Phone-Free Transactions

Friday 19 January 2007

How to cooperate on a sale with minimal phone calls

Do you ever feel that you could actually get some work done if only your phone would just stop ringing? As real estate professionals, we live and die by the phone--so wouldn't it be nice if we could find a way to eliminate as many unnecessary calls as possible?

You may be surprised to discover what we consider an unnecessary phone call--any request for showing instructions or important documents like the Seller's Disclosure. Why? Because we've integrated technologies with MLXchange that allow Realtors to complete these tasks with the click of the mouse, without ever having to pick up the phone.

ShowingTime

ShowingTime is a feature seller's agents can activate on any or all of their listings. Once activated, the ShowingTime icon appears with other listing data on the "details" screen. With it, a buyer's agent can automatically view showing instructions, and if necessary, request to schedule a showing. The recent addition of "ShowingTime" as one of the drop down options for the "Showing Instructions" field makes it easier than ever to use. Read more about the benefits of ShowingTime >>

Attachments

Since we upgraded to MLXchange 2.0 in 2005, you've had the ability to upload documents to your listings, and you've been able to view documents posted by others on their listings. Perhaps the most valuable document subscribers attach to their listings is the Seller's Disclosure statement, which you can download as soon as your client is ready to make an offer. Find out more about attachments >>

If you employ both of these features on your listings, you give buyer's agents everything they need to present the property--meaning the first phone call you get about a listing could be an offer, and wouldn't that be nice.