Where to I start?
Order your business cards- first set free – Business card request form
GETTING STARTED…
1) Sign up online with NVAR – Sign up at NVAR.com
Enter our Company Name: National Realty LLC (Type the letter N a few times to find it on the list.) Our phone number 703-860-4600.
Enter your DPOR license number and expiration date.
If needed, find your info at DPOR license lookup.
Under Current or Former Realtor Members: Are you a member? Click NO.
Take NVAR orientation within 60 days of NVAR signup.
2) Next: Join Bright MLS.
You will need: NRDS number (National Assn of Realtors number). Provided by NVAR.
If you forget it, see NRDS lookup.
Broker Code for National Realty: NATL 1 (the number 1)
Note: The lower section asks if you are a current or former member. Click No.
After you submit your application, contact us. We will approve online.
3) Activate your Remine Docs+ account. (Contract Forms)
From Bright home page, click Remine-Forms (under News->Office News)
On Remin page, click your name/settings. See Paul’s video
Add your Realtor (NRDS) number. Not know it? Google NRDS lookup.
4) Post License 30 hours – required within 1st year of license
You will renew 2 years after being licensed. Then it is 16 hours of CE every two years.
5) Contact Keith and Paul for follow up.
Action Plan: New Agent Checklist
Set up your Business Planning with Keith
NEW! Paul’s video – How to create a contract form with ReminePro (Docs+) and how to send contrat forms to your client.
Bright MLS Training Videos- These are select videos on youtube. For all videos, visit youtube.com/BrightMLS
Navigating BrightMLS – An introductory showing all the sections of the website
Getting Started with Search – Basic information on Bright dashboard and searching
Searching for Listings – More detailed info on searching with examples of different fields
Entering a Listing – See how to put your new listing on Bright MLS with some good ways to save time
Sentrilock – The lock box is used on the door to safely hold the key for showings. It is available at NVAR ($100).
Download Sentrilock to your computer (windows or mac.)
Sentrikey App – This is the free app to open the lockbox. You only need your PIN (code) and cell phone.
Download the Sentrikey app to your cell phone.
View all Sentrikey training videos here (includes how to open a lockbox with your cell phone using the app.
Setting up a lockbox to assign it to a property – This video explains how to assign a lockbox to your listing and other access features.
Realtor.com page: This puts your name, picture and other information on the Realtor.com page.
* Go to realtor.com. Click sign up and be sure to scroll down to “Are you an Agent?” Create your account there. Fill in your profile.
NAR page (National Assn of Realtors): This is the members only site for Realtors. After you have your Realtor number from NVAR, you want to create your NAR account.
* Click nar.realtor. Click Sign in on upper right. On next screen, click Register. Fill in your info.
NarRpr (Property Flyers): This NAR site allows you to create brochures for a property based on address or MLS number. There are many options and you usually only want the minimum number of pages to select. (main page, basic BR bath price info and photos).
* Go to narrpr.com Sign in. Click Reports. Choose the report type (1 page flyer or 12 page mini report is usually fine). Enter headline and description. It takes a few minutes and then download it to print or send.
Zillow profile: It is helpful to have a profile that will show on zillow for their Agent Finder and on your listings.
* Go to zillow.com Click Advertise. Fill out the information to create a profile. They will provide options for paid advertising as a Zillow Premiere agent later. But create your profile so your information is on the site.
Zipformplus
NOTE: Until further notice, we are using Docs+ as noted above. Zipform costs monthly. We are not using it anymore.
Transaction Forms (Basics)
The Agent Dashboard When you log in, it shows the dashboard explained here. You normally click straight to documents to view all contract forms.
Creating Templates to save time – Note that Paul has already created company templates so that the typical forms you need automatically load for buying, selling, renting, etc. This shows how you can customize your personal templates.