MLS Tools, Apps and Information
As a Bay East member, you have access to many innovative tools and valuable resources that can help grow your business, meet clients’ expectations, and simplify daily tasks.
All tools and products are a member benefit unless otherwise noted.
MLS Tools, Apps and Information
As a Bay East member, you have access to many innovative tools and valuable resources that can help grow your business, meet clients’ expectations, and simplify daily tasks.
All tools and products are a member benefit unless otherwise noted.
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MLS Data Search
- Paragon MLS
- Reciprocal Datashare MLSs Access
- REALTORS® Property Resource (RPR®)
- CRS Tax Data
- Realtor.com® Professional Search
- New Home Source Professional
- Finding Homes by Lundy
Paragon MLSMembers rely on fast and easy access to MLS information to grow their business. Paragon, Black Knight’s comprehensive, leading-edge MLS solution, is so easy to use that members and their clients can instantly benefit from its advanced features.
- Compatible with the industry’s most popular browsers
- Accessible from both PC and MAC
- Multi-tasking capabilities within the system
- Client Connect enables agents to collaborate directly with their clients
- Wizards for contacts, CMAs, and user preferences
- Agent/client hit counts which reflect listing activity
- Easy-to-use dashboard widgets
- Data entry autocomplete
- Intuitive navigation and workflow
The innovative NORCAL MLS Alliance project involving seven leading Northern California MLSs launched on January 20, 2021. MLS Reciprocal Access expanded, enabling you to access listing information for Bay East, BAREIS, bridgeMLS, Contra Costa, MetroList, MLSListings, and San Francisco, all within the Paragon MLS system.
Project highlights:
- Single Point of Entry: Listings entered in Paragon MLS will be displayed automatically in each MLS named above.
- Single Search Point: Search listing data throughout the 22 counties covered by these MLSs, all within Paragon MLS.
- Create CMAs, Auto Email, and Save Searches for clients, including the expanded data using Paragon MLS System.
We also have Single Sign On (SSO) access to MLS down South and Boise Idaho MLS; these are “READ ONLY” access.
- CRMLS
- San Diego MLS
- IMLS (Boise, Idaho)
How do I access:
- Login to Paragon
- Click on the MLS Names in the center of the homepage
- or under the “Resources” tab on the top menu
Where do I call for support: Call Bay East MLS Support at 925.730.7100 M-F 8am to 5pm.
REALTORS® Property Resource (RPR®): RPR® is the nation’s largest property database built exclusively for REALTORS®.
As one of the most innovative benefits included in your NAR membership, RPR® delivers on-the-go access to hundreds of data sets from public records and listing data, in addition to demographics, psychographics, neighborhood and school information, and unbeatable reports.
- Hype-Local Shareable Market Trends offers up-to-date, hyper-local market trends and housing stats like never before
- On/off-market listings, sales, valuations, assessment, foreclosure, tax, mortgage, transaction history, FEMA flood maps, and more.
- School and neighborhood data and reports.
- Exclusive Realtors Valuation Model® (RVM®), home value refinement, and CMA tools.
- Customizable and branded RPR® reports.
- On-the-go access with RPR® Mobile™.
For more information and to register for a webinar, please visit the RPR®/Bay East website.
CRS Tax Data – offering powerful features, intuitive tools, browser compatibility and mobile device optimization for users to easily find the information they need – anytime, anywhere.- Property tax data for the entire state of California
- Interactive map search for prospecting and market statistics
- Quick or customizable CMA
- Mailing labels for lead generation and marketing
- One-click access within Paragon’s Agent Report
How do I access: Login to Paragon, Click on the Tax Tab
Realtor.com® Professional Search leverages and shares the innovative technology and search experience of realtor.com® while delivering a best-in-class professional search experience.
Using Professional Search, agents can now perform a property search nationwide. Agents are granted unfettered access to active listing data, including community and demographic information, school reports, search and activity trends and much more.
Where does the data come from? Data is fed live from over 850 MLSs across the US.How do I access:
- Log onto Paragon
- Click on Realtor.com PRO or click on Realtor.com Professional under the Resources tab
New Home Source Professional is a large collection of new home listings available. Think of it as an MLS for new home developers. New home listings are delivered by the builders daily which ensures the New Home Source database remains accurate and current. Paragon users can access new home data directly in one central place with New Home Source Professional. In addition to property and location details, you will have access to:- Contact information for builders
- Weekly updates on new inventory and incentives
- Floor plans
- Exclusive promotions
- Local builder events
- School, Community information and more
How do I access: Login to Paragon and access under the Resources tab
“Finding Homes” by Lundy—a revolutionary voice-activated Alexa skill that simplifies your home search experience. Designed with REALTORS® and homebuyers in mind, this new tool allows you to search for homes using just your voice, making the process easier and more accessible than ever before.What is “Finding Homes”?“Finding Homes” is an innovative Alexa skill that enables users to search for properties by simply speaking to their Alexa-enabled devices. Whether you’re using an Echo Speaker, Echo Show, Firestick TV, or even Alexa Auto, this skill brings the home search process directly to your voice-activated device. It’s perfect for REALTORS® looking to offer their clients a modern, hands-free way to explore the real estate market.How Does it Work?Getting started with “Finding Homes” is easy and straightforward:
1) Download the Amazon Alexa App: Available on both iOS and Android, the Amazon Alexa app is your gateway to setting up and using the “Finding Homes” skill.
2) Activate the Skill: You can start the skill by:
- Saying, “Alexa, start Finding Homes.”
- Scanning the provided QR code to launch the skill.
- Using the Alexa app to enable the skill.
3) Begin Your Search: Once activated, simply tell Alexa where you’d like to search, and the skill will guide you through the process by asking clarifying questions to narrow down your preferences. Alexa will then provide search results that best match your criteria.
Where Can I Learn More?For a demonstration of how to use “Finding Homes,” check out Lundy’s official YouTube channel. Here you’ll find tutorials and examples that showcase the skill’s capabilities. -
Mobile Apps
- Homes.com Pro
- HomeSpotter
- RPR® Mobile
- zipForm® Mobile
- myTheo
- Realtor.com App for Professionals
Homes.com ProHomes.com is the industry’s national search portal, giving agents and their client’s real-time access to the most accurate MLS information available. As Bay East MLS members, when you log onto Homes.com, you will see confidential and showings information for agents.
MLSs Covered: Agents detail listing information for Paragon MLS, MLSListings, Metrolist, & SFAR.
Download the Homes.com Pro App for Apple & Android
HomeSpotter is a beautiful mobile real estate search with built-in chat that makes collaboration fast, easy, and fun.Search accurate and up to date listings direct from the MLS, including active, contingent, pending, sold, expired, and withdrawn statuses.
Access private agent only information about listings including agent remarks, showing and listing agent information.
Share an agent-branded version of the HomeSpotter app with your clients and use the app as your centralized location for all your agent/client messaging and collaboration needs.
MLSs Covered: Agents detail listing information for Paragon MLS, MLSListings, San Francisco MLS, BAREIS & Metrolist.
To get started, search for HomeSpotter in the iTunes or Google Play store and Sign in with your Bay East MLS credentials.
RPR® Mobile™ is a property research app exclusively for REALTORS®. Easily search properties, create and send branded reports, and view local market statistics, anytime, anyplace. For more information visit the RPR®/Bay East website.
zipForm® Mobile keeps transactions readily accessible, no matter where the day takes you. From a mobile device, you can create transactions, import listing data, send e-signatures, and much more.To begin using zipForm® Mobile:
- 1. Log in to car.org on a mobile device and tap on Access Lone Wolf Transactions – zipForm® Edition to launch zipForm® Mobile.
- 2. Choose “C.A.R. Credentials” from the drop-down menu
- 3. Enter your username and password used for www.car.org website
- 4. Click “Login”
myTheo mobile app provides MLS data. It enables direct email/in-app chat communications synchronized across all devices. Manage Broker Tour information, monitored and customized anytime, anywhere.
10% discount using code “EastBayBasic” on Basic subscription
20% discount using code “EastBayPro” on Pro subscription
During the sign-up process, there is a field for “enter discount code” just below the spots where the credit card details are added. Members can add the code, apply it, and see their discount before checking out.
Agents can download the realtor.com® app for professionals for iOS or Android devices in the app stores. Once you login to the app, you will get notified of new leads and be able to track existing leads, manage communication with the leads and contacts, and track your communication history in a convenient timeline view within the pro app. Best of all, all of your data will sync between your desktop, mobile web and the native pro app.
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Transactional Tools
- Cloud CMA
- Collaboration Center
- DataMaster
- Dotloop
- Glide
- HomeLight Listing Management
- LionDesk
- ListTrac
- RateMyAgent
- RentSpree
- Trackxi
Cloud CMA
Cloud CMA gives you the power to quickly, and easily, develop powerful Comparative Market Analysis packages to present clients. With a newly updated look and a variety of pages that can be added, you can be sure that you can always create the perfect package for any client. Cloud CMA helps you raise the bar into the clouds.How do I access: Login to Paragon, Click on Resources Tab
Collaboration Center offers a secure branded portal for clients to interact with listings from a saved search. Clients are able to tag listings as “Favorite”, “Possible” or “Rejected”; modify the search criteria, and send and receive comments to or from their agent. Help your clients find their perfect home with Collaboration Center. This password-protected real estate portal lets your home buying clients interact with listings from a saved search based upon their desired criteria. Collaboration Center is integrated into Paragon which ensures listing information is accurate and current.
Here are some new features of the Collaboration Center:- Modern Look and Feel
- Responsive, Mobile-First Design
- Competitive Features – comparable with the most popular Portals
- Multiple Views – Thumbnail, Tile, Map View and Detail View.
- Robust Detail View – featuring integrated content and functions to keep Clients engaged!
- Social Media Integration
- Simplified, Consumer Friendly Search
- User Guide
Watch this short video on how to set up the Collaboration Center.
DataMaster’s revolutionary software helps real estate appraisers save both time and money by completing real estate appraisal forms quickly and easily — without mistakes. It saves appraisers more than 60 minutes per report by importing data from the MLS and public records directly into its form software.
As a Bay East member, you’ll get 10% discount when signing up.
Learn more about DataMaster.
Dotloop has everything you need to streamline your real estate transactions including eSignatures, forms, sharing, compliance, analytics, and storage. This is another transactional tool offers to you as a Bay East member. When dealing with your real estate forms and disclosures, put Dotloop into your toolbox.
As a member benefit, you’ll have unlimited access to Dotloop, which means unlimited transactions or “loops”. Plus, you’ll have the convenience of finding all your local and state association forms within the dotloop platform. Download the mobile app from the App Store or Google Play.
How to access Bay East local disclosures:
- Navigate to your profile within the MY ACCOUNT section
- Scroll down to “Brokerage and Associations” and then click “Add Association”
- Type “Bay East” then enter your NRDS (your 9-digit Bay East member ID) and click ADD
Bay East members sign up page is here!
Watch short training videos or register for upcoming webinars and training.
What is Glide Disclosures?
Glide offers a disclosure form filling and PEAD form widget solution.As a Bay East member, you get additional benefits such as
- A button on the listing page to complete PEADs through a guided wizard
- Access to the local form for Alameda and Contra Costa
- An in-app MLS data import that automatically pulls transaction data and pre-fills forms
To take advantage of these new tools, review these resources:
1. Register for a free Glide webinar to get trained
How do I access:
- Create your no-cost account on glide.com
HomeLight Listing Management (formerly known as Disclosures.io) enables users to quickly and easily create clean professional disclosure packages, eliminating the hassle of preparing listing documents and simplifying the entire document management and tracking process–all from a single dashboard.
HomeLight Listing Management BASIC is a member benefit.- Unlimited space (no fee for storage)
- Create and share Property Info Packets
- Receive offers
- Powerful PDF manipulation tools
- Docusign integration
- PDF quick search
- iOS App
MLS Participants & Subscribers can opt-in and upgrade to a Pro Account at any time.
- Video tutorials and chat support
- 1-on-1 customer support
- Custom branding
- Custom document templates
- Group messaging to clients
- Custom dashboard for your sellers
- Track the diligence activity on every buyer party
- Offers dashboard and CSV export
- Additional iOS app functionality
How do I access: Login to Paragon, Click on Resources Tab.
Is there an App for it: Yes but only on the Apple App Store for iOS devices.The simple, integrated CRM tool for sales professionals.
Client management has never been easier. With LionDesk’s wealth of features, you’ll never let another lead slip through the cracks.
LionDesk is an end-to-end solution for collecting, routing, and following up on leads. It ingests leads from a wide variety of sources, including Zillow, Facebook, Realtor.com, and more. It generates automated drip campaigns to help keep you in front of your clients. It automates your calendars and tasks. It helps you manage your contacts. It even allows for video email.
How do I access: Login to Paragon, Click on Resources Tab
ListTrac is a tool that provides you information about how your listings are performing in the MLS, IDX sites, and real estate portals. It provides you with statistics on how often your listings are viewed, shared on social media, generated leads, and other information. You can receive a weekly email newsletter summarizing the performance of your listings for the previous week, and also have access to an online dashboard where you can get current listing metrics. Using the online dashboard, you can activate a Sellers Report that shows your client how their listing is performing online.
Why are you doing this?
We wanted to provide brokers with a tool to better understand their listings’ activity online. ListTrac provides you with several tools including:
- An understanding of the activity (or lack of activity) on your listings compared to similar listings. This information can be used to determine if you may need to discuss price changes or other updates to the property.
- A way to better understand the impact of price changes or other updates to the listing’s online activity.
- The ability to provide feedback to your clients on how their listing is performing online, including a Sellers Report that you can choose to send to the seller.
- Reporting that lets you see the value received from the MLS system, IDX sites, and real estate portals.
- A summary of how often your listings are being viewed, shared, and saved.
- The ability to see how many email leads you receive from different online sources.
Watch this video to learn more.
At RateMyAgent we help agents get more client reviews with our Easy Review service, which requires no client sign-up and achieves a 65% success rate. Plus, we help connect agents to multiple platforms such as Google to share their reviews, which means the more reviews shared the more success agents will have at being found first by a client.
RateMyAgent will help you accelerate your business by:
- Helping you grow your business on Google – We work hard to increase your reviews on Google, the more reviews we can get you the better chance you have of being found first!
- Making reviews easy for you and your client -With no client sign-up required we see on average a 65% response rate for completed reviews – no more constantly chasing clients for reviews.
- Building your reputation and credibility – We’ll make sure your reviews are visible across multiple platforms from Facebook to Google, helping you to build trust with new potential clients
- A simplified marketing tool created to help you win your next client – You don’t need to spend hours figuring out how to use multiple systems, everything you need is all in one place.
- Putting in Less effort for more reward – With one simple set up we’ll be sure to set you up on autopilot, helping you grow your business by marketing happy client reviews to new clients.
Bay East members are eligible for a 15% off if they choose to sign up for RateMyAgent Pro subscription and have their reviews automatically shared to their Realtor.com® profile. The more reviews you get the more likely a new client will find you first, making you their first and potentially only call. This discount is automatically applied at checkout.
How do members access: Login to Paragon, click on the Resources tab.
The number of new renters in the US is increasing each day, and RentSpree is on the forefront of that wave. RentSpree’s purpose is to pioneer a new rental process that empowers all renters, landlords, and agents to interact the right way.
RentSpree provides an award-winning software known in all 50 states for its universal tenant screening process, renter management, partnership program, and rental screening API that enables any platform to incorporate an automated screening process in as little as one week.
You may choose to opt in to use this tool or not when inputting your Lease Rental listing into Paragon. RentSpree’s application package carries no cost aside from an application fee which applicants pay directly.
Screening a tenant has never been easier with RentSpree’s ApplyLink.
Your professionally designed listing page by Rentspree is at no cost to you.
For more information visit RentSpree’s website or watch this short video.
Trackxi is a #1 Deal Tracker that streamlines the workflow from client contact to closing. Saving 75% of your time creating an ultimate experience for you and your clients. Never miss a deadline with Trackxi!
Bay East members can unlock a 10% discount by using the code, BAYEAST1012, during checkout at Trackxi.
Watch this short video to learn more.
Click on Watch Demo now on https://trackxi.com/ to watch a 20-min short webinar after registration
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Marketing Tools
- RealEZPhotoFix By Virtual Tour Café
- RealScout
- BoxBrownie
RealEZPhotoFix By Virtual Tour CaféRealEZPhotoFix is brought to you by VirtualTourCafe
Members can order through the easy to use RealEZPhotoFix.com website with a special member-only discount to take advantage of the automated real estate virtual marketing tools designed to help agents market and sell listings in an ever-changing virtual environment.
- Virtual staging
- Photo enhancement
- Object removal
- Floor plans
10% Discount Off All Orders Placed on RealEZPhotoFix.com by members.
Offer valid only when ordered directly on RealEZPhotoFix.com and when using the promo code (RealEZ10) while placing order.
Offer not valid on phone or email orders.
Contact: Tim Denbo (877) 744-8285 or (925) 609-8383
RealScout’s award-winning listing alert platform, industry-first computer-vision powered home search, and revolutionary buyer data driven listings tools are just the beginning. Product highlights include:
- Branded home search portal with accurate MLS data
- Homebuyer activity intelligence dashboard
- Team functionality with lead-sharing
- Customized property alerts catering to specific wants and needs
Within RealScout, you can search listings in these counties: Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco, Marin, Mendocino, Napa, Solano, Sonoma, Monterey, San Benito, San Mateo, Santa Clara and Santa Cruz.
As Bay East members, you enjoy a 10% discount for RealScout Pro+; making RealScout Pro+ $89/mo. Go to https://www.realscout.com/ to learn more
BoxBrownie offers a wide range of services to real estate agents. BoxBrownie offers a no subscription, pay as you go service, with edits returned within 24 hours.
- Image Enhancement
- Virtual Staging
- 360 Virtual Tours
- Item Removal
- Renders
- Floor Plan Redraws
- Day to Dusk and more
Bay East Members get a $40 credit, plus three free image enhancement edits, and a free twilight conversion.
Offer valid only when ordered directly on http://boxbrownie.com?ts=bear and when using the promo code (BAYEASTAR) while placing order.
Contact: hello@boxbrownie.com or 213-337-8681
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Electronic Forms
- Lone Wolf Transactions - zipForm® Edition
- Digital Ink®2.0 /Docusign®
- Form Suggestion
- Forms Tutor®
- Glide
- Realtor® Secure Transaction
Lone Wolf Transactions - zipForm® EditionLone Wolf Transactions – zipForm® Edition automates the forms process and allows you to create, edit, and complete the forms required for any real estate transaction.
For regularly scheduled zipForm® webinars – zipForm® Webinar Training ResourcesSecurity and Authentication – Both zipLogix™ Digital Ink® 2.0 and DocuSign® are widely used for electronic signature platforms.
- Digital signatures or digital certificates to provide greater security and authentication.
- User authentication is leveraged by email, access (pin) code, and third party identity check.
- Both make available an “audit trail” that includes detailed, computer generated event information(date/time stamped, XML format) regarding all of the events that occurred in the signing transaction.
Need to know more about electronic signatures and which forms are not permitted? Get additional resources from C.A.R. attorneys.
There is a new Form Suggestion tool available inside of zipForm in the new Forms Editor. The new Form Suggestion tool is one of a kind in the industry. It uses machine learning to suggest forms to add to your transaction based off the city, state, form libraries you have access to and what forms are already in the transaction.
Watch this short video to learn more about the new Form Suggestion tool.
Forms Tutor® is the free advanced electronic training tool from C.A.R. that has been completely redesigned to make it easier than ever to help REALTORS® better understand the forms they’re using to complete their transactions. This helpful member benefit is a live, interactive guide that is accessible from inside the zipForm® Plus platform and on car.org to provide REALTORS® with the help they need while working on the forms.
Have a question about a specific form? Forms Tutor® explains the most highly utilized standard forms clause-by-clause, with audio and text instructions for superior ease of learning. To launch Forms Tutor® look for it inside the help button in zipForm® Plus and then click the icons placed throughout the forms to gain immediate insight about that form’s function.
What is Glide Disclosures?
Glide offers a disclosure form filling and PEAD form widget solution.As a Bay East member, you get additional benefits such as
- A button on the listing page to complete PEADs through a guided wizard
- Access to the local form for Alameda and Contra Costa
- An in-app MLS data import that automatically pulls transaction data and pre-fills forms
How do I access:
- Create your no-cost account on glide.com
- After that, you can access Glide under the Resources tab within Paragon
Transaction Tips & Training – Training calendar and quick access to resources and tips to master each stage of the transaction when you need it.
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Information
- Bay East Housing Market Reports
- rDesk Community Report
Bay East Housing Market ReportsBay East Housing Market Reports include information about the supply of homes for sale, sales prices and sales activity for local real estate markets in the East Bay. Bay East releases these reports around the fifth business day of the month. Access these reports by going to the Community Info page and click on the city you are interested in.
rDesk Community Reports provide a rich assortment of reports for any community of interest. Information includes data on housing, people, economy, schools, environment, and quality of life. Access rDesk from the Resources menu in Paragon.
How do I access: Login to Paragon and access under the Resources tab