Late last week we introduced a new website design for VBR.net. All of the information you expect is still presented in the same locations and under the same menu titles. We hope you appreciate the fresh, contemporary, easy to read format. As an on-going project, we will continue to update the individual pages to make information easy to access and pleasant to view. Among the new features, you may appreciate the photo show on the homepage. We invited photo submissions from photographers who are Affiliate members. On this very topic... we are seeing quite a few broadcast email requests for referrals to local service providers. Please remember to look for Affiliate members who may provide needed services before using the broadcast email system.
September is REALTOR® Safety Month. You will find a link to a valuable webinar on the left hand column. Please take a few minutes to consider how you interact with your clients and consider whether you are taking some very simple and easy measures to protect yourself.
Mark
BEST OF THE BLOGS
Reducing the Risk of Wire Fraud Ongoing bad publicity related to real estate transaction wire fraud threatens to damage the reputation of the real estate industry. Previous issue descriptions have been incomplete and have also not provided thorough guidance for those brokerages, title companies, attorneys, and others that engage internally in the wiring of funds or interact with the consumer regarding wire transfers.
6 Ways a Mileage Tracking App Saves Agents Time and Money One of the things we often hear from customers who are skeptical of our automatic mileage tracking app is that they simply don't need it. After all, why use
MileIQ when they can keep a good old fashioned mileage log with pen and paper? Another comment we hear quite often is that people who drive for work can simply use their car's odometer for mileage tracking.
CLICK HERE to see the classes coming up for the rest of the year.
MLS TRAINING
September 7th:
Client Portal
9:30am-10:30am
September 27th:
Statistics
9:30am-10:30am
October 5th:
MLS Touch
9:30am-10:30am
October 18th:
Customize Grids, Searches, Exports
9:30am-10:30am
Please email Patty Sandoval ([email protected]) to register for the following MLS training classes. Please indicate the class(es) you would like to attend in the subject line. All classes are held at the VBR Office.
HOMES.COM WEBINAR
If you have listings, then you may have leads waiting for you in your free Homes.com account. We always display the listing broker or agent and send them the listing inquiries for their properties.
Join us for this 30-minute webinar to learn about all your listing display and the cloud based Lead Management System available to you from Homes.com as part of the Homes.com MLS Partnership program.
Read this article: New Drone Rule Affecting The Real Estate Industry
Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS), most commonly known asdrones, are making an impact in many aspects of life. In the past, being able to use drones forcommercial
purposes, including in the real estate industry, had been complicated and limited to operators who had an FAA Section 333 exemption.
Read this Vail Daily article: Vail Valley hovers near 'red flag' fire risk
With fall weather creeping into the valley, fire danger usually rises. That danger has spiked this week.
The National Weather Service Tuesday issued a red flag fire warning for much of northwest Colorado. That warning is issued due to "critical fire weather conditions." This week, those conditions came about due to warm temperatures and high winds, combined with the fact that vegetation is drying out.
