How To: Access MLS Data From Six States
A couple of months ago, CTMLS announced our partnership with CoreLogic to provide you with access to Data Co-Op. This powerful tool is a great way to access CTMLS data for a number of reasons, not the least of which is the fact that it is cross-browser and cross-platform compatible. That’s all good, but wouldn’t it be nice to access more then just Connecticut real estate listings on your iPad? Wouldn’t it be great if you could access listings from a couple of neighboring states and even states outside of New England? Now you can! CTMLS is proud to announce the introduction of MLS listing data from six additional states outside of Connecticut. Now you can access listings from Vermont, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, New Jersey, New York Read more [...]
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Tagged Data Co-Op, Florida, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont
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8 Out Of 10 People Think Home Ownership Is A Good Investment
It’s very easy for folks who are working in a down CT real estate market to feel that the general public will ever come back to buying a home and that the market will turn around. When you’re in it every day it is very easy to lose sight of the fact that nearly 80% of Americans surveyed still think home ownership is an important part of the American Dream. It is easy to think the market may never rebound. Rest assured, it will. When in a recent survey of it’s readers Better Homes and Gardens found just that, that 80% of people still consider home ownership important. The survey also had some other interesting findings which are detailed here. As the market starts to pick up and clients start to come forward this idea of home ownership Read more [...]
Membership Blog: Password Reset – Who, What, When, Where and Why
WHO? You, as a member of CTMLS, must change your own password when it expires. You are responsible for keeping your password secure and you must not let anyone else use it. WHAT? CTMLS requires all of our members to change their password once every six months. This is done to ensure the security of your computer account. WHEN? Every six months CTMLS members must change their passwords used to access MLXchange. When you are prompted to change your password, you can follow these simple steps to change it seamlessly. WHERE? On MLXchange. When your password expires, a message will pop up asking you to change it. Follow the prompts to enter your old password and create a new one. If you have forgotten your old password, just call Read more [...]
Use This Surefire Technique To Drive Your Clients AWAY
There are so many fantastic techniques that you can use for your Internet Marketing that will drive traffic to your listings and in turn build your client database. You can work on your Search Engine Optimization. You can take amazing photos or have professional photos taken. You can start a blog, build a Facebook page, shoot YouTube videos and so much more. The list goes on and on, but there is one surefire technique that will drive more clients AWAY from your business. I know you’re dying to know what that technique is… WRITING ALL OF YOUR PROPERTY DESCRIPTIONS IN ALL CAPITAL LETTERS!! Oh you’ve seen it before where a REALTOR® has decided that writing their property description in all capital letters will highlight the property, Read more [...]
Posted in Internet Marketing, REALTORS®
Tagged capital letters, caps lock, property descriptions
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Why You Should Be Using Client Manager
MLXchange offers some pretty incredible tools for you to do your job better and more efficiently, but some of them go unused or are incredibly under utilized. Client Manager is one of those tools. Client Manager allows you to have a full blown client database without spending any additional money on a third party solution and the best part of it all is that it is fully integrated into the system that you already do most of your work from, MLXchange. So right off the bat you’ve got two very good reasons why you should be using Client Manager. The first reason is a financial one. You could go out and spend a tremendous amount of money on a Customer Relationship Management tool (CRM) that will solve some of your problems or you could Read more [...]
Using Facebook For Good: Proving The Medium
When the winds finally stopped swirling and the hail stopped falling on May 22nd, 2011, there was an eerie silence for the residence of Joplin, Missouri. With 160 deaths attributed to the deadly tornado and nearly $2.5 billion worth of damage done, this small mid-western city would never be the same. Fast-forward to early 2012, when two friends from years past reconnected online and in a New York City neighborhood. “My old baseball teammate Todd had lost touch for a bit but he ended up moving into my neighborhood a few blocks away. He saw that I was posting about my bike rides all the time and we reconnected and started doing some casual rides just for fun.” recounts Dave duCille. Dave is a Massachusetts native who has been transplanted Read more [...]
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Tagged Cycle for Joplin, Facebook, good causes, social media
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