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Entering a listing into Flexmls can be time consuming. You need a lot of information from many different places. You can save yourself a lot time, hassle and frustration by assembling these three documents before entering a new listing. The Tax Record of the Property This can be found in the Monsoon...

Do you know about wildcards in Flexmls? These precious gems can help strengthen your searches when you’re not entirely sure what to look for. What’s a Wildcard?  The wildcard is a symbol that takes the place of a word, letter or phrase to better help you complete a search. A wildcard...

The MLS has multiple architectural styles available for searching. Some are easily recognizable, while others can be more difficult to identify, due to the influences pulled from other architectural styles. Below are the 11 architectural styles in the MLS, along with a brief description and photo. You can find these...

We keep our  contacts in many different places nowadays: phones, computers, the cloud and any number of web based software programs. And for as many places as we store them, there are just as many reasons we may need to move them around. If you need to get your...

In the listing process, there may be a reason you have to cancel a listing contract with your client. If this happens, you’ll need to cancel the listing in Flexmls as well. Luckily, cancelling a listing works similar to most of our other status changes. Cancelling a Listing First, find...

Time period can be very important when doing searches in Flexmls. When completing a Quick Search, you can adjust the dates of a specific status for your search. Using Dates to Search Click on Status and select the one you’d like to search by. Underneath Status, click the link that...

Have you ever gotten a close of escrow date wrong when your listing goes under contract? Of course you have, because things happen. When this happens, you’ll need to manually close your listing. Before you close your listing, make sure the transaction is complete. Once a listing closes in the...

Recently Cathy  H. reached out to the ARMLS team wanting to know if it’s possible to access recent searches in Flexmls. The answer is Yes! Access Recent Searches From the Flexmls menu, click Saved Searches.           Once you arrive on the Saved Searches screen, you’ll see your...

Unclear on what the net absorption rate is? Or just curious to know more? Net absorption rate is the rate at which available homes are sold in a specific real estate market during a given time period. This is great for tracking the supply/demand in an area. It’s best to use Flexmls or...

Making a status change from Pending to UCB can be a little tricky. This step-by -step walk through can help make sure you get it done right the first time. From the main menu, click Change Listing and select the listing that needs the status changed. Your listing has to...

If the expiration date for your listing keeps creeping closer and closer you may need to extend it. Before you change anything, discuss it with your seller and get their sign off on the extension. Also, be sure to talk to your broker about the documentation needed when extending a...

Sometimes in the process of selling of a home, things come up. Can you believe it? There are good reasons for temporarily taking a property off the market. For example, the owner may decide to take time to improve the property, or a life event could take someone out...