This Spring, “Boost” Your Business with Boost’s Easy Digital Ads
If you’ve been holding out on advertising online because you thought it was too expensive or complicated, we have some great news: beginning in May, MLS PIN’s latest partner, Boost, will offer easy digital ads for our customers—right from Pinergy! Even if you’ve never advertised digitally, you’ll soon be building marketing campaigns for you and your listings, and you’ll have full control over the budget and lead tracking. Your targeted ads will appear automatically on major social media sites like Instagram and Facebook and across highly trafficked sites like HGTV, Realtor.com, The New York Times, and many more (even The Weather Channel!). MLS PIN customers will be the first in the country to use Boost directly from their MLS system, and they will enjoy a more streamlined process (not to mention a discounted rate on ads!). Keep an eye on your email inbox and our Pinergy homepage for details on when you can start “Boosting” your business!
|
|
DepositLink: Fast, Secure Real Estate Payments (Available Now!)
Looking for a simple, secure, and efficient way to send and collect payments electronically? Starting now, MLS PIN and DepositLink have you covered. DepositLink utilizes the Automated Clearing House (ACH) network and bank-level security to eliminate check and wire fraud—with no cost to agents or brokers and only a $12 processing fee to buyers and renters when making a payment. (Brokers must sign up before agents can use DepositLink.) Request or send earnest money deposits, rental payments, agent commissions, refunds, and closing funds using a single platform accessed right from Quick Links on Pinergy’s Home page. Track payments in real time and download reports on demand. (View DepositLink’s FAQ.) We’re confident DepositLink will speed up the way you move money around so you can focus on selling.
|
|
Hot Sheets in Pinergy to Get Responsive Makeover, New Features
Hot off the press! In April (just in time for the spring rush), Pinergy’s redesigned hot sheets will appear in a new, dedicated Hot Sheets module accessible from Pinergy’s Tools, Hot Sheets widget, and Quick Links. Perhaps the biggest new feature will be the ability to receive hot sheet alerts automatically via text or email, as often as every 15 minutes! Hot sheet searches and results will be responsive to work well with your mobile devices, and they will function much like the searches and results from Pinergy’s Search: you’ll have access to maps, stats, and other features. You’ll also be able to clone hot sheets, track “last run” dates, and sort your list of saved hot sheets. Check out our Redesigned Hot Sheets flyer, and be sure to watch Pinergy’s News & Notes on the Home page for the release announcement.
|
|
Property History in Pinergy Gets Historic Redesign
Property History is the latest Pinergy module to receive the “responsive” touch, so now it adjusts automatically to fit the display of your desktop or mobile device. “Unit #” has been added to the address fields on the search page, making it quicker and easier to find the information you need. Sorting options in the results view have been expanded as well, and this clean, new summary view also appears in Public Records and in listing details. Did we mention it fits your mobile device?
|
|
Public Records in Pinergy Has New Features and Responsive Design
|
|
By Popular Demand: Mortgage Discharge Data Now in Public Records
Pinergy’s Public Records now includes mortgage discharge data! Look in the Mortgage History section of a property’s Assessment and Sales Report. While the Mortgage Date and Mortgage Amount can give you an idea of how much the owner(s) may still owe, seeing the Discharge Date leaves no doubt that the mortgage is history. In addition to the mortgage discharge data, other recent Public Records enhancements include Assessment History and MLS Property History, along with radius searching and interactive mapping. And everything is neatly wrapped in a clean, responsive interface. Have you tried it with your mobile device?
|
|
Reminder: You Can Hide and Rearrange Tools in Pinergy
Pinergy’s Tools page is now responsive and customizable! Each tool has its own tile that can be selected, repositioned, or hidden/shown. From your PC, click the “move” icon in the upper-left corner of a tile to drag-and-drop it to another position. Hover over the tile to reveal more icons. Click the “hide” icon in the upper-right corner to hide the tile (a hidden tile will have a “show” icon to un-hide the tile). Your changes are saved automatically, and they will update the Tools page for your mobile device as well. From any device, select the “more information” icon in the lower-right corner of a tile for a description of the tool, and select the Show All option in the upper-right corner of the page to display all tiles, hidden or not. Pinergy’s new, responsive Tools page is just one more way Pinergy has been improving to serve you better!
|
|
Here’s Where to Find ALL Quarterly Market Insights Reports
Each quarter, we email you the latest Quarterly Market Insights reports for single-family and condominium properties. We also add the reports to a dedicated page on our corporate website, mlspin.com, so you can revisit any of the reports whenever you’d like. The MLS PIN Resources section of Pinergy’s homepage includes a link to mlspin.com’s Quarterly Market Insights page. A Quick Link to the page is available as well. So, if you need to review earlier markets, earlier reports are just a click away!
|
|
Market Stats for Your Specific Area Found in Area Market Reviews
With Area Market Reviews (available in Pinergy’s Tools), it’s easy to view year-over-year market statistics for any property type (except vacant land) in virtually any area—even your own custom coverage area. Has inventory changed? How is market time trending? Are prices heading up or down? The 33 points of comparison and charts in the Year-Over-Year, Five-Year, and Quarterly market reviews show what you need to know. View our Area Market Reviews video for an overview of these informative reports.
|
|
Create a Default Pinergy Search Template to Save Time
When searching for listings in Pinergy, do you typically search the same area or for similar listings? If so, then you may want to define your own default search template. It’s easy to do. Choose the towns, property types, statuses, off-market timeframe, and other criteria to be used as your starting point for Pinergy’s Search. (You even can include “empty” fields from the Additional Criteria section!) Then save the search, selecting “Set as My Default Search Template.” If you already have a saved search you’d like to use for the default, then select the Load button, use the checkbox to select your saved search, and then select the Set as My Default button. After setting your default search template, it will load automatically when you select Search. Open the search map, and it will zoom to the results in your area. Of course, you can modify your criteria or even select the Clear Search button to “Clear All Search Criteria” or “Load System Default.” Resetting the default search template is easy too. Select “Load” and then “Reset Default” at the bottom of the window. So, save some time and have Pinergy start your searches the way you want them to start—with your own default search template!
|
|
Rental Beast Keeps You at the Center of Your Client's Rental Process
Rental Beast recently asked real estate professionals what typically gets in the way of closing a rental transaction or placing a renter into a property. Can you guess what one of the top responses was? The application process. It can be tough finding an application that’s easy for renters to complete, easy for property owners to review, and easy for agents to stay at the center of the transaction. The good news is that all MLS PIN customers have free access to Rental Beast's Apply Now tool, which makes the application process much easier. Apply Now was the subject of a recent webinar - check it out HERE! Access Rental Beast from Pinergy’s Quick Links, Tools, and listing details of rental listings.
|
|
The Importance of Pinergy’s 24-Hour Status Change Rule
Please remember to update the status of your listing in Pinergy within 24 hours, excluding weekends and holidays, upon any change in the listing’s status. For example, once there is a signed, enforceable purchase agreement, the listing should be reported as Under Agreement (or as Contingent if the property is being shown for back-up offers pending the fulfillment of a contingency in the purchase agreement). The listing should be reported as Sold once the deed is recorded at the Registry of Deeds. By reporting status changes before the 24-hour Deadline for Filing, you help us provide accurate, up-to-date listing information to all subscribers.
|
|
Announcing Easier Access to “Pay Your Bill” from Pinergy
Coming mid-April, Pinergy will have a link that will take you directly to the Pay Your Bill area of mlspin.com. Look for “Pay Your Bill” in the upper right in Pinergy (below the Sign Out link on desktop and under the More dropdown on mobile) and in the MLS PIN Resources section of the Home page. We trust you will find this shortcut to paying your bill a convenient, time-saving addition while working in Pinergy.
|
|
Employee Spotlight
Amey Dolan Phelan, Customer Care Representative/Technical Support
Time flies. Amey Dolan Phelan, Customer Care Representative/Technical Support, was hired in July 2019—almost four years ago! Before joining us, she had multiple careers: in customer service at banks and cable companies, as a K–12 school bus driver, and as an Electrologist (she still keeps her license current). Today she helps customers use Pinergy. Her most common calls are for creating CMAs (in both Cloud CMA and Pinergy’s own CMA), showing customers how to set up new Contacts, answering subscription questions, and showing customers Pinergy’s responsive Public Records. She loves the culture here at MLS PIN, especially how management trusts her to work independently to best help customers. She also enjoys the challenge of mastering system updates, which she can pass on to agents and brokers to improve their Pinergy experience. At home, she enjoys cooking for her family and neighbors (she confesses being hard to please when dining out!) and spending time with family and pets. All this life experience helps Amey connect with our customers, and we appreciate how she helps callers with a variety of topics, one call at a time.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
