REALTOR® University Webinar of the Week

On Tuesday August 3rd you will learn the most important components of a killer listing presentation. It is important to know how to organize and deliver a presentation that impresses your potential clients. You’ll leave with new ideas on how to create and deliver a powerful and effective listing presentation that works in today’s market. Register now and receive a member-only discount. For more information¸ visit…

The following Market Dynamics Reports now show Bank Owned Properties:

• Sold Properties
• Under Contract Properties
• New Properties Listed
• For Sale Properties
• Expired Properties

Bank Owned View
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The Bank Portion view shows the number of distressed properties that are in foreclosure; or in foreclosure and subject to short sale; or owned (REO) during the applicable time period.

Non-Bank Owned View
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The Non-Bank Portion view shows the number of non-distressed properties that were free of any bank mediation during the applicable time period.

Easily add the percentage by checking the box to the top right of the graph.

The contact manager error is common in browsers that have multiple pop-up blockers enabled. Google and Yahoo toolbars must be disabled before trying to fix the issue. See below:

Quick and Easy Steps:

1. First click the ‘View’ option at the top of the browser. view screenshot

2. Hover over ‘Toolbars’. view screenshot

3. Uncheck anything but ‘Standard Buttons’, ‘Address Bar’ and ‘Links’. view screenshot

4. Now click ‘Tools’ at the top of your browser. view screenshot

5. Select ‘Internet Options’. view screenshot

6. Go to the ‘Security’ Tab. view screenshot

7. Click once on ‘Trusted Sites’ so it’s highlighted. view screenshot

8. Click the ‘Sites’ button, below. view screenshot

9. In the trusted sites window uncheck ‘Require Server Verification’. view screenshot

10. Then add *.fnismls.com to the website box. view screenshot

11. Click ‘Add’, then ‘OK’ view screenshot

12. Click on ‘Custom Level’. view screenshot

13. Scroll down to the heading ‘Miscellaneous’. view screenshot

14. Above ‘Miscellaneuous’ set ‘Java Permissions’ to Low Safety. view screenshot

15. Change or keep all options above set to ‘Enable’. view screenshot

16. Press ‘OK’ out of security settings

17. Press ‘OK’ out of internet options

Finally, restart your computer. That should do it. If you still get the error then you might have more than one popup-blocker running. If that’s the case, give us a call at our Technical Support Center at 925-295-1270 and we can help you from there.

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Now the distressed properties tool that is loved by REALTORS® is available anywhere you go.

The ForeclosureRadar™ iPhone™ app will allow you to review the status of a foreclosure property and update your distressed-property tracking analysis from your mobile device.

Features Include:

• Nearby Foreclosures
  
  • Show all foreclosures near your current location
• Search Foreclosures
  • View all property details, including phots, notes and transaction history
• Daily Auction Schedule
  • View all properties going to sale that day
• Monitor Auction Activity
  • Find properties as they are announced and check for opening bids
• View My Saved Properties
  • See your saved information and easily email from your phone

The ForeclosureRadar™ iPhone™ app is free if you already subscribe to ForeclosureRadar™ and is available for download through the Apple® iTunes store at http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/foreclosureradar/id379791441. Please note: you will need an active subscription to login.

If you are not a subscriber of ForeclosureRadar™ you may receive a 10% discount and an extended trial period of 7 days. To receive the discount, visit www.foreclosureradar.com/car and use coupon code “RADAR99.”

On Tuesday July 27th, Mel Aclaro shares with you 7 powerful FREE Tools you can use to increase your productivity, target your niche, and increase the quality of the leads you attract. You’ll learn how to maximize your social media time blocks to help you be more relevant to your followers and how to be more productive in your business and more focused in the quality of leads you attract. Register now and receive a member-only discount. For more information¸ visit…

Stay connected to your clients and never miss a beat.

Today’s real estate professional knows that it is getting harder to stay ahead of the competition in this ever-changing industry. You rely on tools that simplify and improve your day-to-day life – tools that allow you to act fast and access vital information immediately, no matter where you are. Keeping on top of the latest technology in the office is work enough, but now agents and brokers must find a way to connect and take care of business wherever they go.

C.A.R. is proud to present zipForm® Mobile for iPhone™ – an extension of the office when your business has ‘left the building’. This companion software is an extension of your zipForm® (online version) account that allows you to keep important transaction information readily accessible. Now you can easily stay connected to your zipForm contract information anytime and anywhere your hectic schedule takes you.

zipForm® Mobile for iPhone™ is available for purchase in the Apple® iTunes store for $9.99. Please visit: http://itunes.apple.com/app/zipform/id323242961?mt=8.

Right here – right now – with the right information

zipForm® Mobile for iPhone™ lets you immediately connect to that important information contained in your zipForm online account, and managing online transactions has never been easier. Get property information, seller and buyer information, and list and offer dates along with listing price and deposit. Now efficiently manage your transactions on the go, directly from your Apple® iPhone™ and iPod touch®.

Features Included

• List and modify transactions (sort ascending / descending by modification date or by name)
• Create a new transaction
• List the forms within a transaction (sort alphabetically)
• Add one or more forms to a transaction from one or more licensed libraries

• View forms via various methods (navigate, zoom, rotate)
• Email one or more forms in PDF format to one or more email recipients, complete with an comments for the recipients
• Fill in commonly used transaction information with the ‘Data Fill’ feature, and it will automatically cascade throughout the forms in the transaction

zipForm® Mobile for iPhone™ provides another way for today’s busy real estate professional to interface with their zipForm® 6 Professional software and stay connected to their clients. zipForm® Mobile for Treo ™ is also available.

For more information visit http://zipform.com/zfmobile/

LPS will be deploying software updates to your MLS system on Tuesday, July 27^th 2010 .This deployment WILL involve downtime for all CCAR members.

This process will begin at 11:59pm (Central) and conclude no later than 8:00am (Central) on Wednesday, July 28^th . During this time, your Paragon MLS system will be unavailable to you.

Respectfully,

John Thummel

Supervisor

MLS Customer Care

Lender Processing Services Real Estate Group