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If you’re looking for a Plat map, Monsoon can help in some cases. Monsoon relies heavily on data from the county, so the maps you can access through Monsoon depends on what the county makes available. Monsoon links you directly to the county assessors website via the APN link...

Having to change the close of escrow (COE) date on a listing is very common. Many things can happen between the offer being accepted and signing all the paper work. It’s important to adjust the COE date to ensure your listing closes on the correct day. When you change...

The ARMLS Data Integrity (DI) department helps to keep your listings on track by sending various courtesy notices directly to your email. We know that dates can change or get adjusted and no one wants to deal with a prematurely closed listing. DI tries to prevent this by sending 10 and...

Need to change a listing from UCB back to Active? Follow the steps below to change the status of your listing. From your Flexmls menu select Change Listing. On the right, click the drop-down to filter by UCB listings, then select the UCB listing that needs the status change....

Ever find out after the fact you need to add someone to a subscription email, like a spouse, a roommate, or someone else involved in the decision-making process? Well it’s easy to do just by editing your subscription. From the Contact Management screen click on your contact. This will...

The semi-private remarks field is reserved for both agent-to-agent information, similar to private remarks, and agent-to-agent information that can be shared with a potential buyer. The latter is where the semi-private remarks really can come in handy. Currently there are 10K+ listings using the semi-private remarks field. So what...

Flexmls has a few different searches you can use to find exactly what you want. You’re probably familiar with the quick search, our most popular search option, but have you ever used the address search? Why Use an Address Search? One reason to use the address search is to find a...

You can add a co-lister in Flexmls at different points in the life cycle of a listing and for a number of reasons. You might be entering a new listing for the first time or maybe you’re mentoring a new agent and need to add them to an existing...

A Special Assessment District (SAD) is an area where the value is heightened due to a public improvement in which a tax is apportioned to recover the costs of said improvement i.e. to finance a local street or sewer repairs. Why it’s Important to Check The costs of the...

If you’ve ever clicked the menu button in Flexmls and been overwhelmed by the vast array of options that came up, you’re not alone. Flexmls is a huge database used by over a quarter of a million users in many different markets around the country. That means it has to work...

Customizing your portal invite is easy and can add that personalized touch from you to your client. This email will go out to any client you set up on a portal. To get started, go to your menu select Portal Preferences. Once in Portal Preferences, select the plus sign...

When entering a listing, there’s a handy button on the address tab that can help prevent mistakes and possible rule violations while saving you time. It’s called Populate Tax Data button and works by populating some required information in your listing. Using Populate Tax Data Button (aka auto-pop, auto-populate) To...

When using the Full Copy option in Flexmls, there are two things you must remember. One: you must be copying a listing that you were previously the listing agent on. Two: you must still be in the same office as you were when you first listed it to get a...