
October 2020 CEO Update
Thank you for viewing our October 2020 Broker Report. This information is available for you to share with your agents and office staff. Resources for you and your agents on any modifications to how you do business are available on our webpage: CRMLS COVID-19 Resources. Please make sure to look out for emails from CRMLS and your local association as they become available.
Compliance Corner
Trending Topics for Compliance: October 2020
- Trending Topics for Compliance: October 2020 blog post
- PALM SPRINGS USERS: Register for our Top Violation Overview webinar on 10/28 before enforcement ramps up
- PARAGON USERS: Register for our Top Violation Overview webinar this Thursday, October 29 before enforcement ramps up
- PASADENA-FOOTHILLS & VENTURA USERS: Register for our Top Violation Overview webinar TODAY before enforcement ramps up
Education Corner
- Learn how to access the CRMLS Coming Soon Form in zipForm
- State-of-the-art tech at reduced costs through our Marketplace
Enhancement & Product Corner
General
- CRMLS Shares Listing Portal Revenue with Syndicating Brokerages
- IDX and your Listing Distribution options
- InfoSparks Market Statistics: tell your market’s story with charts and graphs
Flex
Here is a guide to issues we have recently resolved:
- RESOLVED – PEAD link has been added
- RESOLVED – CMA 1 Line report has been reformatted for better readability
- RESOLVED – Listings with missing Selling Agent information have been filled
- RESOLVED – Lot Size SqFt has been added back in to all listingsSqFt on Listing Display within the Flex MLS Pro app has been restored
- View additional IN PROGRESS items here.
Reminder: Is your MLS-Connect not importing a listing? Here’s a quick tip. Simply put quotation marks around your ML#.

- Easier access to videos & virtual tour
- Flex Broker Manual– View a helpful resource for common broker questions about our MLS platforms.
Matrix
- Matrix Broker Manual – View a helpful resource for common broker questions about our MLS platforms.
Paragon
Here is a guide to issues we have recently resolved:
- RESOLVED – Paragon email notifications are back!
- IN PROGRESS – Park/Complex field addition
- IN PROGRESS – Mello Roos field addition
- IN PROGRESS – Agent Preferred 1 and Client Preferred 1 reports
- View additional IN PROGRESS items here.
- Paragon Broker Manual – View a helpful resource for common broker questions about our MLS platforms.
- The old ‘twin home’ reference in Paragon has been updated to more accurately reflect the Structure Type as a “Duplex” and the Property Sub-Type as “SFR (Attached)”. Follow these steps to search for a Property Sub-Type of SFR (Attached) with a Structure Type set to Duplex.
- Read our Knowlegebase article to lean how these 3 fields work together to ensure the nature of the property and the type of ownership are clear.
Flexmls: Easier access to videos & virtual tours
Bringing video & virtual tour content to the forefront in Flexmls
A new enhancement to Flexmls is live!
With this change, videos and virtual tours are displayed inline with photos in a single media gallery. Any videos and virtual tours will be displayed directly after the primary photo in the filmstrip view at the bottom of the page.

Videos will be displayed with a preview image and a “play” icon. Virtual tours will be displayed with a preview image and a “360-degree view” icon.
For more information, click here to read our CRMLS Knowledgebase guide to the new enhancement.