Help Me Turn ShowingTime Off! Help Me Get CE!: Ask Technical Terry

Ask Technical Terry is a series RMLS™ aims to offer once a month. RMLS™ subscribers will drive the content—submit any question about RMLS™ to Technical Terry in the comments or by emailing communications@rmls.com. Don’t be shy—we won’t identify you by name.

Dear TT,

I can’t thank RMLS™ enough for putting great tools into RMLSweb for us to use. In the case of ShowingTime, however, it feels like a layer of tech that I don’t need. I realize it is a great tool and that many folks will use it but in my case, I’m just too old for this! Is it possible to disable ShowingTime on my listings? I’d rather the REALTOR® just call or text me.

Frustrated in Fanno Creek

Dear FFC:

Understood completely. Having come over on the Mayflower, I also struggle with some newfangled technology. Whatever happened to the quill pen and parchment paper?

But back to ShowingTime. Yes, you can certainly disable the tool on either an individual listing or for all your listings. Here’s how.

Individual Listing

When logged in to RMLSweb, head to Listing Load. Click on the ShowingTime icon.

Select your preference for that specific listing by choosing Yes or No.

Don’t forget to save your changes…

All Listings

If you’d like to turn off ShowingTime for all your listings, click the same Listing Load ShowingTime icon as above, then turn your attention to the line that says “Allow Agents to Request Appointments Online?” Set your preference, and don’t forget to save your changes!

That’s all there is to it! As you can see it’s quite easy to control your use of ShowingTime, either on a per listing basis or globally.

TT

 

Hello Technical Terry!

Help! I’ve been so busy this year helping clients that my license renewal snuck up on me and I need to get some elective CE credit pronto. What am I going to do?

Ida in Felida

 

Hello Ida in Felida!

Ah yes, the clamor of REALTORS® in need of CE to renew their licenses—what a beautiful sound! Don’t worry, RMLS™ has some resources to help.

Of course the RMLS™ Education Summit and Trade Fair is a major event that RMLS™ holds each year to offer lots of free CE to subscribers. The event has passed for this year, but we also bring our Broker Education Series (BES) events to subscribers across the region. In fact, there’s a BES event happening in Lincoln City on May 22nd!

Aside from RMLS™ events, we also help industry organizations promote their classes and opportunities. Two great places to check for upcoming CE opportunities is on the RMLSweb desktop page and the RMLScentral events calendar (which has 12 event listings in May alone!).

So Ida, when you’re in need of some CE, check out our resources! And if you want to share a class or event with other industry professionals, send the details along to us and we’ll take care of the rest.

Technical Terry in RMLS™land




September Real Estate Events & Education

This September, take advantage of FREE RMLSweb training

Here’s a quick rundown of upcoming real estate events & education for September in Oregon & Southern Washington. If you have an event that is not listed here, please let us know by commenting below. For future events, please send an e-mail to communications (at) rmls (dot) com.

RMLS™ Events:

-September 30: RMLS™ presents Show Us the Money!, an educational event in Salem. Come hear the latest on USDA Guaranteed and Direct Home Loans that are fully funded and waiting for your clients! Register here!

Events around the Region:

-September 8: Join other brokers for the Sherwood Broker Tour. Meet at the Sherwood Subway sandwich shop at 8:30 a.m. Call Angel Aguiar, Mortgage Broker for Sunset Mortgage Co., directly at 503-437-9000 for more details.

– September 9: Women’s Council of Realtors® Greater Portland Chapter hosts The Real Estate Business Resource Breakfast Series: Cultural Awareness.

-September 16: Oregon Association of Realtors® Home Foundation hosts A Taste of Portland.

-September 16: Clark County Association of Realtors® presents the Barn, Bottles & BBQ benefit.

-September 22: Inman News is taking its Agent Reboot one-day class on the road to 12 cities this year, including Portland on September 22.

-September 27: Portland Metropolitan Association of Realtors® hosts the PMAR Education Event.

-September 30: The NE Branch of Oregon First is sponsoring the fundraiser,  Friends of Trees Benefit & Last Thursday Alberta Arts Walk, which is open for all members of the real estate industry.

In addition to these events, RMLS™ is offering a new training course called CMA & Statistics. Here is a brief description about the class:

Want to be the expert in your market area? Want to better explain pricing to your clients? In this class we’ll show you how to get the statistical and comparable data you need to do just that. We’ll use the RMLSweb Statistical module to examine MLS Areas for trends and the CMA (Comparative Market Analysis) module to search for comps to create a customized report that stands apart from the rest.

Also, if you’re an RMLS™ subscriber, we have lots of FREE opportunities for continuing education credit at a location near you; click the link for your area to view the September Training Calendar:

Coos County
Eastern Oregon
Eugene
Florence
Gresham
Hood River
Portland
Roseburg
Salem
Vancouver




August Real Estate Events & Education

This August, take advantage of FREE RMLSweb training

Here’s a quick rundown of upcoming real estate events & education for August in Oregon & Southern Washington. If you have an event that is not listed here, please let us know by commenting below. For future events, please send an e-mail to communications (at) rmls (dot) com.

Events around the Region:

August 3-8: Home Builders Association of Metropolitan Portland hosts Green Week @ The Street.

-August 5: W & R Studios presents Cloud CMA Workshops at the RMLS™ Portland office. Register for the morning or afternoon class.

-August 12: Eugene Association of Realtors® offers the “Know Your Sidings!” course.

-August 19: Vancouver Fine Homes Group presents the Vancouver Fine Homes Group August Tour.

-August 20: Portland Metropolitan Association of Realtors® is holding auditions for its talent show, PMAR’s Got Talent. Live auditions are at the Portland RMLS™ office on August 20.

-August 27: This month’s Portland Real Estate Industry Social will be held at Atwater Penthouse on Friday, August 27.

In addition to these events, RMLS™ is offering a new training course called CMA & Statistics. Here is a brief description about the class:

Want to be the expert in your market area? Want to better explain pricing to your clients? In this class we’ll show you how to get the statistical and comparable data you need to do just that. We’ll use the RMLSweb Statistical module to examine MLS Areas for trends and the CMA (Comparative Market Analysis) module to search for comps to create a customized report that stands apart from the rest.

Also, if you’re an RMLS™ subscriber, we have lots of FREE opportunities for continuing education credit at a location near you; click the link for your area to view the August Training Calendar:

Coos County
Eastern Oregon
Eugene
Florence
Gresham
Hood River
Portland
Roseburg
Salem
Vancouver




Upcoming Events

Here’s a quick rundown of upcoming Realtor® events & education in our service areas for the rest of June. If you have an event that is not listed here, please let us know by commenting below. For future events, please send an e-mail to communications (at) rmls (dot) com.  

Vancouver Fine Homes Group Tour, June 18: The next Vancouver Fine Homes Group tour will be on Thursday, June 18 starting at 9 a.m. They will be touring the East side of the county. Visit www.vancouverfinehomes.org for more information.

Eugene Association of Realtors, Principal Brokers Roundtable Forum – Short Sales, June 19: http://www.eugenerealtors.org/education_events.html

CCAR June Membership Meeting, June 25: Hear tips on how to best integrate some of today’s hottest social media tools, including Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook into your current marketing plan. Register here: http://ccrealtors.com/downloads/junemtg.pdf

Springfield Homebuyers Fair, June 27: http://www.ci.springfield.or.us/CMO/NewsRelease/NR%202009%20May%2029%20Mayor%20Sid%20Leiken%20to%20Proclaim%20June%20as%20National%20Homeownership%20Month.pdf

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