{"id":10722,"date":"2018-03-14T12:00:54","date_gmt":"2018-03-14T19:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rmlscentral.com\/?p=10722"},"modified":"2018-03-14T12:48:16","modified_gmt":"2018-03-14T19:48:16","slug":"bluetooth-lockboxes-best-practices-for-realtors-ask-technical-terry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rmlscentral.com\/v1\/2018\/03\/14\/bluetooth-lockboxes-best-practices-for-realtors-ask-technical-terry\/","title":{"rendered":"Bluetooth Lockboxes, Best Practices for REALTORS®: Ask Technical Terry"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ask Technical Terry<\/a> is a series RMLS™ aims to offer once a month. RMLS™ subscribers will drive the content\u2014submit any question about RMLS™ to Technical Terry in the comments or by emailing communications@rmls.com. Don\u2019t be shy\u2014we won\u2019t identify you by name.<\/em><\/p>\n

Dear Technical Terry,<\/strong><\/p>\n

I’m a recent transplant to the Pacific Northwest. I was also a REALTOR\u00ae back in Atlanta and our MLS often gave us good, common sense tips about being a REALTOR\u00ae. Does RMLS™ do anything like that? As I’ve been reading some local chatter online, it seems like there is a real need for something like this!
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Ethical Earlene in Estacada
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Dear Earlene-<\/p>\n

Your timing couldn’t be better\u2014RMLS™ just released a new document called Best Practices, Courteousness, and Great Tips for REALTORS\u00ae<\/a>!<\/p>\n

I hope you will find the new document helpful in your day-to-day activities as a REALTOR\u00ae in our market. While reading through the document you may find that some of the items are common sense or we’ve listed things you think every REALTOR\u00ae should already know. What I know from watching our industry for many years is that things that are logical to you or me may not be to others.<\/p>\n

RMLS™ has always believed that education is the best way to create a predictable and ethical working environment for our subscribers, and we’re hopeful that the new document will assist in doing that.<\/p>\n

Technical Terry<\/p>\n

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Dear TT:<\/strong><\/p>\n

One of my coworkers claims that RMLS™ is going to be converting to a SentriLock lockbox that uses Bluetooth. When I asked him when it would happen, he didn’t know. Can you tell me about this? And why would we be swapping out our SentriLock lockboxes already\u2014didn’t we just get these?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Imin U. Gene <\/strong><\/p>\n

Dear IUG:<\/p>\n

The reason your coworker cannot give you a date is this: there isn’t one to give! The RMLS™ Board of Directors has discussed the possibility of doing a conversion to SentriLock’s Bluetooth lockboxes but nothing firm has been decided yet. Your view that we “just” transitioned to SentriLock NXT lockboxes is only partly true\u2014it has been 4.5 years since we did our most recent conversion!<\/p>\n

In fact, here are a few fun facts about SentriLock at RMLS™:<\/p>\n