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May the gods rain down their every blessing upon the head of Bob Bemis: ARMLS goes proactive instead of being endlessly reactive
By: Greg Swann,
BloodhoundBlog.com
Posted: Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008, 8:42 am MST
Category: General Information
I saw this on the announcements page on ARMLS, but having the reality of the idea in my email inbox is much more powerful. Instead of dealing with the inevitable follow-up calls about listings that didn’t really close or expire, ARMLS is reminding Realtors to clean up their messes before they make them:
Wednesday, January 23, 2008Gregory Swann ABR CRS GRI,
This notice is being sent to you as a reminder that listing 2808380 located at [street address redacted] is going to close escrow in the MLS system and reflect Sold status in 2 days.
If there has been no change in the status of the listing and all of the sale data is still correct, no action is required by you and your listing will close on your indicated closing date.
If the listing’s closing date, status, or any of the sales information is incorrect, please correct the listing before it goes into Sold status. If the listing should no longer be in Pending or AWC status, please change the listing to reflect the correct status.
We hope this reminder will provide you the opportunity to review your upcoming closing and make any necessary adjustments to the listing.
If you believe you received this courtesy notice in error, please notify ARMLS immediately by replying to this e-mail or calling the Compliance Department at the number provided below.
The instant reaction to such an obvious idea might be, “Well, duh!” But consider that ARMLS has been around forever, while the mail just started coming now. Obvious is easy. It’s follow through that takes effort. Truly, it’s a what-have-you-done-for-me-lately kind of world, but what Bob Bemis did for me today buys him a lot of credit in my bank.
January 23rd, 2008 at 8:59 am
One of the advantages of being a CEO is you get to take credit for others’ good ideas. (You can also blame your mistakes on others, but I try not to do that, so call me on it if you catch me.)
While I would like to take credit for this project, all I did was give the OK. Manager Paul Kriewall and his Compliance department staff took the tool (we have an automated program that checks listings for errors) and used it for “good” rather than “evil” (as some would characterize it when it finds their days on market manipulations).
Thanks for noticing. I’m, ahem . . . WE are glad you like the innovation.
January 23rd, 2008 at 9:05 am
Nothing ever changed before. You deserve credit for fostering innovation, at a minimum. Thanks to everyone involved, in any case.