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Finding Lake Properties in Flexmls

Do you have a client looking for a lakefront property? Besides searching for any available lakefront property, Flexmls allows you to search by a specific body of water.

Do You Read Blogs From NAR?

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) blog is a great source of information for real estate topics, news, events, networking and education. Information from NAR’s blog can be anything from monthly mortgage rates and predictions, home esthetics trends, and most importantly key nuggets of information to help you on the job.

Using Relevant Date Searching

When it comes to searching for properties on Flexmls, using the correct dates can make a big difference. By selecting the relevant status and date range, you can quickly and efficiently find the properties you need. Flexmls offers three different date options, each of which corresponds to a specific status. With the ability to choose a date range or a number of days back, you can tailor your search to your specific needs. Whether you’re a real estate agent or a home buyer, understanding how to use these features can help you get the most out of your searches in Flexmls.

Searching by Area in Flexmls Quick Launch

Searching by Area in Flexmls Quick Launch

Flexmls lets you quickly and easily search an area in the Quick Launch bar. The Quick Launch bar is a convenient tool at the top of most Flexmls pages, allowing members to conduct searches without visiting the Quick Search screen.

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Market Reports: April 2023

Market Reports: April 2023

In the four-county Milwaukee metro area, active listings decreased 18.8% and sold listings dropped 25.6% compared to this time last year. The Months of Supply of Inventory experienced a 9.1% increase compared to last April.

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Steps to Avoid Dealing with a Fraudulent Client

Steps to Avoid Dealing with a Fraudulent Client

Fraudulent real estate listings are rising throughout the country. We have had instances of this occurring in Wisconsin. These fraudulent listings disrupt transactions and harm your clients. With the spring market underway, we want to remind you of a few points so you don’t find yourself dealing with a fraudulent client. 

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One-Click Comparable Search in Flexmls

One-Click Comparable Search in Flexmls

You can find comps faster with the one-click Comparable Search in the Flexmls Quick Launch bar. The results you receive from a one-click Comparable Search are a great starting point for a CMA or Subscription.

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Benefits of Registering as a Team

Benefits of Registering as a Team

Are you part of a real estate team? Metro MLS has the Teams program available to those who consider themselves a team. The Teams program allows real estate teams to work efficiently and effectively in Flexmls.

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How to Make an Incomplete Listing Active

How to Make an Incomplete Listing Active

Are you struggling to activate your incomplete listings? Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered! In this blog post, we’ll guide you through the process of activating your listings in just a few simple steps. Follow our step-by-step guide to ensure your listings are complete and active on the MLS, and start attracting potential buyers today!

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Market Reports: March 2023

Market Reports: March 2023

In the four-county Milwaukee metro area, active listings decreased 11.7% and sold listings dropped 28.4% compared to this time last year. The Months of Supply of Inventory experienced a 23.3% increase compared to last March.

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Guidelines for Advertising on Social Media

Guidelines for Advertising on Social Media

Marketing a property is an essential part of the buying and selling process. As an agent, you can advertise yourself, your business and the listings belonging to your brokerage. As an MLS member, you must advertise in a way that allows for transparency and enhances the spirit of cooperation.

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Monitoring New Search Activity

Monitoring New Search Activity

There are several ways to view Search Results based on different filters and time frames to monitor new activity in a search. This blog explains each category of how the results are filtered.

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Streamline Your Flexmls Search with Stats

Streamline Your Flexmls Search with Stats

Flexmls Stats is the perfect tool for real estate professionals looking to streamline their search experience and prioritize their most important data. With its intuitive interface and visual displays, you can quickly view statistical data for all listings in your search, regardless of status or price. This blog post explores the benefits of Flexmls Stats and shows you how it can improve your real estate search experience.

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Utilizing Office Listing Reports

Utilizing Office Listing Reports

If you are wanting to search for listings by a specific member, office or company, there are two options to search by. This first way is by Quick Search. You can do this through or via the Flexmls Menu.

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Market Reports: February 2023

Market Reports: February 2023

In the four-county Milwaukee metropolitan area, active listings decreased 14.1% and sold listings dropped 23.9% compared to this time last year. The Months of Supply of Inventory experienced a 12.8% increase compared to last February.

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How to Search for Condos in Flexmls

How to Search for Condos in Flexmls

Is your client looking for a condominium? There are multiple ways to search for condominiums, also called condos, in Flexmls. The most popular way to search for a condo is to change the search template in Quick Search to Condominium.

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How to View Listing History

How to View Listing History

There are several ways to see a property’s previous listings and changes. You can find Metro MLS and WiREX listings back to 1995 and earlier. This post describes each way to view listing activity.

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How to Share Flexmls CMA Reports

How to Share Flexmls CMA Reports

go to Menu under Search and click CMA. Here you will see a list of previously completed CMAs to access and re-share. You will need to click Edit and on the Finish page you will have the options to View, Download, Save, and E-mail.

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How to Add a Profile Picture in Flexmls

How to Add a Profile Picture in Flexmls

Making sure the information in your Flexmls profile is updated is important. An updated headshot or logo in your profile will help strengthen your brand. Your branding appears on emails, custom reports and flyers.

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What is the Flexmls Portal News Feed?

What is the Flexmls Portal News Feed?

Have you or your clients ever wondered how listings end up in the Flexmls portal news feed? The simple answer is the news feed is based on subscriptions that are attached to searches. You can view and edit news feed settings for both the Classic Portal and Portal 2.0.

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More Is More: Listing in Flexmls

More Is More: Listing in Flexmls

When you need to add a new listing to the system, more is more. Only exact property matches are going to be shown as a result for buyers when searching. Taking time to include every detail about the property will give your listing the most exposure to buyers.

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Market Reports: January 2023

Market Reports: January 2023

In the four-county Milwaukee metropolitan area, active listings decreased 5.6% and sold listings dropped 30.6% compared to this time last year. The Months of Supply of Inventory experienced a 36% increase compared to last January.

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Less Is More: Searching in Flexmls

Less Is More: Searching in Flexmls

When searching for listing in Flexmls, keep in mind that less is more when adding your criteria for the most results. Using fewer pieces of unique criteria will return broader results. Using many pieces of specific criteria can yield few results.

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How to Manually Email Listings in Flexmls

How to Manually Email Listings in Flexmls

Flexmls makes it easy to manually email one or multiple listings to your client. Whether you are on the Detail report of a single listing or selected numerous listings in your Quick Search results, click the Email button in the top-right corner.

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Searching with And/Or/Not in Flexmls

Searching with And/Or/Not in Flexmls

And. Or. Not. These three small words can make a big impact when searching in Flexmls. Adding and/or/not to your search terms (when available) will help you the obtain the most specific results possible.

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Why Do My Emails Say Agent Only?

Why Do My Emails Say Agent Only?

Any time you choose to copy yourself on an email from Flexmls, your email address is recognized, and you will automatically receive the private version of listings. A banner at the top of each email copy acts as a reminder of this.

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Market Reports: December 2022

Market Reports: December 2022

In the four-county Milwaukee metropolitan area, active listings decreased 8.2% and sold listings dropped 34.3% compared to this time last year. The Months of Supply of Inventory experienced a 39.8% increase compared to last December.

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Editing & Deleting Map Shapes

Editing & Deleting Map Shapes

Have you ever made a sloppy shape or found that the shape you created is just not right for your Flexmls map searching needs? This article can help you! Let’s discuss how to edit map shapes and delete the ones that are no longer needed.

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The Three CMA Types in Flexmls

The Three CMA Types in Flexmls

CMA means Comparable Market Analysis. It is a report that you can create to either show the comparable properties to a listing or to find the recommended price of a property according to the comparable properties to that listing. There are three types in Flexmls. Full CMA, Quick CMA, or Statistical CMA.

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Full, Half and Total Bathrooms

Full, Half and Total Bathrooms

The Total Bathrooms field combines the number of Full Baths and Half Baths in a property. However, the Total Bathrooms field will only count 0.5 for Half Baths regardless of the number of them.

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Where is the Exclusions Report?

Where is the Exclusions Report?

Are you looking for the Exclusions Report? Metro MLS no longer publishes the exclusion report due to the National Association of Realtors’ Clear Cooperation policy. This change went into effect on March 1, 2020. 

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Member Listing Updates

Member Listing Updates

You can save an Agent Only Subscription within your Flexmls account to stay updated with listings automatically. This can be setup for recently sold listings in your neighborhood or office.

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