When comparing the week of November 29 – December 5 with the week prior, the number of times an RMLS™ subscriber opened a Supra lockbox increased 31.3% in Washington and 51.5% in Oregon.
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Archive
View an archive of the Supra lockbox statistical reports on Flickr.
With the old CMA module departing from RMLSweb on January 6, 2011, it is important for all subscribers to go into the system and save any old CMA reports they would not like to disappear along with the module. Luckily, this only requires a small amount of your time, and should be quick and easy if you follow these simple steps:
1. Run a category specific search (such as Residential).
2. Check off at least one listing from the search results.
3. In the “Select a Report” drop-down list, select “CMA Report (old)” and click “GO.”
4. In the “Subject Profiles” drop-down list, select the profile you would like to save.
5. Click “Continue to Pricing.”
6. On the pricing page, select either “Email” or “Print Preview.”
7. If you select “Email,” then email it to your own email address. Then in the email you receive, you can click the link and either print the report or save it to your local drive.
8. If you select “Print Preview,” you can print the report to paper. Or, if you have Cute PDF, you can save it as a PDF.
By following these steps for all your old CMA reports you would like to hold onto, you can ensure that nothing you need is removed from our servers when the old CMA disappears on January 6! And if you need any help with the new CMA, here are some tutorials to answer some of your questions:
CMA Overview
Accessing the CMA
How to use Radius Search
User Preferences
Adding Comparables and Making Adjustments
Creating a CMA Profile
Customizing your CMA Report
Entering Subject Property Information
Or you can check out our Creating a new CMA in RMLSweb quick reference guide.
As always, if you have any further questions or concerns we are here to help. You can call your local RMLS™ office or the RMLS™ Help Desk at (503) 872-8002 in the Portland Metro Area or toll-free at (877) 256-2169.
When comparing the week of November 22 – November 28 with the week prior, the number of times an RMLS™ subscriber opened a Supra lockbox decreased 31.6% in Washington and 39.2% in Oregon.
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Archive
View an archive of the Supra lockbox statistical reports on Flickr.
With the recent release of the new iPad operating system (Version 4.2) some important changes occurred in the way the iPad interacts with RMLSweb.
As you may recall from my last iPad post, RMLSweb works best with Internet Explorer 6+. All of the RMLSweb system functionality is available and fully supported on IE 6+ (although honestly you should be well past IE 6 by now). Obviously the iPad does not use IE as a browser, and that immediately created some challenges when using the iPad with RMLSweb. In fact the challenges were so diverse the decision was made to re-direct the iPad browser (typically Safari) to the RMLS™ mobile site, to ensure the iPad user wouldn’t be tasked with dealing with the challenges. This was not a popular decision with iPad users but was really necessary due to substantial data integrity issues when using RMLSweb.
With this OS update, and based on substantial testing by RMLS™ technical staff, we are confident that some of the core RMLSweb functionality lacking in the first iPad operating system is now working as it should. That is not to say that the entire RMLSweb system works with the iPad, but simply that it is more functional with this operating system update than it was before. As such, it was decided to remove the automatic re-direct to the RMLS™ mobile site and allow the iPad access to logging in to the RMLSweb site. There are still inconsistencies in several areas of RMLSweb, but most Search functions work as expected and most importantly return an accurate set of search results.
Please keep in mind that while we certainly agree that the iPad is a wonderful new tool that fits well in the real estate space and undoubtedly has many other benefits for our Realtor® subscribers, accessing RMLSweb and expecting full functionality is just not yet possible. As we move forward in the evolution of RMLSweb you will see more functionality available through the iPad.
If you have any specific questions about what does and does not work with the iPad and RMLSweb please contact the RMLS™ Help Desk. The RMLS™ Help Desk is available 8AM-7PM Mon-Thursday; 8AM-5PM Friday & 10AM-2PM Saturday. Call 503-872-8002 or 877-256-2169 (toll-free).
Here’s a quick rundown of upcoming real estate events and education for December in Oregon and Southern Washington. If you have an event that is not listed here, please let us know by commenting below. For future events, please send an e-mail to communications (at) rmls (dot) com.
RMLS™ reminder:
On December 8, any RMLS™ subscribers who have not changed their Private ID in the last 30 days will need to do so before they are allowed into RMLSweb. Between now and December 8, you can voluntarily change your Private ID using the User Preferences option in RMLSweb‘s Toolkit.
Events around the region:
-December 1: Oregon Association of REALTORS® presents the Short Sales and Foreclosure Resource class.
-December 1: A blood drive will be held in the parking lot of Prudential NW Properties, 17700 SE Mill Plain Blvd in Vancouver, from 1:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. For more information call 360-816-9418.
-December 1-20: The Building Hope for Children Lego Drive will be held at various locations through December 20. For locations or more information, click here.
-December 4: Oregon REALTORS® Young Professionals Network hosts a Civil War Tailgating Event at Reser Stadium before the big game. To RSVP, click here.
-December 8: Home Builders Association of Metropolitan Portland presents the HBA Annual Housing Forecast.
-December 9: Women’s Council of REALTORS® hosts the RMLS™ Tech Update featuring Nick Church, as a part of its continuing Real Estate Business Resource Breakfast Series. Note: Please bring a toy for Candlelighters for Children with Cancer.
-December 9: Neighborhood Economic Development Corporation hosts a training class for real estate professionals who would like to volunteer in Lane, Marion, and Clackamas counties to help with intake and processing for families facing foreclosure. To volunteer, fill out this application, and for more information click here.
-December 9-10: Earth Advantage Institute hosts the S.T.A.R. Earth Advantage Broker Certification course.
Also, if you are an RMLS™ subscriber, we have lots of FREE opportunities for continuing education credit at a location near you; click the link for your area to view the December Training Calendar:
–Coos County
–Eastern Oregon
–Eugene
–Gresham
–Hood River
–Portland
–Roseburg
–Salem
–Vancouver