Greater Rochester Association of REALTORS�
MLS & Technology e-Newsletter
April 9, 2015

SupraAre Your Listings on Zillow?
As you may know, the long-standing agreement between ListHub and Zillow expired on Tuesday, April 7, because the two companies failed to come to an agreement to renew their data-sharing relationship. This means that ListHub should no longer be sending listings to Zillow, and Zillow has removed all ListHub data from its websites-which includes Trulia, Hotpads and others.

 

If your listings were not going to Zillow Group through ListHub, the break between those companies will have little or no effect on you. But if your listings were subject to this agreement, you may need to examine your options going forward. In our local MLS, Broker/Owners may contact Gayle Gallo at [email protected] or 585-341-2147 to obtain a data access agreement for the Designated Broker and Zillow to sign to allow your listings to be sent to the Zillow Group websites via a data feed from our MLS. 

 

ListHub is still relevant for sending your listings to many other websites as you may have in the past.  Please note that a field for Zillow will appear grayed out on the bottom of your listings when in edit mode beginning next Tuesday. That is being added to our MLS but not used locally.  Locally, the way to send the listings to Zillow is via the data access agreement mentioned above, signed by the managing Broker/owner. 


ARTICLE2Authentisign Minor Release Monday Night

Instanet Solutions is releasing an Authentisign update, with a few minor changes, as described in the attached document. Briefly, the update includes the following:

  1. They have updated the look of AuthentiSign to add some color.
  2. Document Names can be edited in Step 3 of the Signing Creation.
  3. Signings can now be copied.
  4. They have changed the signature from blue to black for better readability when scanned, faxed, printed and copied.
The changes will be released on Monday, April 13th (early morning the 14th). The service will be offline from 2am EST until 4am EST (likely sooner)

ARTICLE3Canandaigua Outlet Now Added to Waterfront Name Pick List
Please note that 'Canandaigua Outlet' has been added in Ontario County in the River/Stream/Creek list under Waterfront Name.  It appears that we have it in the table for Wayne County but not for Ontario County which is where it starts.  If you have any listings that should be adjusted, please go ahead and update them. 

TECHTUESMay Tech Tuesday: Learn about Google Hangouts with JMan

GRAR's Technology Committee runs a Tech Tuesday session once a month! Join us from 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM the first Tuesday of each month for an informal session about various topics to help you get a better handle on some of our Technology benefits and other Tech topics. We'll have a brief presentation to kick things off and then lots of Q & A. Bring your questions, tips to share and or learn from others.

The May 5, 2015 session will focus on Google Hangouts.  

 

Join REALTOR and Tech Instructor, Jeremias Maneiro, for this session which is built on one that was offered at TechKNOWPalooza last year.   Microsoft has Skype, Apple has FaceTime and for Google? It's Hangouts. A singular app for instant messages, text messages, group chat and voice or video calls with one or many. Best of all, it works across all platforms, Windows, Android, or Apple. Communicate with your clients, and your family or friends, whether are across town or across the globe plus share your screen, videos, docs, etc. You will wonder how you went your whole life without using this great tool.  

Tuesday May 5, 2015 Tech Tuesday session: Google Hangouts - Register Here now! 


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CEUpcoming Tech CE, Training & Tech Tuesdays
Tech Tuesdays (0 CE) 
Topic: Google Hangouts... Microsoft has Skype, Apple has FaceTime and for Google? It's Hangouts.
Instructor: Jeremias Maneiro
CE Credit: 0 hrs
Cost: FREE (GRAR members only)

Instanet & AuthentiSign Hands-on PC - Basics 
FULL - see June 9
Instructor: Mike O'Connor
CE Credit: 0 hrs
Cost: $25 (GRAR members only); Using GRAR PCs

Fusion Two
THU | Apr. 30 | 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Instructor: Bill Roesser
CE Credit: 3 hrs
Cost: $35 (GRAR members only); Using GRAR PCs

Fusion CMA

THU | May 28 | 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Instructor: Bill Roesser
CE Credit: 3 hrs
Cost: $35 (GRAR members only); Using GRAR PCs

Instanet Forms and Authentisign One
 
Instructor: Mike O'Connor  
CE Credit: 3 hrs  
Cost: $35 members / $75 non-members

Instanet & AuthentiSign Hands-on PC - Basics
Instructor: Mike O'Connor
CE Credit: 0 hrs
Cost: $25 (GRAR members only); Using GRAR PCs

Instanet & AuthentiSign Hands-on PC - Advanced Features
FRI | June 12 | 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Instructor: Mike O'Connor
CE Credit: 0 hrs
Cost: $25 (GRAR members only); Using GRAR PCs

For more information on all GRAR courses, go to: www.GRAR.org