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Frequently Asked Questions: Agents and Brokers

I list REO properties, why should I use prelisting.com?
How would you like a list of 2, 5, 10 or more qualified buyers interested in your listing that you (or your buyer specialists) could contact on the first day your property is listed?  If you're not marketing your pre-listings on prelisting.com you are wasting valuable marketing time.  Use prelisting.com to sell your listings faster, generate an organized list of leads for your buyer's agents/specialists, represent more transaction sides, and make your asset managers love you for your quick turn around of their assets! 

I do NOT list REO properties, why should I use this site?
How many times have you lost the opportunity to work with a buyer because they called the listing agent directly and wrote up an offer without you?  By joining prelisting.com as an agent you'll be notified each time a prelisting that one of your clients has saved is listed and available to receive offers.  If you join as a premium member you'll be able to see your clients' "watch-list".  Whether you join as a standard or a premium member you will be able to invite your clients to prelsting.com - making sure that when they come to the site they are associated with you and not another agent!

I do NOT list REO properties...how can I help my clients that are using this site?
Become a member!  Once you're a member then invite your clients to the site or ask them to add your name and email to their profile as their agent so you can be notified of changes to properties that they are interested in!

I have short sale and conventional listings, can I use prelisting.com for those properties?
Absolutely!  You can post properties on prelisting.com after they're listed just make sure you accurately indicate the status.  If you have a fully executed listing contract for your property just post the property with "active" status.  If you're posting a property that will be a short sale or a conventional/individual seller, we recommend that you post it on prelisting.com as soon as possible to start generating leads and interest. For best results on short sales, post the property on prelisting.com while gathering the required documentation from your sellers.  Once you list it in your local MLS just change the status to "active" and all interested parties will receive an automatic email notification that the seller has committed to his/her asking price and is ready to entertain offers. property before it is listed

I have a property I want to advertise on prelisting.com but I already have it listed in my MLS, can I still post it on prelisting.com?
Yes!  You can post properties on prelisting.com if they're already listed.  Just make sure you accurately indicate the status as "active" when you first post it.

Is this the same as IDX?  How is it different?
This is NOT the same as IDX.  Websites that use IDX show you properties that are already listed in a local or regional MLS.  The properties you'll find on prelisting.com start out as "prelistings" and are not yet officially listed for sale.  Once the sellers are ready to officially place the home for sale the status here will change from "prelisting" to "active" indicating that the property is not listed by an agent and will most likely also be available in a local MLS. 

Other questions?  Please contact us and let us know how we can help!  - Prelisting.com support team.