navigate forwards and backwards without losing data
2) Adding comparables via seven different methods (MLS Numbers, Radius Search, Map Search, Address Search, Advanced Search, MLS Number Search, Saved MLS Numbers)
3) Saving the CMA in progress
4) Printing to PDF, printing to your printer, or e-mail with the touch of a button
5) Reorder your comparables or the pages of your CMA report by dragging and dropping them into the order you desire
6) Incorporate properties that are in different categories (ex: Farms/Ranches + Lots/Lands)
7) Display your recommended price through a graph
8) Customize your report with pages dedicated to Company Information, your Resume, and/or color themes to match your office/team
To schedule a preview of the new CMA, contact Kerry Meeuwsen, the RMLS™ Training Manager, at (503) 872-8051 or kerry.m@rmls.com.
by RMLS Communication Department | Mar 30, 2010
RMLS™ will no longer be printing contracts or input forms
At RMLS™, we take your feedback very seriously. Every year the Realtors on our Forms Committee review your suggestions regarding changes to the listing contracts and input forms and make recommendations to the Board of Directors. This year they have identified several changes to the forms that will be in effect April 28, including several new feature options and a new field for Energy Efficiency.
In addition, the committee and the Board of Directors carefully reviewed the declining usage of the printed input forms and decided that in order to be more responsive to the real estate market in the future, we will only be publishing the input forms electronically from now on. Printed input forms will no longer be for sale starting on April 15. The electronic forms are available in several formats on RMLSweb:
- Printable blank PDFs that you can fill in by hand. (If you use this method, you may want to purchase NCR paper from your local office supply store or EMAR so you don’t have to fill them out twice.)
- e-Forms that can be filled in on your computer and printed out.
- Print listing agreements from Listing Load.
If you prefer to have them professionally printed yourself, please email frontdesk@rmls.com for a copyright permission letter.
There will be no changes to the contracts or addendum forms at this time. However, we will not be reprinting them in the future. Starting April 15, you may purchase the printed contract pages and addendum forms at a special 2-for-1 rate while supplies last.
More information about the specific field and feature changes will be available shortly. Stay tuned!
by RMLS Communication Department | Feb 11, 2010
New statistics menu makes spotting market trends easier
The RMLSweb statistical reports have moved from their previous location under Toolkit to a new Statistics menu on the navigation bar between Prospecting and Realtor Info.
In addition we have rewritten the Market Trends, Market Stats and Inventory reports to improve the searching and results of these reports. For example, Market Trends Report will now allow you to search up to 36 months back and will provide you with inventory accumulation and sale price percent change calculations.
Click the following links for more information about our enhancements to RMLSweb Statistics:
Statistics 101 – Establish Yourself As an Expert.
RMLSweb Statistical Calculations Definitions – The RMLS™ Guide to what statistics are captured and how they’re defined.
Want a trainer to come out to your office and demonstrate this enhanced functionality? Call your local RMLS™ office or e-mail training@rmls.com.
by RMLS Communication Department | Feb 9, 2010
New statistics menu makes spotting market trends easier
Keep an eye out for updates to statistical features on RMLSweb. The changes will combine most statistical reports into a new Statistics menu on the RMLSweb Navigation Bar. In addition we have rewritten the Market Trends, Market Stats and Inventory reports to improve the searching and reporting of these reports.
For example, Market Trends Report will now allow you to search up to 36 months back and will provide you with inventory accumulation and sale price percent change calculations.
Want to learn more about these new reports? Call our Training Manager, Kerry Meeuwsen at 503-872-8051.
![Guest Post: How Does a Subscriber Request Become an RMLSweb Feature?]()
by RMLS Communication Department | Jan 20, 2010
By Jasmine Ruthdotter, RMLS™ Project Manager
Most software companies have a way users can request changes or offer feedback about system usability. In RMLSweb, we ask subscribers to click on Toolkit and select Questions/Comments. But what exactly happens when you click our Submit button?
All requests are initially reviewed by a technician at our Help Desk. The primary reviewer asks themselves the following questions:
- Is immediate help needed?
- Is this a bug?
- Is this a change/enhancement?
If the answer to this last question is yes we add a ‘subscriber enhancement request’ to a spreadsheet for further review.
Remember that Schoolhouse Rocks, How a Bill Becomes Law cartoon? In it, the bill gets debated in committee. In RMLS™ requests are reviewed by our internal Enhancement Committee. Request frequency, level of complexity, and overall system impact are some items considered. 
Sometimes the request is passed along to RMLS™ Forms or Rules and Regulations committees. Sometimes they are passed along to the RMLS™ Board of Directors. Whatever the decision, we inform the requester of our next steps.
In the end some bills become law and some subscriber requests become features. When a green light is given, we add the request to our task tracking software and programmers begin coding. After the new feature is tested and materials are created to describe the change, it is released for our subscribers to use on RMLSweb.
How many features get released every year? We track what is released in document #1030 Deployment History and we outline future features in #1040 Future Enhancements.
So, if you find yourself thinking I wish the MLS could do this or wouldn’t it be nice if RMLSweb did that, scroll over Toolkit, click on Questions/Comments and start typing. We are here to respond.
Jasmine Ruthdotter works as Project Manager for RMLS™. She oversees reporting of cross-departmental projects for RMLS™ which includes Board of Director approved projects and internal projects that increase efficiency and improve productivity.
