by RMLS Communication Department | Nov 11, 2009
What Information Do You Want To See There?
We often get requests to post messages on RMLSweb suggesting that agents use the Private Remarks in a certain way. For example, I received these two requests this week:
- Please ask agents to include when there is no water or power in the Private Remarks.
- Please remind agents that adding “No showings till MM/DD” in the remarks field is a rules violation.
As a general rule of thumb, we recommend that the Public Remarks be used for information about the property and the Private Remarks be reserved for information pertinent to other agents. But, apart from the following two sections of RMLS™ Rules that mention the Private Remarks directly, we don’t have any official guidelines for how to use these fields in the listing input forms:
- 3.12: … “A listing which excludes individually named prospective Purchasers, as may be agreed to by the Seller and Listing Broker, shall clearly indicate such exemption in the Agent/Private Remarks when loaded into the RMLS™ System by the Listing Broker or (in the case of RMLS™ load) on the Listing Data Input Form. Commercial Lease listings do not have the List Type field.”
- 3.25: … “How the reduction is allocated in a Short Sale is at the listing broker’s sole discretion, as long as the method (not the amount) of such allocation is set forth in the Listing’s private remarks, or the cooperating broker, in his discretion, has agreed to the allocation in writing after the offer has been presented. This section does not apply to the Commercial Lease category.”
So, what do you think? What are some examples of your best practices regarding Private Remarks? What would you like to see from other agents? Let them know by commenting below.
by RMLS Communication Department | Nov 9, 2009
Real estate activity up slightly in Washington, down in Oregon
When comparing the week of October 26 – November 1 with the week prior, the number of times an RMLS™ subscriber opened a Supra lockbox increased 0.3% in Washington and decreased 4.1% in Oregon.
Click the chart for a larger view (Washington, top; Oregon, bottom)
Archive
View an archive of the Supra lockbox statistical reports on Flickr.
by RMLS Communication Department | Nov 2, 2009
Number of lockboxes opened in Oregon & Southern Washington drops
When comparing the week of October 19 – 25 with the week prior, the number of times an RMLS™ subscriber opened a Supra lockbox decreased 11.9% in Washington and 15.4% in Oregon.
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Archive
View an archive of the Supra lockbox statistical reports on Flickr.
by RMLS Communication Department | Oct 29, 2009
RMLS™ Subscribers: Use ‘Finish Later’ in Listing Load
Our latest release brought some relatively minor changes to Listing Load on RMLSweb. The first change is that the “Save and Add” function is now called “Publish”. The other change is that we now allow you to enter a future list date.
We thought this would be a good time, however, to re-introduce you to a time-saving feature in Listing Load. This feature has been around for awhile, but we often hear that subscribers don’t know about it.
When you’re entering a listing, you can click “Finish Later” and it allows you to print the listing agreement form with the information you entered in Listing Load on the form.
So, instead of having to fill out a listing agreeement form prior to entering it in Listing Load, you can actually just start by entering the information that you know in Listing Load and if you need more time or more information from your clients, you can click “Finish Later”. Just follow these steps:
1) Enter your listing information in Listing Load and click the Finish Later button to save it for your eyes only.
2) Then, with the Preview/Print button, print out the Listing Input Form, as well as the Contract, and present it to your seller.
3) After reviewing the forms with your seller, you can make any necessary changes to the In-Progress listing in Listing Load.
4) Next, simply click the Publish button when you’re ready to start marketing.
Watch “Printing Listing Agreements from Listing Load” for a short demonstration. If you have questions the staff at the RMLS™ Help Desk is happy to walk you through this process. Call them today at 877-256-2169.
by RMLS Communication Department | Oct 26, 2009
Down 5.5% in Washington and Oregon
When comparing the week of October 12 – 18 with the week prior, the number of times an RMLS™ subscriber opened a Supra lockbox decreased 5.5% in Washington and Oregon.
Click the chart for a larger view (Washington, top; Oregon, bottom)
Archive
View an archive of the Supra lockbox statistical reports on Flickr.
