We're so excited to have you on RealScout!

If you go to your EXTRAS > Landing Page tab you'll see that we offer a Single Page Landing Page.

You can customize this page to your liking.

Our Member Success team is also happy to help guide you through a domain forward.

What does it mean to forward a domain? 

Forward your domain to send visitors to a different page when they visit your domain. Forwarding is useful when you've already built a website elsewhere, or if you want to connect your domain to a our landing page.

So if you have a website www.bestagent.com and want to forward it to your RealScout Single Page Landing Page www.bestagent.realscout.me we can help guide you through the steps necessary to do so!

 

Sign up for that here

 

 

Say goodbye to Market360 and Hello to new Listing Tools!

What’s leaving?

• Market360 - Reverse Prospecting/My Listings
• Market360 - Ability to upgrade to contact agents outside your brokerage
• Market360 - Test the Market 
• Market360 - Office Listings

 

All Market360 features above will begin a transition process beginning September 22, 2020. All Market360 features will no longer be available after January 2021.

 

What’s new?

The RealScout Product Team has been working diligently to release a whole set of new features that will help Listing Agents engage and convert sellers. These tools are available to eligible users starting September 22, 2020.  

• Market Activity Alerts to nurture your sphere of influence
• Test The Market to help you win your next listing appointment
• The My Listings dashboard to get analytics about your on-market properties to keep your sellers informed about how their listing is performing

Click here for a short overview video that completely explains our platform and the new features.

How do I access the new tools?

The new tools are available on your agent dashboard, in the left-hand navigation bar when adding a client, you can now choose to send someone a Listing Alert or a Market Activity Alert

• We’ll reach out about your subscription plan pricing.

If you do not currently have access to Market360:

We will be enabling the ability for individual agents to subscribe to these new tools over the coming months, please stay tuned for more information coming soon.

What about Market360 reverse prospecting?

A new and improved reverse prospecting feature will be released by January 2021.

I have questions about my Market360 subscription

Please contact us at support@realscout.com, and we’ll be happy to answer your question. 

 

Want to learn more about the new Listing Tools? Visit our support section here, or click on the links above.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Description 

 

All of your clients all have a Recent Activity section in their accounts. That is where you can keep track of all of their email alerts delivered, emails that were opened by your client, homes viewed and homes your client is interested in.


Step-by-Step:

• Click on the CLIENTS tab
• Click on clients name (their account will open up)
• Click on Recent Activity 

The agent view of the Email Alert will not have the same functionality as the email your clients receive.

There will be a red banner at the top of your agent view of the email to remind you this view is set to view only, meaning to view the listings, you must exit the email tab and search the property on your RealScout account.


 

 

Room and Room Level Searching via RealScout is available in specific MLSs across the country, currently we have this feature available on the following MLSs:

 

BRIGHT MLS

WMLS - WIlliamsburg MLS

GLVR

RealComp MLS

NORIS MLS

WPMLS

IRES MLS

CMLS - Canopy MLS

REIN MLS

RECOLORADO MLS

MLSPIN MLS

 

If you do not see this option on your RealScout Search page, but have it available within your MLS please reach out to support@realscout.com

 

 

 

 Hi Members!

This general video tutorial was created using CRMLS.

Filter names and options vary depending on the MLS feed being used

The Add/Remove Search Option is not available in all search pages

The search fields are provided to us by the MLS/Listing Service and they may have different names than the ones shown in this video tutorial (the reason is because not all MLS/Listing Services use the same filter names)

Have questions or can't find a specific search field? Please send support@realscout.com an MLS Printout example along with the name of the search field you are looking for and our Member Success Team will be happy to help! 

 

Video Tutorial Details:

• RealScout organizes/separates each search page per MLS and Property Class
  
  
• This is a general overview of how to choose a search page when adding an alert (search)
  
  
• The Listing Services and Property Classes shown in this video may vary depending on the MLS Memberships in each agent’s individual account

 

Description: 

If you start creating a property alert using the Orange “Add Alert” button at the top right of the page OR within a specific clients account by clicking the blue “Add Another Listing Alert” button in the center of the page, there will be a pop up prompting you to select the property class and MLS simply click that drop down menu to select which Property Class and MLS you want to search with. Then select your client and click START SEARCHING.

 

 

Description:

If you want to quickly edit the Settings of an existing alert, you’ll need to go to your client’s account.

Click on the CLIENTS tab, find your client’s name and click on it. Their account will open and you will land on their LISTING ALERTS tab. Here you can quickly edit the Frequency of all of their searches if needed.

The Frequency section has a drop down menu for you to choose the new preferred alert schedule:

• ASAP - Immediately 
• HAND - PICKED - Manually sent out by you
• DAILY - Everyday or uncheck days as needed
• MONTHLY - Once a Month 
• DISABLED - Stop/Pause a search from sending email alerts 

 

Disabled is like pausing a search, so you would keep the client and their alert in RealScout, without them receiving any additional emails.

You can also Delete an alert or Copy an alert to the same client or a different client, and get into the alert itself. 

Click on View/Edit if you'd like to edit the filters or for more Alert Settings & Schedule options. 

RealScout offers both an iPhone and Android mobile app for Agents and a separate one for Clients. Below are the app names, their purpose and quick links to download!

 

RealScout Agent Dashboard  

Agents can now add new clients, keep track of their existing clients and messages on the go!

App name and video tutorial: RealScout Agent Dashboard 

 

iOS App Store / iPhone app link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/realscout-agent-dashboard/id1158016728?mt=8 

 

Google Play Store / Android app link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.realscout.RSProApp 

 

Additional RealScout Agent Dashboard app features:

• LIVE FEED- Similar to the desktop Dashboard Live Feed section to track ALL client activity
• INBOX- Messages/Feedback from clients about specific listings, agent can type a response (chat)
• FIND- Enter an address or MLS Number to locate a listing
• MY CLIENTS- List of clients and can ADD CLIENTS whenever (such as at an open house or coffee shop)
• SETTINGS- Terms and Conditions, Feedback etc...

 

 

RealScout Home Search for Clients

Clients can download the app to search for homes and collaborate with their real estate agents on the go!

 

iOS App Store / iPhone app link: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/realscout-home-search/id1281304485 

Google Play Store / Android app link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.realscout.RSHomebuyerApp 

 

Additional RealScout Home Search app features:

• NEW- View their saved search listing results
• SAVED- View their saved listings
• SEARCH- Search new criteria (but not save it)
• FIND- Enter an address or MLS Number to locate a listing
• MY AGENT - Contact agent info
   

 

Have a question? Let our Member Success team help at support@realscout.com!

 

There are many ways to utilize RealScout in your everyday Social Media posts, we'd like to highlight a few here that are asked for from our Member Success coaches often. 

Creating a search to share on social media:

1. Here's a video to help you learn to do this: https://support.realscout.com/hc/en-us/articles/360016702971-How-to-create-a-search-to-share-on-Social-Media

 

Quick tip: Use an Excel or Google Sheet to keep track of the searches you create, our url's update based on your Listing Service data, so no need to constantly recreate! Just reuse!

I've created one you can download here: My RealScout URL List

 

3. Use RealScout links on your Website

Lots of agents use our shareable links on their website. You can hyperlink these urls to images or text. Either way its a great way to highlight specific areas you specialize in on your website. Your clients will be taken to your RealScout account and if you enable Forced Sign Ups, they'll need to sign up to search with you!

 

Here's a great example of what one realtor did on her site, each neighborhood to the left of the map is hyperlinked to her RealScout social searches:

 

4. Use Zapier to make your life easier!

RealScout offers lots of great Integrations you can use to bring in leads, create alerts or track your users. Zapier however has changed the game in what you can and can't do with RealScout and a plethora of other sites you use. Here's a great article about how one agent used Zapier to save 4 hours every day: https://zapier.com/blog/matt-keller-williams/

Zapier does offer free accounts, but as any site you may have to upgrade to use their more advanced Zaps. If you use lots of tools on a daily basis it would certainly be a great option for you.

Check out which apps you can connect to RealScout here: https://zapier.com/apps/realscout/integrations

 

 

Have another question or want to take a deeper dive into Social Media and RealScout? Email us support@realscout.com or call us 650-397-6500 ext 2

 

 

What is MLS Reciprocal Access on RealScout?

In some markets, MLSes may have a reciprocity agreement that also applies to RealScout. In these cases, being a member of a particular MLS also grants you access to listings in another MLS.

How do I know if I have access?

When creating a search alert on RealScout, you will be asked to choose the MLS and Property Class. If you have access to more than one MLS, you will see it as an option.

Click here to read FAQs for region-specific MLS reciprocity information.

How do I access reciprocal MLSes?

When creating a search alert on RealScout, you will be asked to choose the MLS and Property Class. You can also click the “Change” link at the top of search alert settings.

Select “Cross-MLS Search” to create a search alert that returns results from all the MLSes to which you have access. A Cross-MLS search will only use basic fields which can be normalized across the different MLS data feeds.

To create a search alert using Advanced Fields, you must select the specific MLS. If you need to use Advanced Fields across multiple MLSes for a client, then you will need to create separate search alerts for each MLS.

Can I help my client search listings in multiple MLSes at the same time?

Yes, you can create a Basic search alert across MLSes by selecting “Cross-MLS Search”.

To create an Advanced search alert for multiple MLSes, you will need to create a separate advanced search alert for each MLS.

What if I’m a member of more than one MLS?

If you are a member of more than one MLS, then you should have access to all your MLSes regardless of any reciprocity agreements. Please contact support@realscout.com if you do not see an MLS in RealScout for which you are a member.

What’s the difference between a reciprocity agreement and a data share agreement?

A reciprocity agreement between MLSes allows members of each MLS to access data from the other. A data share agreement allows the listings in one MLS to be shared and included in the data feed of the other MLS. In the former, RealScout would still have two separate data feeds. In a data share agreement, you would see data from multiple MLSes in the same data feed.