Broker Load is Here!
Well, overall, the shift to Broker Load went surprisingly well. There were a few issues in the beginning but most of them have been worked out. The feedback I am getting is almost all positive from members. Even some who dreaded it and thought they would absolutely hate it, have come to enjoy being able to load information into the MLS directly.
The tools provided on the Broker Load Resource Center for reference and training purposes are being used frequently by agents. The chat feature on Rapattoni is really effective also. The chat feature enables agents to chat with the MLS staff quickly without getting voice mail and delays during business hours.
Some of the outstanding issues that Rapattoni is currently working on are the Subdivision drop-down menu and the duplicate listing issues with Master and Alternate listings. We hope to have those worked out soon.
The MLS staff are eager to be as helpful to users as possible and anytime there is a problem or an issue with Rapattoni, please feel free to contact us.
Some of the new fields that are showing on Rapattoni MLS are not yet on the Data forms, but have been sent to Transaction Desk to be added, Such as the VOW fields, and a few new amenities that were added at the same time. The first of next year there will be additional changes adding “Green” amenities.
As Winston Churchill said, “There is nothing wrong with change, if it is in the right direction”
Congratulations to 2009 GRI Grads!
It gives us great pleasure to present to you those REALTORS® whose dedication to professional advancement and service to the public sets them apart as very special members of our Board. After completing some ninety hours of class work, passing examinations, and meeting other membership criteria, these REALTORS® have achieved a signal honor: They have completed the Missouri REALTOR® Institute and will henceforth be entitled to display the GRI Designation as a symbol of their professionalism in real estate practice.
Please help us congratulate the following 2009 GRI Graduates:
Cheryl Anderson, Carol Jones, REALTORS®
Carrie Beason, Carol Jones, REALTORS®
Sara Broderson, Carol Jones, REALTORS®
Bill Burks, Murney Associates
Rhonda Burks, Murney Associates
Bettina Marble, Carol Jones, REALTORS®
Kathleen McCroskey, Bob McCroskey Real Estate
Tammye Oldham, Murney Associates
Donna Peterson, Century 21 Peterson Real Estate
Sharon Stoops, Hoover & Associates
Debra Walters, Great Commission Realty
Kari Wyrsch, Fitzgerald First Realty, LLC
Legends Car Wash Triple Play offer!
Legends Express Car Wash has designed a program to satisfy 3 needs that show up on every member’s “To Do” list regularly.
1) Keep you car (or rolling office) clean.
2) Save a few dollars!!!!
3) Donate to OUR cause (REALTORS® Helping People).
Pick up your membership card at the Board office and anytime you visit either Legends Express Car Washes two locations in Springfield, simply swipe the card before your purchase. A DISCOUNTED Board Members Only Screen will appear. Choose a wash and a donation will be made to the REALTORS® Helping. People.
$12 Ultimate Wash discounted to $11 – $1.50 donated
$10 Wheel Deal discounted to $9 – $1.00 donated
$8 Protect Sz; Shine discounted to $7 – .50 donated
Legends’ has 2 locations at 1820 W. Battlefield (on the SE corner of Battlefield and Kansas Exp.) and 1146 S. Glenstone (between Bennett and Grand). Open 8am to 8pm, 7days week, with ALWAYS FREE VACUUMS. It only takes 3 minutes to get your car looking GREAT. Sit back and enjoy the ride. Be proud you donated to a GREAT cause, saved some money, and got your car washed at the greenest, friendliest, and best Car Wash in town!!
Annual Toy Drive
A MESSAGE FROM YOUR MLS PRESIDENT
By: Judy Huntsman
GREATER SPRINGFIELD BOARD OF REALTORS®
My year as Multilist President is winding down, but we still have some hot topics to work through together as a board. Effective November l, 2009, we will be an all BROKER LOAD board!! For many of this it is very exciting, as we see what a great advantage it is for us to offer instant information online for our sellers as their listing comes to the marketplace.
From a buyers standpoint it will also be advantageous, as you can be visiting over a week-end and that “just right listing” may crop up on a Saturday afternoon. Many of you brokers and agents are fearful that you’ll make a mistake .. you probably will and so will I, but we will make a pact to conscientiously remind one another when we’ve entered something in error.
For those of you who were NOT advocates of this new program, please bear with us– as you’ll find you’re going to like it and the freedom and flexibility it gives you to offer instant services to your clients!
SHORT SALES ARE A DILEMMA!! We are having a “Broker Only” meeting at the Board office on November 5th @ 8:30 AM. It seems the lenders have taken over how we report these sales (or the lack of adequate reporting) and buyers are stacked up on several homes – some buyers may or may not know that there are other offers being considered.
A personal experience of mine last week was in showing two “short sales” in a fairly new subdivision. The buyers were limited on time and we had tried to reach the agent before showing. Once we were inside the two homes and liked both of them, we were able to reach the agent only to find out that two separate offers had been signed by the seller (subject to lender approval), and they were “probably” both sold. It was an hour and a half out of my day, but more importantly my customer’s day.
The real losers in this situation are the buyers (multiple buyers on any given home), who are all in hopes of “winning the home.” Since we have as of this past Tuesday, l0/27/09 a l0.2 month inventory of homes, it seems to me we can, as a group of brokers, figure out a way of reporting these short sales UC or UCC so that the ‘extra buyers’ could then move on to another one of the hundreds of homes available. BROKERS, please try to attend the meeting on November 5th @ 8:30 AM.
The board staff will be more than happy to assist you in the introduction of Broker Load. If you have questions call the board office, and if you have complaints call me.
Judy Huntsman, MLS President
417-887-6664
jhuntsman@coldwellbanker.com
GSBOR had a visit from a Springfield Cardinal!
Free Evening Class November 10th!
Diane Nicholas will be our guest speaker Tuesday, November 10th from 6pm-8pm in the Board Classroom. Her subject will be “Surviving and EVEN Thriving in a Tough Market – Attitude Adjustments for You and Your Clients.”
Diane says, “Real Estate is serious business! Let’s have some FUN with it!”
Class will be held in the GSBOR Classroom. Call or email Yvonne at the Board Office for reservations! 417-883-1226 or YFerguson@gsbor.com
New Online Residential Property Value Map
A new interactive map designed for the investigation of residential property values is now available on the GSBOR web site. The Greene County Residential Property Value Map is a tool for rapidly assessing residential property values with appraised values from the Greene County Assessor’s Office. The map provides custom tools and data displays for quick and comprehensive assessment of properties with respect to their surrounding neighborhood.
The map features a color coded property value layer with six property value ranges. The color ranges are based on observed breaks in residential property values for Greene County.
A floating legend may be opened to compare the residential value ranges against the colors shown on the map.
The map also includes a land use classification layer with its associated floating legend and it features the State of Missouri’s new color aerial photography.
The map interface includes layer buttons to control the visibility of the map layers. If more than one layer is on, the transparency of the overlying layer may be adjusted with a sliding transparency control. As shown below, the slider control allows the property value layer to be viewed with variable transparency over the map’s aerial photography.
The image on the right shows the property value layer with 50% transparency over the air photo layer. The semi-transparent view allows the aerial photography to provide additional information for the interpretation of property values.
The map utilizes newly developed data transfer and display methods that allow unlimited data points to be displayed on the map. The new technology allows each parcel to contain an associated point with a mouseover hover display. The hover display feature allows property values and owner names to be displayed on the map when the cursor is moved over hover the point locations. The hover data is displayed at the bottom two zoom levels, and the hover points are included on the property value layer at these levels. Hover points may also be displayed against any layer by turning on point graphics for the hover point locations. The hover point graphics are color coded to match the color ranges shown on the property value layer.
The hover point locations are provided on the property value layer for fast display since the hover point graphics can be slow in Internet Explorer. Firefox provides greater performance for the hover point display technique and is recommended for using this map.
The images on the right show various ways the hover data may be displayed.
The top image shows the hover point graphics turned on over the land use layer with the cursor over a green hover point. The middle image shows the property value layer which includes hover point locations in the layer’s map tiles. The bottom image shows the hover data display over the air photo without the hover point graphics. The image reveals that the green color classified parcel is an undeveloped lot surrounded by new high value homes.
The residential property value map also contains the basic parcel selection features provided on the Greene County Property Parcel Map. At the bottom three zoom levels, parcels may be selected from the map or the sidebar list to display summary information. The complete assessor’s data may be accessed by clicking the property data link under the summary info.
For complete information on the new map, see the introduction on the GSBOR Online map page and use the quick guide and layer information displays on the map interface.
For more information about GSBOR’s online interactive maps, feel free to contact Mark Phillips by e-mail at phillips@ i-maps.com or call 417-866-6400.
Deepest Sympathies…
Our heartfelt sympathies go out to Emma Bell, Carol Jones, REALTORS® for the loss of her mother, Rick and Cheryle Below, Carol Jones, REALTORS® for the loss of their father and Randy Henderson, Carol Jones, REALTORS® for the loss of his father. Also, Ernie Rogers, Murney Associates passed away as a result of a car accident last week. He had been a member of GSBOR since July of this year.
2009 Honor Society Application
HONOR SOCIETY APPLICATIONS:
If you would like to apply for the MAR Honor Society, please go to the electronic documents and you will see the registration form listed under Awards and also under Member Information. Please print the application and fax or mail it to MARHS P.O. Box 1327, Columbia, Mo 65205. Applications will be accepted between January 1 and February 26, 2010.
Any questions call Sylvia Derks, at ext. 112