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GLVAR to offer MLS-Touch and Prospect CRM to membership

CoreLogic and Prospects Software Bring New CRM and Mobile Solutions to Las Vegas REALTORS®

“GLVAR members and their clients can collaborate effortlessly from their phones or laptops,” said Stephanie Hill, MLS vice president for GLVAR. “Suggested listings and client favorites can be viewed in both the client portal and the mobile app, and all messages and activities are tracked in the client record in MLS-Touch, Prospects CRM and Matrix. We are taking real-time collaboration to another level.”

Love reading about this type of integration. I think becoming part of the MLS workflow is a big win for MLS vendors and Third-Party Software providers. More like this please!

Bright MLS adds Remine Pro to core MLS offering

Bright MLS Upgrades Core Offering to Include Remine Pro

“With full access to Remine, Bright subscribers have expansive property data, presented through a brand-new intuitive user interface. Remine Pro includes map-based, public records-enhanced property searches, unlimited contact information for prospecting, a fully integrated comparative market analysis (CMA) tool, that incorporates both MLS & off-market properties, a customer relationship management (CRM) system, chat and collaboration client portal tools, a scoring system that predicts the likelihood that someone will sell, integrated tracking and marketing for up to 10,000 properties, and a mobile app.”

Lots of news the week of the CMLS Conference. Pro tip for everyone, you should announce this stuff the week before, not the week of, you will get more coverage.

Remine CEO Mark Schacknies recorded an audio conversation with Rob Hahn last week. It’s only available if you are a Notorious VIP member (which you already should be). He made, what I thought, were a lot of controversial statements about the MLS industry.

Looks like Remine continues to have success with their Remine Pro offering. They have teased that they have up to 3 MLS providers that are committing to switch over to a full “MLS by Remine” solution in 2020, but so far no confirmation.

Lots of banter back and forth on my last post about Remine from other MLS vendors in the space. Everyone should remember that we are all in this together. And by “everyone” I mean Remine.

Should be an interesting week.

FBS introduces FlōPlan, a super easy way to make floorpans, but that’s just the beginning.

FBS Introduces FlōPlan: Game-Changing Floor Plan Innovation for the MLS

Continuing its 40+ years of providing technology and services that maximize the core value of Multiple Listing Services (MLSs), FBS introduces FlōPlan, game-changing floor plan and digital capture technology that empowers MLSs to create new value for members and consumers with a floor plan on every listing.

On the surface this could seem like just another partnership with a third party software app. But under the surface, the real innovation is about MLS providers capturing a new digital asset. An asset that could be used as leverage against existing portals and make MLS and brokerages more relevant to consumers again.

And what do I mean by “leverage”? Any contract negotiations come up with anyone regarding MLS data, the MLS can negotiate (new and old agreements) new rates and terms based on the inclusion of floorpans.

Think about it, what if through this partnership an MLS began to capture a majority of floor plans for each new listing. Would that be valuable? I would say, “Hell, yes!” I think consumers would absolutely love listings with floor plans and begin to demand them.

I also absolutely think that the MLS is in the best position to capture this data. I can imagine a listing agent telling their seller to have their 15 year old son download this app and start capturing the floor plan.

One quibble, the name “FlōPlan”. Too cutesy for me. Otherwise I think this is something every MLS provider should embrace and start implementing today.

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