05 May 2021
ANNOUNCEMENT: CENTRAL AZ LISTINGS NOW IN MONSOON
Listings from Central Arizona Association of Realtors are now available in Monsoon! Central Arizona includes Gila County and towns like Payson, Pine and the Heber/Overgaard area. You will now be able to see listings from CABOR in Monsoon, along with other MLS partners like PAAR, SVAR, LHAR, SAMLS and...
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30 April 2021
Adding an Open House in Flexmls
Adding an open house in Flexmls is a great way to increase the visibility of your listing and gain interest. Here’s how you do it: From your Flexmls Menu go to the Daily Functions section and select Tour/Open Houses. Select Add/Edit Open Houses If you have open houses scheduled...
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28 April 2021
Virtually Staged Photos
Are you allowed to virtually stage listing photos in the MLS? The short answer is yes, but there are some things to note. Sometimes buyers have a difficult time picturing what their belongings will look like in a vacant home. Virtually staging a vacant property can help to draw...
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23 April 2021
Finding Comps in Monsoon
Monsoon is a great resource for finding tax records, but did you know it also has a tool that can help you find comparable properties? With one click you can pull up comps and get projected sales amounts for any property in the state. You can also generate reports...
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14 April 2021
How to Include Coming Soon Listings in Subscriptions
Did you know that Coming Soon listings can be included in Flexmls subscriptions? Coming Soon listings do not appear in IDX feeds or on syndicators such as Realtor.com. But you can still provide buyers with an advanced look at these properties. They can also be included in subscriptions you...
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08 April 2021
Portal Help for Clients
If you’ve recently set someone up with a portal, or are thinking of doing so, these videos may help! Signing Up for the Portal Video Signing up for the Portal is designed to be sent to your client once you’ve created a portal for them. This video will walk...
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This post is part of our series focusing on subscriber feedback from our Fall 2020 Subscriber Satisfaction Survey. We welcome comments and questions any time. “Why do you keep making changes without asking us?” “We never get advance notice of changes.” While reviewing the results of our latest survey, we came across several comments...
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02 April 2021
How to Delete Multiple Flexmls Searches
Do you know how to delete multiple Flexmls searches, listing collections and subscriptions at once? This can be a big time saver if you’ve been actively using Flexmls for a while. Things have a way of piling up! Searches You can view, delete or rename an individual search by...
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01 April 2021
DOM Is Becoming MOM
Update 4/2: This post was part of our annual April Fool’s campaign… Days on Market (DOM) is used to help agents understand how long a property has been on the market. Historically, this method of counting time in days worked as homes would take weeks, even months, to sell....
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30 March 2021
Searching in Flexmls: Less is More
When adding a listing to Flexmls, it’s a good idea to be as specific and detailed as possible. Searching in Flexmls is a different ballgame. Flexmls is a huge database of information entered in by real estate professionals. When you select criteria for a search, the database is scoured...
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This post is part of our series focusing on subscriber feedback from our Fall 2020 Subscriber Satisfaction Survey. We welcome comments and questions any time. RV gate. Guest house. Community pool. HOA. Historic district. What do these words have in common? You’ve asked us how to search for them! There are thousands of fields...
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23 March 2021
How to Auto-Populate the Listing Profile Sheet
Just because you need to get your client to sign off on the Listing Profile Sheet, doesn’t mean you have to duplicate your efforts. Flexmls allows you to auto-populate this form directly from your listing. You can then download and save the form for your client’s e-signature. How to...
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19 March 2021
Getting to Know the Monsoon Map
The Monsoon map that appears as part of each tax record provides additional information about the property and surrounding area that can be very useful. Let’s take a look at it! Once you’ve become familiar with the basic functions of the Monsoon map, try using the drawing tool to...
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17 March 2021
View and Share a Listing Before It Becomes Active
There are a lot of steps involved when adding a listing in Flexmls and each one is important. But there’s one step at the end of the process you won’t want to miss — reviewing the contents of the listing and sharing it with the seller. Flexmls allows you...
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09 March 2021
Do You Know About Cloud Attract?
Cloud Attract is a lead generation tool that’s available in the Cloud Suite. Attract buyers or sellers with a custom landing page that you can embed into your website or share via social media. The landing page for sellers features a “What’s My Home Worth?” section where they can...
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02 March 2021
Do You Know What the Monsoon Map Can Do?
If you haven’t been using the Monsoon map feature, you might be surprised by all it can do. When viewing a Monsoon tax report, you’ll see a map to the left of the property information section with the location of the property outlined in orange. But have you ever...
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01 March 2021
Options for Viewing Search Results in Flexmls
Did you know there are several options for viewing search results in Flexmls? The system defaults to a Residential View, displayed in columns with a 10-point font size. But what does that mean and how can it be adjusted? Watch this video to find out! We have lots of...
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25 February 2021
How Transaction Sides Are Calculated
In real estate, agent productivity is often measured by “sides”, which is a shorter way of saying transaction sides. A typical real estate transaction has two sides being represented, the buyer and seller. Usually, each side has their own representation, but it is possible for one agent to handle...
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This post is part of our series focusing on subscriber feedback from our Fall 2020 Subscriber Satisfaction Survey. We welcome comments and questions any time. Are you looking to send automatic emails to clients? Do you want an easy way to share new listings with clients? Flexmls can help with that! A Flexmls subscription...
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22 February 2021
Top 10 Violations of 2020
2020 is finally over! Now that we’re in 2021, it’s time to recap our top 10 violations from last year. In 2020 we had a grand total of 9,235 violations, see last year’s report here. Self-Reported items outrank all violations, they do not carry fines. Self-Reported errors dominate yet,...
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