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5 Ways You Could Use CTMLS To Value Downton Abbey

As a CT REALTOR® you are well versed in the art of valuing a property for your clients so that it sells in an expeditious fashion on the Connecticut real estate market. You are probably so adept at the art of valuation that you could do it in your sleep for a new client. What if you needed a little help with a particular property though? Say you were talking with Lord Grantham about his need to sell Downton Abbey after he lost the family’s fortune in a railroad scheme. CTMLS is here to help. Ok, so maybe the CTMLS tools you have at your disposal might not be able to help you with valuing a 20th century British estate, but they certainly can help you with valuing real estate in Connecticut in the 21st century. Here are the Read more [...]

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5 Reasons To Use ShowingAssist For Connecticut Real Estate

With over 90% of all Connecticut REALTORS® signed up to use ShowingAssist from CTMLS there is a tremendous value to taking the time to learn the ins and outs of the program and how it can benefit your Connecticut real estate business. > For the uninitiated, ShowingAssist allows agents to schedule and approve showing appointments from directly inside the MLS. This gives agents the flexibility to meet the needs of all those involved. Here are five reasons you should be using ShowingAssist: 1.) Easy access to schedule showings right from a listing details page in MLXchange. 2.) Quick response time from the listing agent. 3.) Create a custom buyer tour using the new ShowingCart 4.) Schedule multiple showings with one click 5.) Read more [...]More Reading:Where To Find It: CTMLS Documents in MLXchange How To: Create An E-mail Template In MLXchange What Does Internet Y/N Mean Inside MLXchange? 5 Must-Know MLXchange Shortcuts How To: Access MLS Data From Six States

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5 Quick Tutorials To Get The Most Out Of MLXchange

The secret is out, practicing Connecticut real estate is time consuming and requires great attention to detail. As a REALTOR® your time is your currency and it’s stretched pretty thin. That’s why we think it’s important to give you training in quick and easy bites so you can learn the MLXchange system without costing yourself any business. We have 50+ 1-2 minute long video tutorials that will help walk you through various aspects of your day to day use of MLXchange, but I picked out five of them that I think will be incredibly helpful. If you want to view more of them, they are all available on the CTMLS YouTube channel. Take a moment and review these brief tutorials below and you’ll be an MLXchange expert in short order. Are Read more [...]More Reading:Membership Blog: Password Reset – Who, What, When, Where and Why Why You Should Be Using Client Manager How To: Reorder Your Photos In MLXchange Generate More Leads Using The IDX Search Link What The Hunger Games Phenomenon Taught Me About CT Real Estate

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Why You Should Continue To Improve Your MLXchange Skills

You’ve heard us talking about the release of Fusion MLS for a while now. It’s going to be great. There will be the ability to access CT real estate information from any device (including a MAC and an iPad), the ability to access it from any web browser and much much more. Why then, you might ask, should I continue to improve on my MLXchange skills if we’re just moving over to a new system over the next few months? Good question and here’s the answer. Fusion MLS gives you some great added new functionality, but it also keeps in tact much of the core of MLXchange. Once inside you’ll notice that many of the changes that were made in this new generation of MLS have been behind the scenes to improve speed, ease of use, etc. This is Read more [...]More Reading:Two Ways To Learn FusionMLS Top Ten FusionMLS Enhancements #8 – Gallery View FusionMLS Training Begins Top Ten FusionMLS Enhancements #9 E-mail Auto-Fill Top 10 FusionMLS Enhancements: #10

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Fusion MLS Not Quite Cold Fusion

If you’re anything like me, science wasn’t quite your thing in high school. Heck, if you’re anything like me, science was NEVER your thing. No matter how hard I tried to be interested in erupting volcanoes and the periodic table of elements, I just couldn’t get my mind wrapped around it. The closest I’ve come to getting into science is my love of The Big Bang Theory (I’m telling you now if you don’t already watch this show, you need to start.) Knowing that, it’s curious why Cold Fusion popped into my head when thinking about Fusion MLS. I don’t know what Cold Fusion is, although I could recite to you the wikipedia entry because I just looked it up, but other than that I am at a loss. I do know it is over my head completely. I am Read more [...]More Reading:The iPad, MLXchange and You VT and NH Listings Now Available In Data Co-Op Navigate The Add A Listing Form With This Quick Tip Access Walk Score From All Listings In MLXchange 29 Things For This “Bonus” Day To Boost Your CT Real Estate Profile

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What Fusion MLS Will Mean For You

The CTMLS has already opened up a large group of beta testers to start working with Fusion MLS. The response has been tremendous and we have received some great feedback about the newly redesigned MLS system. In case you are not familiar with Fusion MLS, it is the latest release from CoreLogic, the company that provides us with MLXchange. Towards the end of this summer and through the fall of 2012 you will have the opportunity to get to know Fusion MLS and how it differs from the system you currently use, MLXchange. After a few months of release all CTMLS members will be moved over to exclusively use Fusion MLS. So what does this mean for you? Let’s start with what it does NOT mean for you. It does not mean that you will have Read more [...]More Reading:Five MLS Tools US Presidents Would’ve Used If They Were REALTORS® The One Tool You Are Not Optimizing To Grow Your Business How To: Reset Your MLXchange Password Twelve Days of Tips and Tricks (Day 11) Twelve Days of Tips and Tricks (Day 6)

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Using Task Manager To Stay Connected To Your Clients

In this ultra-connected world that we live in it is vitally important to stay top of mind with your clients and any potential clients that you may work with in the future. Staying top of mind is hard work and it doesn’t necessarily pay off in the short term, but when it does pay off it can pay off in a big way. The beauty of the Internet is that it is now possible for you to stay top of mind with potential clients without having to spend a fortune on billboards, radio ads, newspaper spreads and the like. You have the tools at your disposal to maintain that connection with people who you may or may not be working with. One of these tools is the Task Manager which is available inside MLXchange. The task manager functions in much the same Read more [...]More Reading:5 MLXchange Tricks Sure To Be A Treat Photo Allowance Update November Webinar Schedule Posted What Listing Status Should I Use? How To: Use ShowingAssist

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