primeaccess: Top Ten Listing Input Tips - 05/04/11 11:41 AM
A dull listing could prevent a sale. Here are some tips from other real estate professionals about how to make your listings shine.
Give Good DirectionsNot everyone relies on their G.P.S. to navigate through unfamiliar neighborhoods. Make sure you enter good directions to the property, and skip the shortcuts. Don't use "See MapQuest" or "Call Broker." You can now enter up to 1,000 characters in the Directions field. The Listing Detail will display the full set of characters, allowing you more space to provide better directions to the property. Disclose Short SalesIf your listing is a short sale, this must be … (3 comments)

primeaccess: Let Your Voice Be Heard - Online Community For Feedback - 04/06/11 10:11 AM
The Metrolist Idea Manager provides an online community that encourages you to submit feedback and share your ideas. It connects you with support, marketing, and development staff at Metrolist as well as with your colleagues to help determine what features to build/enhance, and the right priority for development resources.To access the Metrolist Idea Manager, click the feedback icon from PrimeAccess Portal.
Creating Your Idea Manager Account
The login for this account is not tied to your PrimeAccess login.
Click Register to create your account.Enter your email address and click Submit.You will receive a confirmation email. Click the link in … (0 comments)

primeaccess: New Monthly Indicator Report and Local Market Update for Denver Realtors - 02/16/11 03:45 AM
The Monthly Indicator Report and Local Market Update have been updated to make them even simpler, cleaner and more modern, giving you the tools needed to help tell the story of your real estate market. Here's a summary of the enhancements made to these two Market Intel reports:
Monthly Indicator Report The first page offers a new Quick Facts dashboard, which highlights key metrics and complements the written analysis to give a top line summary of the month's trends. The Market Overview has been moved to the second page and enhanced with historical sparklines. Finally, the individual metric pages now include … (4 comments)

primeaccess: ATTENTION METROLIST (DENVER) MEMBERS: New Classes Available for MLS Rules & Regs Update - 12/20/10 07:18 AM
To help you understand the new status fields and to answer related listing questions, Metrolist® will offer a new class and webinar in January.
Understanding New Statuses Learn to correctly use the new Status Conditions and Approval Conditions fields to present a true picture of a listing. Get examples of accurate reporting for common listing scenarios.
You will learn:
How to accurately use Short Sale disclosure When to use the Pending status How a Refreshed listing work How the Withdrawn status works When to use the Kick Out condition These 45 minute classes are scheduled to immediately follow the Skill Building: … (0 comments)

primeaccess: R U Loquacious? Be as wordy as you want with PrimeAccess! - 11/30/10 05:13 PM
You can now enter up to 1,000 characters in the Public Remarks, Broker Remarks, and Directions fields. PrimeAccess® Listing Details will display the full set of characters, allowing you more space to describe your property's features and provide better directions to the property.
A response to frequent customer requests, expanded remarks are just the latest PrimeAccess improvement to increase the marketability of your properties. Take advantage of this enhancement by more adequately describing the unique features of your properties.
Report Character Count In order to maintain one-page layouts, select reports will display a truncated version of this field and will be … (3 comments)

primeaccess: Search Multiple Property Types in PrimeAccess - 11/16/10 12:49 PM
"I want to be able to select Res and Condo in my searches" - this is among the most requested changes we've been asked to implement.
With the launch of the Beta Searches, you can now include multiple property types in a single search. Using either Basic BETA or Advanced BETA, you can choose as many property types as you need to get the results you want (fig. 1).
fig. 1 Basic BETA search provides the most commonly used fields while Advanced BETA search allows you to customize your MLS experience so that you get only the fields you want for … (1 comments)

primeaccess: Edit Listing Photos for Free Online - 11/11/10 09:25 AM
Your online listing photos are often the first impression a homebuyer gets of your listings. Now that you can have up to 25 listing photos, as well as add captions to your photos in PrimeAccess®, it's time to take your listing photos to the next level.
Simple photo editing can help your photos go from dark and cluttered to clear and colorful. And there are many free online tools to help you achieve a great look in your listing photos.
Picnik.com One of the easier online editors is picnik.com, which gives you the ability to crop and resize photos, as well … (4 comments)

primeaccess: Urban Living - Finding a "Walkable" Home - 11/04/10 11:22 AM
With increased emphasis on going green and saving money on gas, many of today's homebuyers rank proximity to daily conveniences as a highly important factor when choosing a neighborhood. Help your clients find a home in a "walkable" neighborhood using PrimeAccess® Power Search.
Each Metrolist® listing includes a Walk Score that helps rate walkable places to live. The Walk Score is determined by the proximity of nearby stores, restaurants, schools, parks and more. The higher the Walk Score, the easier it is to live a car-lite, or even a car-free lifestyle.
Search by Walk ScoreWalk Score is searchable in PrimeAccess Power … (1 comments)

primeaccess: Farming - Not Just a Facebook Game - 10/14/10 09:44 AM
A successful real estate business is dependent upon growth. Developing new leads is a crucial part of surviving in the real estate industry. However, many real estate professionals overlook an important component that leads to growth... FARMING.
What is farming? In real estate, farming is not growing produce nor is it something you do on Facebook. Farming is a prospecting tool for identifying and establishing new potential leads. Much like actual farmers who plant crops months before the harvest, real estate professional must plant seeds, sometimes referred to as marketing campaigns, which will eventually generate customers, clients, sales, and income.
Finding … (3 comments)

primeaccess: Personal Branding Made Easy - Upload Your Broker or Team Photo to the Denver MLS - 10/06/10 11:35 AM
You promote your listings all the time. Now it’s time to promote “you.” Real estate is a business built around personal relationships. It's important to keep your warm, welcoming smile in front of customers and clients alike. Upload your photo to PrimeAccess to include “you” on your listings and PrimeAccess reports.
Why Upload Your Photo?
Uploading your broker photo allows you to provide your clients with personally-branded reports. All of your property reports in PrimeAccess will be personalized with your photo and contact info.
Your photo will also appear on your listings on REcolorado.com and in your Broker Profile in … (1 comments)

primeaccess: Use Listing History to Your Advantage - 09/07/10 11:30 AM
Knowing the history of a listing can be a valuable asset in home purchase negotiations. As a broker working with homebuyers, researching the listing history can be essential to ensure that you are knowledgeable about the property and can suggest a fair purchase offer.
Yes, You Can! You can easily view listing activity such as price and status changes, that are categorized by MLS number. Also view a Days on Market (DOM) summary for active listings that includes Current DOM and Total DOM. From the Listing Detail, click Listing History. Follow Metrolist:
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primeaccess: Working With Sellers in Today's Market - 09/06/10 04:54 AM
Alison Brennan talks about how the end of the tax credit incentives affects home buying and selling and discusses opportunities that still exist for homebuyers.

Source: http://www.BrokerIPTV.com BrokerIPTV: Today we are talking with Alison Brennan of the ABC Investment team of RE/MAX professionals, welcome how are you?
Alison Brennan: Good thank you, thanks for having me.
BrokerIPTV: Well we are talking about what's going on in the market now that the tax credit went bye, bye I mean first impression has, have you seen it really make some type of an effect on buyers?
Alison Brennan: Absolutely. First when we … (2 comments)

primeaccess: Welcome to the Future - New Photo Viewer - 08/18/10 09:46 AM
The new, enhanced photo viewer in PrimeAccess® propels you into the future of online media in your MLS. This exciting new enhancement uses the power of Microsoft Silverlight to provide rich, interactive content and opens the door to future enhancements in photo size, viewing, uploading, and sharing.
The photo viewer allows you to enjoy a streamlined slideshow with easy navigation between photos and slideshow controls. The new photo viewer includes thumbnail previews of listing photos as well as full screen capabilities, perfect for reviewing photos with clients.
Experience the future of photo viewing today!
Finding the Photo Viewer You can use … (4 comments)

primeaccess: Top Do's and Don'ts of Listing Photos - 06/04/10 03:05 PM
With ninety percent of homebuyers searching online, "curb appeal" has been replaced with "click appeal." The first impression is no longer made at the curb, but at the click of the mouse.
Here are ten "Dos" and "Don'ts" when taking listing photos.
NOTE: No actual listings were harmed in the making of this article. … (6 comments)

primeaccess: Work on Behalf of Others in PrimeAccess - New Feature from Metrolist (Denver) - 06/04/10 11:50 AM
Impersonation gives you the ability to grant privileges to others in your office to work on your behalf. You can now allow others to sign in to PrimeAccess® with their Username and Password, select your profile and use PrimeAccess on your behalf. Using this feature, your information and branding will be included on all printable reports. Any Search History, Saved Searches and CMAs, Prospects, etc, will be saved to your profile as well.
Learn to use Impersonation
Melissa Olson, Senior Manager of Marketing and Sales for Metrolist discusses using the Impersonation feature in PrimeAccess to work on behalf of others in … (1 comments)

primeaccess: Impress Potential Clients - Metrolist Marketing Advantage - 06/01/10 12:51 PM
As a real estate professional, you use every tool at your disposal to market your clients' home. Assure your customers that their home's listing will be marketed to the greatest extent.
Impress potential clients by including this free PDF download with your listing presentations to describe the marketing advantages available to Metrolist® members making you the best choice to list their home.
Download it for free and start impressing your potential clients today!
Marketing Your Home with the Power of the MLS Follow Metrolist: … (2 comments)

primeaccess: Searchable Lot Size - Latest Upgrade for Metrolist (Denver) Members - 05/13/10 01:35 PM
We have received many requests asking if you could have the ability to search by Lot Size using a range, and we have responded, "Yes, you can."
You can now enter a square footage range for Lot Size in PrimeAccess® Power Search.
In order to make this request a reality, we have been working hard to make Lot Size consistent from listing to listing. As of the end of March, Lot Size must now be entered as the square footage of the lot, not as a dimension or as acreage.
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primeaccess: IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR METROLIST MEMBERS (DENVER): Your MLS Account - 05/03/10 07:48 AM
As of May 19, you will no longer be able to share your Metrolist account or sign in to PrimeAccess® multiple times using a single account. Each Metrolist member must have their own account with unique Username and Password to sign in to PrimeAccess.
Sharing your Username and Password is prohibited by the MLS Rules & Regulations and violations are subject to Sanctions. According to the MLS Rules & Regulations, Section 1.26 Participation, "Every User will be assigned a User ID and Password, which may not be used by any other person. Each User will be responsible for the safekeeping of … (0 comments)

primeaccess: Yes, You Can Make a Difference this Earth Day - 04/22/10 08:48 AM
Ever wonder if there is something you can do in your business practices to contribute to a healthy and sustainable planet?
“Yes, you can!” Using a document management solution such as InstanetForms plus DocBox to take your business paperless is not only convenient and efficient, but it is also environmentally friendly.
Do your part this Earth Day, and commit to using Instanet to complete paperless transactions including electronic signatures.

InstanetForms plus DocBox is an online real estate forms solution and document management system that offers online Colorado state contracts, addendums, disclosures, and more. Convenient auto-population of MLS data saves … (2 comments)

primeaccess: YOU ASKED - WE DELIVERED! Customer Requests for PrimeAccess Implemented - 04/08/10 07:45 PM
the changes we've made so far.
Extended Session Timeout The PrimeAccess session timeout has been increased to allow a longer idle time before the system ends your PrimeAccess session.
For security reasons, the system timeout cannot be completely removed, but it has been extended to be more accommodating and flexible.
These new timeout timeframes have been established for the following areas of PrimeAccess:
PrimeAccess - extended from 10 to 30 minutes Add/Change Listing - extended from 30 to 60 minutes PrimeAccess CMA - extended from 30 to 60 minutes Prior to ending you session, a session timeout warning message will display … (4 comments)

 
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