MarketLinx - MLXchange & TEMPO

Powerful and Comprehensive MLS System

The platform that powers MLXchange® and TEMPO® is ideal for large and medium sized MLSs looking for uncompromising MLS functionality and unmatched flexibility. It’s built to handle the largest organizations and the most complex business rules, and can be customized easily for the special needs of regional MLSs, resort-style or commercial real estate boards.

Ultimate Search and Display

At the heart of our platform — and the most important part of any MLS system — is its flexible and easy-to-use search interface. Users can construct searches and search templates using any unrestricted field in the database and an array of advanced search operators. Users can save any number of customized search results formats, including column names, column order, sort order, and much more. Detailed report views can be easily created or customized using the system's Report Editor. Best of all, these same powerful search and reporting tools are used throughout the program for working with all types of records, including tax, member, office, listing, contact, etc.

Fast and Easy System Customization

MLXchange and TEMPO employ an advanced meta-model design that enables a high level of system customization and multi-board regionalization capabilities without requiring changes to the standardized program code.

Leading RETS Technologies

Customers can take advantage of state-of-the-art RETS technology, which includes RETS Professional — an optional product that offers user-level data analysis, IP address filtering, data and image tagging, quotas, throttling, and a guaranteed service level agreement — and RETS Connector, an easy-to-use RETS client application for automating routine data downloads.

SmartLink Technology

Our powerful SmartLink technology makes it easy to deep-link with third-party software to seamlessly access record-specific information. For example, users can click a link on the Listing Details screen to access the Supra lockbox information for that listing without having to leave the MLS and log into a different system.

The comprehensive nature of the MLXchange and TEMPO platform makes it impossible to list every feature, but some of the more important ones are listed below.

Login:

• Localized branding (login page and program header)
• Simultaneous logon prevention
• Identity sharing for MLS Staff and team members
• Enforcement of strong passwords and periodic password changes
• Support for RSA & SafeMLS tokens

Home Page:

• New prospecting match count
• “Inventory Watch” of expiring, active and pending listings, pending sales, incomplete listings and open houses
• Quick search for listings and contacts
• Today’s hotsheet
• Customizable links to Web-based resources
• System messages displayed upon login

Search Construction:

• Consistent process and interface for different record types (tax, member, office, listing, etc.)
• Potentially search on any field in the database
• Cross-property type searching
• Boolean operators such as Includes All, Not Equals and Not Starting With, as well as advanced operators for combining And, Not and Or in multi-select fields
• Search by area using multiple maps to graphically delimit the desired region (radius, rectangle, or irregular polygon)
• Count on the fly
• Save search templates
• Per record type and property type search defaults

Prospecting Searches:

• Automatically notify selected recipients by e-mail when a new or changed listing matches saved search criteria
• Emails contain a link to an online (real-time) listing report
• Select different reports for different recipients
• Select frequency of email deliveries and set expiry dates
• Re-send notifications when new photos are added or when a price change occurs

Search Results:

• Consistent process and interface for different record types
• Save search, associated with specific contact
• Customize results list format, including column display, column order, sort order, etc.
• Drag-and-drop columns and three-level sorting
• Thumbnail record preview
• Aerial map view of results
• Turn-by-turn driving directions
• Save default search results format for each record and property type
• Email and export records
• Pop-up toolbar to common functions (view details, view tax, edit, map, print, e-mail, etc.)
• Quickly filter by selection, status and price
• Print search results showing search criteria and summary statistics
• Market area and list vs. sell price charts

Details and Reports:

• Detailed record information and multi-record comparisons
• Related property records (tax records, history, etc.)
• Access to additional rich content, including maps, images, virtual tours, financial calculators and worksheets, market activity charts, attached documents and links to integrated third-party applications
• Add themed backgrounds to reports
• Print and email reports
• Report data errors

Report Editor:

• Create custom reports using online WYSIWIG report editor
• Create flyers, mailing labels, envelopes, multi-column reports, multi-row reports, listing brochures, CMA pages, tabular reports, multi-photo reports and marketing booklets
• ML numbers, agent codes, office codes and Tax IDs act as link to the appropriate records
• Listing maintenance
• Real-time data entry with field-level help
• Auto-save after every field
• Auto-population from integrated tax or Web-based tax (i.e. Realist)
• Set both street and rooftop property map location automatically or manually
• Data validation: spell-checking, prohibited words and any number of configurable business rules
• Save partial listing for completion later
• Image upload and media management
• Upload documents and fax attachments

Hotsheets:

• Displays recent market activity according to user-defined criteria
• Personal, home page, and days back (date range)
• Different report sections for new listings, price changes, status changes, deletions and other transaction types
• Full range of details and report options available (email, maps, customized reports, export capabilities, etc.)

Public Records and Property History:

• Integrated tax and property history record capabilities
• Uses the same powerful tools as the program’s listing search engine, including customizable search templates, search results and report views

Contact Management:

• Maintain client names, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses
• Full customizable search interface and results list, just like listing search
• Filter by contact type, status and selection
• Import records from MS Outlook and Top Producer
• Print contact list, detailed records, envelopes, mailing labels and user-created reports
• Send email and view email history
• View a contact’s saved searches, CMAs

CMA/Buyer Tour:

• Wizard for easy, step-by-step report creation
• Fully customizable using report editor
• Add comparables from the MLS, integrated tax, Web-based tax or manually
• Side-by-side adjustments for any type of comparable
• Multiple options for calculating suggested price
• Email, print or save as PDF

Financial Functions:

• Full complement of industry-standard financial calculators and worksheets
• Loan options, pre-qualification forms, closing costs, net proceeds and more

Office and Membership Options:

• Office and member roster search capabilities that use customizable search templates, search result lists, and report views
• Full office and membership maintenance, including temporary suspensions
• Works with Membership Director and other popular membership management systems

Data Access Options:

• RETS server implementation for access to a host of third-party products
• Built-in IDX options to suit a range of broker and agent needs
• Configurable ASCII export of search results
• SmartLink technology for directly accessing record-specific data in other applications

MLX Professional is an optional add-on that plugs into MLXchange to give your members a suite of sales and marketing tools to generate leads, improve customer service, and communicate with clients. With an MLS site license of MLX Professional, every user gets:

• An agent website with built-in IDX property search
• Client Web pages for automatic customer communications
• Internet lead capture with instant e-mail notification to a cell phone or pager
• E-mail templates that merge contact and MLS data
• Enhanced client and task management using a scheduler and action plans

With MLX Professional, users can:

• Minimize the learning curve! MLX Professional simply adds new features to MLXchange – a program they already use every day. This reduces the learning curve while increasing efficiency.
• Reduce data entry. A direct connection with MLXchange lets agents advertise properties on their Web sites without re-typing any data. A built-in IDX Property Search (if permitted) gives site visitors access to real-time MLS data.
• Easily synchronize with Microsoft Outlook all Clients, Tasks and Appointments.
• Provide 24/7 customer service by automatically displaying clients' property matches, CMAs, scheduled appointments, and completed tasks on password-protected Client Web Pages. The Agent Web Site also has an optional "My Office Listings" tab, and agent/client property list collaboration.
• Capture more business by immediately responding to new Internet leads. MLX Professional sends an alert to the agent's cell phone when a new lead comes in from their Web site, creates a new contact record, and schedules a follow-up call. Agents can even use the lead capture form on other Web sites!
• Manage their prospects using customizable e-mail templates that can merge both contact and MLS data to create personalized mass mailings.
• Organize their day using a secure Client Manager that schedules follow-up tasks and reminders, organizes search criteria and properties of interest, and tracks customer history.
• Automatically schedule activities for listings, transactions and prospecting campaigns through fully customizable "time-released" Action Plans.