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SCWMLS Provides FOREWARN^© — For Safe Showings in 2024!

About Forewarn – (2:52)

The SCWMLS is pleased to offer a new product that will increase your safety! As we want all our members to be safe, we are offering this product as part of your MLS dues. FOREWARN^© is an easy-to-use app that will allow you to assess risk by learning about a new prospect prior to meeting them for a showing.

The FOREWARN^© app gives an agent the ability to gain instant insight on a prospective client within seconds, using only a phone number! Don’t have a phone number… you can also search by name.

Instantly verify:

Identity (first name, last name, alias, and age)
Phone numbers (residential and mobile history)
Address history (rental, ownership, and associated addresses)
Financial indicators (bankruptcy, lien, judgement, and foreclosure history)
Property records (nationwide property ownership history)
Criminal records (nationwide criminal history search)

Click the button below to sign up for FOREWARN^© and begin learning more about your new clients before meeting them for the first time. While increased safety is the goal, you may also learn something that could create a more personal first interaction.

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Search Using FOREWARN

FOREWARN provides instant identity verification and public records (criminal, property, court, etc.) for over 98% of the U.S. adult population.
With FOREWARN’s roughly 90% coverage of mobile and residential phone numbers, you should be able to search and verify most people from their phone number alone.
When you are unable find an individual in FOREWARN using a phone number, this does not necessarily mean fraud or criminal intent. FOREWARN users are encouraged to gather further details and use the additional search functionality (the “Search by name” link) within the FOREWARN app to ensure verification of the prospect.
Name search tip: When searching by name, if there are more than 100 results to your query, FOREWARN will display “Too many records found” and prompt you to re-run your search using additional criteria.
Phone search tip #1: In the search results, FOREWARN displays all the individuals who have ever been associated/linked with the searched phone number. It is normal for multiple people to be linked to a single phone number, either as previous owners of the phone number, or relatives.
Phone search tip #2 – “Record not found”: If you search missed calls from telemarketing companies (typically they will not leave a voice message), you will get the result “Record not found” because that phone number has never been owned by, or associated with, a person.

Caution: The South Central WI MLS strongly recommends you use this product for ALL prospective clients. It would be inappropriate and discriminatory to use this product to deny equal professional services to any person for reasons of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familiar status, national origin, sexual orientation, or gender identity.

IMPORTANT – COMPLIANCE:

As a professionally licensed agent, you can use FOREWARN to verify the identity and potential risks associated with your business prospects. Please note that you must limit your FOREWARN searches to professional use only. FOREWARN is only to be used for verifying inbound prospects that have initiated the interaction, such as when a potential buyer or seller have contacted you or initiated a request for information. The FOREWARN service is not to be used for marketing (e.g. prospecting for potential leads/clients) or to determine anyone’s eligibility for credit, insurance, or employment, or for any other purpose regulated by the Fair Credit Reporting Act. Search activity is actively monitored (search terms and volume) to ensure proper use by our Subscribers as outlined in the Subscriber Agreement and the FOREWARN Terms and Conditions. Any use that is outside of the outlined proper usage that you agree to upon activating your account is prohibited and can result in your service being terminated. The specific compliance and use terms can be viewed here (https://www.forewarn.com/termsandconditions/), however below are a few examples of ways you should NOT use FOREWARN:

DO NOT use FOREWARN to search for anyone who is not engaging in business with you (including, but not limited to celebrities, public figures, friends, family).
DO NOT share information from FOREWARN, or your FOREWARN access credentials, with any third-party and DO NOT publicly post such information.
DO NOT tell a prospect that they are not permitted, or unqualified, to purchase or sell a property because of information you obtain from FOREWARN.
DO NOT use information from FOREWARN to harass or intimidate anyone, or to otherwise violate applicable laws.

The above examples are NOT meant to be all-encompassing, and you should refer to the Subscriber Agreement and the FOREWARN Terms and Conditions for additional information. FOREWARN is a powerful tool intended for the increased safety and efficiency of your business. Proper use of the service by real estate professionals ensures that we can continue to provide this valuable tool to the industry.

For criminal/infraction records, what does ‘stronger match’ vs. ‘weaker match’ mean?

‘Stronger matches only’ records have been matched to that individual based on the checked data points in the Match Key (located to the right of each record).

‘Weaker matches only’ records either match to more than a single individual or are otherwise should be treated as lower confidence matches. In these cases, there is a higher possibility that the record may not belong to the individual.

If you notice any ‘Weaker matches only’ records that you are certain do not belong to the individual, please email Support@FOREWARN.com and note which ‘weaker’ records you believe are incorrectly matched.

What does “record not found” mean for search results?

If FOREWARN displays a “record not found” message in connection with a Reverse Phone Search, it may mean that the phone number is associated with a telemarketing company or another business, as opposed to an individual. It may alternatively mean that we’ve removed that individual from our database in accordance with the FOREWARN Opt-Out Policy.

What are FOREWARN’s privacy practices?

Please see our Privacy Policy available here: https://www.forewarn.com/privacy-policy/, for information about our data collection, processing, and use practices.

If you are an individual at a documented, serious risk of physical harm, please see our Opt-Out Policy here: https://www.forewarn.com/opt-out-policy.pdf for information about how to submit a request to opt out of our service.

FOREWARN Customer Support

If you experience any difficulty setting up your password or logging into FOREWARN, please reach out to:

SCWMLS support at 608-240-2800 / support@wisre.com (Monday – Friday; 9AM-5PM)

or FOREWARN support at 561-757-4551 / support@forewarn.com (Monday – Friday; 10AM-6PM)

FOREWARN REQUIRES THE FOLLOWING IMPORTANT COMPLIANCE:

Please note that you must limit your FOREWARN searches to professional uses only. FOREWARN is only to be used for verifying inbound prospects that have initiated the interaction, such as when a buyer or seller themselves have initiated a request for information or service. FOREWARN cannot be used to verify information for outbound marketing efforts. FOREWARN activity is actively monitored (search terms and volume) to ensure proper use by our Subscribers as outlined in the Subscriber Agreement and the FOREWARN Terms and Conditions. FOREWARN is a powerful tool intended for the increased safety and efficiency of your business. Proper use of the service by real estate professionals ensures that we can continue to provide this valuable tool to the industry.

ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLY. EXECUTION OF A SUBSCRIBER AGREEMENT IS REQUIRED.

SCWMLS Provides FOREWARN© — For Safe Showings in 2024!