The Generate Listing Sheet feature is designed to streamline the listing input process and help you enter listing data more accurately and efficiently. It appears as a link in the top right corner of every tab during the listing input process:
You can click the link at any point (while the listing is still a Draft) and Connect will populate the listing input form with the information you've entered so far. If you started the listing input process by clicking Fill from Tax, all tax data that has autofilled from the public record will also be included in the Listing Sheet.
The listing sheet generates as a PDF file that you can download, print or email:
Once the listing sheet has been generated, you and the seller can review the work you've already done and fill in any fields that have not been completed. There is also a section at the bottom of the last page where the seller(s) can sign.
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If you're looking to print a blank listing input form (perhaps you prefer to meet with the seller(s) and complete the input form together), the Generate Listing Sheet feature is the way to go. Technically, you cannot print a completely blank input form through the Generate Listing Sheet feature. To access the Generate Listing Sheet feature, you must complete the information on the Basic Listing Information screen. Once you finish that screen, you're brought directly to the Contract tab, at which point you can click Generate Listing Sheet button in the top right and download/print/email the mostly blank form. At this point, the listing sheet will have your agent/office information and the property's address and public records data (if you began the listing input process from a tax record). If desired, you can leave the rest of the input form blank so you can manually complete it at a later date.
While the majority of the form is still blank, you have the benefit of at least having the public records information already completed. Sellers may not be able to provide the necessary tax record information themselves, so it is advantageous to have those fields completed before you work with them to fill out the rest of the listing input form. This shows the seller that you have done your homework on their property and have taken the initiative of looking up the public records information. Being able to review the tax record data with the seller is also beneficial because, if any of the data happens to be incorrect or out-of-date, you can immediately begin the process getting it fixed.
If you prefer a completely blank listing input form (not even the address or tax record information is populated), you can download a copy here.
Note: when completing the entire listing input form by hand, you do not have the advantage of already having the tax record data pre-populated. Additionally, it is important to understand that you'll essentially be completing the entire form twice- once manually when filling in all of the fields on the form and then a second time when you actually input the listing in connectMLS.
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