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MLS Integration Specialist – Lone Wolf

“We are looking for a tech-savvy individual who is self-motivated, can work on their own or within a team and is passionate about their work to join our MLS Integration team working on our Transaction Desk product. You’ll work on a small team with a large impact to our customers. The team is responsible for connecting data and programming forms that are used across hundreds of MLSs to make doing business easier for brokerages and agents.”

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State and local associations now provide zipForm as a member benefit to over 665,000 members

Over 665,000 real estate agents in the U.S. get Lone Wolf Transactions as a member benefit

“These incredible associations have stepped up and are supporting their members at a crucial time,” said Lisa Mihelcich, GM of Associations at Lone Wolf. “We’re moving into a post-pandemic world and digital real estate transactions are more important than ever. Transactions is the top transaction management solution in the country, and the only one that can provide a complete and modern real estate experience for agents, brokers, buyers, and sellers. In that way, it’s not only a critical tool for real estate professionals, but for real estate as a whole.”

Great job by Lisa and her team at Lone Wolf and these state and local association leaders. This number is still growing. I think that number will get close to 1 million with the addition of new associations and with the option of a new bundle. As Victor Lund pointed out in a recent WAV Group blog post; Lone Wolf Provides Agent Business Bundle for $199 per year

“This bundle contains the LionDesk CRM – another company acquired by Lone Wolf—as well as the built-in eSignature solution, zipLogix Digital Ink (powered by Authentisign). It is a lot of software for a pretty low price:
-Transaction Management
-Forms Management
-Unlimited Document Storage
-eSignatures
-CRM

Lone Wolf has just recently completed integration work where you can run an ad with Boost, where leads will flow into Lion Desk. Then that lead information is sent to create a Cloud CMA, which can then kick off a listing agreement, and then a purchase agreement in zipForm or TransactionDesk. That property information can be uploaded to create a partial listing on the MLS. After the purchase is complete the agent can order a Home Warranty and then the transaction information is captured by Lone Wolf Back Office so the broker can issue a commission check to the agent. End to end baby.

The dream has always been to reduce or stop double/triple/quadruple entry of data. Lone Wolf customers can live in that world today.

Howard Hanna goes all-in with Lone Wolf

Best-in-class: Howard Hanna partners with Lone Wolf Technologies for brokerage transaction management, digital marketing, and more

“Lone Wolf Technologies (“Lone Wolf”) and Howard Hanna Real Estate Services (“Howard Hanna”) are thrilled to announce an expansion of their partnership that extends the broker version of Lone Wolf Transactions (zipForm Edition), the real estate industry’s most-used transaction management solution, as well as top digital marketing tools, Boost, Connect, and Spacio, plus business intelligence from BrokerMetrics®, to the entire brokerage.”

I love it when a plan comes together…

Texas chooses zipForm

Lone Wolf makes deal with largest Realtor association in Texas

The 145,000-member Texas Realtors has selected Lone Wolf Technologies‘ Transactions software as an option for the digital execution and management of home sales.

Lone Wolf said the organization will use the zipForms edition of its product, an alternative that stems from its 2019 acquisition of the popular e-forms company, zipLogix, according to a statement Wednesday.

The new member benefit is designed to assist agents in making transactions more efficient, a vital competitive need in light of how fast homes are being shown and put under contract. Mobile and online access to critical business forms are becoming standard practice in today’s market.

Huge win for Texas and Lone Wolf.

The results are in…

2021’s Best Practices for CMAs and Listing Presentations Survey

“This year, nearly 5,000 real estate professionals completed the survey—a 49% increase over 2020. We asked questions from how real estate professionals find their comps to putting together a CMA report, to their behaviors at a listing presentation. This year we also asked how the pandemic has changed their business—like if they plan to deliver a virtual listing presentation in the next 6 months.”

This was a big hit back in 2020 and was happy to see us do it again. Lots of great information that will benefit any agent or broker using CMAs in their business. Please share!

Pennsylvania Association of Realtors® to provide zipForm as a member benefit

Pennsylvania Association of Realtors® to offer real estate’s leading member benefit, Transactions (zipForm Edition) PA Association of Realtors® keeps foundational digital transaction management tool in members’ hands at no cost.

“As the industry continues to adapt to working along digital platforms, it’s vital for Realtors® to be equipped with the tools that can develop along with them and help them deliver their clients a seamless experience,” said Pennsylvania Association of Realtors® President, Christopher Raad.

“Transactions is the most used and highly-adopted member benefit in real estate today,” said Jimmy Kelly, CEO of Lone Wolf. “It’s a foundational solution, giving agents leading digital forms and transaction management tools for a complete, simple, and secure transaction. From listing to contract to close, Transactions gives agents everything they need to focus on what’s most important to them: closing deals and amazing their clients.”

Lone Wolf Technologies

Big win for Lone Wolf. If you haven’t been paying attention the Association Team at Lone Wolf headed by Lisa Mihelcich has done a great job working with state and local associations to take over the member benefit previously provided by the National Association of REALTORS.

I’m also looking forward to seeing Lone Wolf’s next generation of form solutions (cool stuff!) rolling out of beta next year. Congrats to Lisa and her team (Ashley, Jim, Michelle, and the amazing Jessica Richardson) for lending a hand.

MichRIC chooses to continue Lone Wolf’s zipForm as a member benefit

MichRIC® selects a suite of Lone Wolf Technologies products as a member benefit.

“With Transactions (zipForm Edition) being retired as a national member benefit at the end of 2021, MichRIC® has agreed to assume access to the Lone Wolf Technologies (“Lone Wolf”) product as a benefit for their subscriber base of around 8,500. The association has also added additional Lone Wolf products—LionDesk, Digital Ink®, MLS-Connect, and zipForm® Mobile—as benefits for their members.”

Lisa Mihelcich’s team at Lone Wolf is doing a great job. They are rapidly moving the needle as more and more state and large local associations are choosing to take over the NAR member benefit with Lone Wolf. I also love seeing LionDesk added to the mix. More and more cool integrations are happening for LionDesk and Cloud CMA. Great for Michigan REALTORS.

MLS United launches with Cloud CMA

MLS United to provide members with leading digital solutions from Lone Wolf

“Lone Wolf Technologies (“Lone Wolf”) and MLS United are thrilled to announce a new partnership that provides real estate’s leading technology suite to the association’s 5,700 members as a member benefit in 2021 and beyond. This member benefit includes:
Lone Wolf Transactions (zipForm Edition), the most used forms and transaction management solution in real estate today
-Cloud CMA, the award-winning comparatative market analysis (CMA) tool
-zipLogix Digital 2.0 (powered by Authentisign), real estate’s top eSignature solution
-zipForm Mobile, the companaion app to Transactions
-MLS-Connect, direct listing import into Tranactions”

Great working with the team at MLS United and FBS. Congrats on your new MLS.

New Jersey REALTORS continues partnership with Lone Wolf for forms and transaction management tools

New Jersey REALTORS® continues partnership with Lone Wolf to deliver digital tools as member benefits

“We’re thrilled that this continuing partnership with New Jersey REALTORS® will help them continue to empower their members with digital technology,” said Lisa Mihelcich, GM, Associations at Lone Wolf. “We aim to keep real estate professionals equipped with all of the tools to build success. Giving them the ability to complete transactions from a phone or tablet allows them to efficiently work from wherever they are.

The addition of the agent version of Transactions (zipForm Edition), which was previously provided as a national member benefit, will give New Jersey REALTORS® the option to choose their transaction solution – whether their broker employs one or not – which is a common trend amongst most Associations today.”

Nice win for Lisa and her team at Lone Wolf. Lots of other announcements getting ready to hit the news.

CMLS 2021 Conference Recap

Yeah, yeah, I know the CMLS Conference was a couple of weeks ago. But I’ve been pretty busy, so I’m just catching up, and I wanted to make sure I recognized a few folks.

First off, big ‘ole hat tip to Denee and the CMLS board of directors for making the decision of making the event hybrid. I’m sure there was a lot to consider but from my perspective, it was a good decision. Walking down the stairs to the pool area and seeing all the people at the Welcome Reception that first night was good for the soul.

I was also happy to see Kathy Condon inducted into the CMLS Hall of Fame. Kathy has had a great career and has given so much of her time to making this industry a better place.

It was also good to see Brian Donnellan recognized as MLS Executive of the year. Bright MLS has not shied away from tough decisions having to do with the Clear Cooperation Policy and conducting studies on the power of the MLS. I anticipate lots of good things to come.

Congrats to both Kathy and Brian.

Canopy MLS was recognized as a “Champion of the MLS” for its execution of the In the Know Campaign. I think they got the coolest trophy.

And last but not least, Cloud CMA was recognized as “The Business Partner and Vendor Champion of MLS”. We had a really fun time putting this together at Lone Wolf but were still surprised by this recognition.

I only wish the conference was longer (although my liver might not agree with me) so I could spend time with more people. My thanks again to CMLS.

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