Working with Fresno calRedd MLS Week 2

We are in our 2nd week working with the new calRedd system. We are the working guinea pig agents for the new statewide MLS system. I hope all the other cities that are considering this system for their MLS will pay tribute to the guinea pigs here in Fresno. We are the ones paying the dues here to help beta test and build the most powerful MLS in the world. At least that is what they are hoping for! At this point we are still nowhere near the features that the Rapattoni system had. I must admit, they are improving everyday and I am learning new tricks. I'm still not confident enough in the "auto prospecting" yet to go full steam ahead with my clients, but I can see that bugs are being fixed daily. Hopefully we will get more administrative controls for our agent profile pages. One peculiar thing also, is there are no hyperlinks anywhere on the pages, nor is there any way to verify emails have been sent or recieved by clients. I'm sure it's all in the works. Anyway, it seems the frustration level among agents is easing a bit as some of the search basics are learned by the agents to keep them working and selling properties.

Fresno MLS CalRedd System Starts off Badly

The much anticipated Fresno MLS system, "CalRedd" has started today. So far, I'm not impressed. There are many problems with the new system. We are having issues with the data, searching and property reports are inaccurate. This system affects some 4000 Realtors in the Fresno area, including the public data feeds to my website www.FresnoHomes.net. We expected problems, however the way that they initiated the system was not the best. There is no backup system to use today. They should have had a transition period where our old system, "Rappatoni" would work and we could migrate to the new "CalRedd" system. That is not the case, and basically our business is somewhat paralyzed until we can get the data correct.

Announcing Fresno MLS Changeover August 17, 2009

We are about to embark on a major change in our MLS system august 17th. We are going to a statewide system called "CalRedd". There will be now new listings added to the system between 8/13 to 8/17, so that they can transfer all existing data to the new system. As with most new software systems, there will be bugs to work out. We look forward to the technology changes that will help us in our business. As far as my website at www.FresnoHomes.net is concerned, I am working on some changes to help make it easier to distinguish the listing status of properties, between "active" and "pending" sale status. Also, I am trying to get the option ability to filter out the "short sales" from search results. These changes will result in less frustration among buyers browsing for listings. I spend a great deal of time each day, answering emails from buyers just to tell them that the listing already has an accepted offer.