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August 2017
August 2017
-The ability to assign and unassign keyboxes to listings has recently been added to Paragon. Within Listings – Add/Maintain, you will now see a link titled Supra Lockbox. Click the Assign link in the upper left corner and enter the keybox serial number and shackle code. The listing agent must have an eKEY assigned in order to take advantage of this option. Other thanbeing a good way to keep track of where keyboxes are, once you assign a keybox to a listing, you will see the MLS number and address on Supra reports instead of the keybox serial number. In addition, if you set up notifications to alert you of beginning and ending showings, the alerts sent will better identify which listing is being shown.
-Have you ever run into a situation where you don’t have the shackle code when you go to remove a box? If you store your keyboxes under Inventory in your eKEY app, that information will be at your fingertips. When you open the shackle to place a keybox on a listing, a default question appears asking if you want to Add to Inventory? If you leave this checked, the box will automatically be added to your Inventory. You can also manually add keyboxes to your Inventory (you will need the shackle code). Besides the shackle code, the details under Inventory will tell you the battery life and allow you to link the MLS number. You can also add notes and your business card for the showing agent.
-Thinking about using a drone to take photos of your listing? Aerial photos are cool, but capturing them via a drone requires a license. Please review the NAR Field Guide to Drones and Real Estate for more information.
-Are You Missing Listings? If you have a buyer requesting to be in a specific school district, do not simply search by the municipality you think is serviced by that school district, but rather use the School District search field. There are many instances where school districts span several municipalities, and it is easy to miss listings if you are not aware of all of them. For example, the school district of McFarland spans six different municipalities. If you limit your search to the Village of McFarland, you would miss over 37% of properties serviced by the McFarland School District.
-Significant Change to E-mail Message Body: If you have created a Message Body (different than your E-mail Signature) for your emails sent out of Paragon, please note that on August 23, HTML formatting will be removed within the Message Body function. If you have created a “fancy” message body utilizing HTML formatting (including images, links, varied fonts, colored type, symbols), it will be changed to plain text. The formatting for E-mail Signature(s) within Paragon will not be changed, and thus you could copy your HTML formatted message body to your E-mail Signature. This change is being done to prepare for future enhancements to Collab Center Notifications.