Hey Vanessa, It is your public ID. SO whatever you use to log in to HAR. To find this, just log out of your account on the Members Only Portal. Alternatively, you can contact HAR. I'll attach contact info. (877)805-7301, support@har.com. Hope this helps!

We\'ve had two agents in our office report that incomplete listings added through Add/Edit in Matrix are disappearing before they make them active. In both cases they were there for a while like more than a month (client delayed listing). Is there some time frame for Matrix that automatically deletes listings if they are incomplete? It\'s a lot of work to redo it all! I\'ve seached Incomplete Listings, deleted, and all categories - it\'s just gone.

Hi Beverly, \n\nSorry to hear that. \nThey remove the incomplete days in 30 days unless rules changed recently. It happened to me before. From that incident, I do print out, and save as pdf untill it is active thus is easier to enter rather than from scratch.\n\nRegards, \n\nCagdas Acar\nMsc PSA CPA VLB\n832-283-1091\nwww.homeswithcagdas.com\nacarster@gmail.com

How can I sign up for alerts when a new question has been posted in the Community? Thanks!

Once you\'ve logged onto the HAR.Com site, in the Real Estate Community section, click on HAR Account Settings thensign up to receive daily alerts containing a list of new questions that have been posted in your favorite categories. Be the first to answer open questions to increase your ranking within the community. You can disable the notifications at any time by clicking on \'HAR Account Settings\' in the Real Estate Community.\n

My partner and I are looking to change photographers for our listing photos. We are looking for high quality and a higher price does not deter us. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Hi Jay,Tell Cindy I said "hi!" :)I always use First Sold Photowww.firstsoldphoto.comMike Whiteside is my photographer of choice and I do know they have added another photographer as well. Dana runs the business and he is fantastic. I have nothing but raving reviews for First Sold. I use them for every listing regardless of the price of the home. They upload the photos to HAR for you and send weekly statistics. I could go on and on!You can look at MLS: 96908444 and 24111467 to get a feel for their quality of work!Darby

“Hey Realtor friends—quick question: how do you typically run your buyer consultations? Do you use a PowerPoint presentation, a simple homebuyer guide, or something else? I’d love to hear what’s working best for you.”

Most buyers have a house or two they'd like to see, so we usually start with a phone conversation and then a house tour where we talk as we go and learn more about each other and what they are looking for. Using Forewarn is a good start to background check before meeting them.

Should such a website contain info about each 55+ community and why should a buyer buy a house there? what are the benefits to a buyer of owning a house there?

Fortunately, this is a search filter in the Matrix MLS for HAR and can be easily searched. This gives both consumers and agents the ability to provide information on homes in the area that are 55+. Once you have the list of 55+ communities, you can also do a Neighborhood Search on each one to see a collection of information on that specific area in MLS.

When listing. What form do you use or where would you disclose a property being in the Subsidence Zone.

The seller's disclosures would be the place to make this disclosure, so all prospective buyers are aware. Any additional documentation could be attached if needed.

Landlord wants listing agent to run credit report and background report on applicant. Who do you use to do this and who does applicant pay for this?

RentSpree is a newer choice and part of Matrix listings. It does the same type of background checks as MySmartMove and has some easier methods for handling reports.

Zarco Properties, LLC, is a boutique brokerage located in the highly-rated master planned community of The Woodlands, Texas, and serves this vibrant community in Montgomery County as well as the surrounding area of Northern Houston, including Magnolia, Conroe, Spring, Montgomery, and the City of Houston. With approximately 45 agents, we serve residential and commercial clients, investors, landlords, and tenants. This multi-million dollar brokerage ranks in the top 25 brokerages in The Woodlands and is proud to include bilingual agents from around the world serving families and business throughout our community.

So I am a business owner that is from Houston but we purchased my business in Maine. I am coming back to Houston to purchase another business. My question is My wife who is 58 years old and she has a felony. She is an accountant by trade and the offense is not sex offense or anything of that sort. We would like to rent and then buy a house. How difficulty will it be? I have perfect credit above 800 and no background trouble. I am open to paying the years rent in advance and if anyone is interested I would love an agent. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you in advance.

It's very wise to address this issue up front and consider different options in leasing. Landlords may have different responses to a felony charge and I would recommend narrowing down where you will be living and find a well-experienced local agent in that area. Their connections with other agents that do leasing will be very helpful. You don't want to spend repeated fees on applications if your agent can filter through opportunities in your area. You might also run your own background check with www.mysmartmove.com to see what landlords using this site will see when they do a background check. Landlords will most likely not accept a copy from tenants directly, but this will let you know how best to approach the issue. A double deposit may help, but landlords will likely take the type offense and the length of time since it happened into account. Texas Tenant Asvisor has some guidance on this topic as well.

Can I act as a buyer agent in Dallas area ? Since I’m a HAR mls member.

We are licensed to serve the entire state of Texas but we also have to be geographically competent.So you want to be sure that you can serve your client's best interests byknowing the area and being aware of local issues, as you are in the Houston area. You won't be able to open Supra boxes in another MLS unless your brokerage is a member. And of course you'd want to check with your broker to see what the brokerage policies are on working out of the area.You may be better able to serve your client by referring them to a local agent and receiving a referral fee.

Can I act as a buyer agent in Dallas area ? Since I’m a HAR mls member.

We are certainly licensed for the State of Texas, but we also have to be geographically competent, so you'd need to be knowledgeable of the area to serve your client best. You won't have access to open Supras in other MLS areas, so you might be better off referring your client to a local agent and receiving a referral fee. Check with your broker on Brokerage policies for working out of the area, as well.

Some key things to know: I've used the same photographer for all of my listings so far (I am 9-months into the business). It is priced at a fair market value and I have done all of the necessary marketing to get eyes on it. There have been NO showing requests so it was concluded it had to do with the photos. Thanks for any insight.

You can certainly change or rearrange photos during a listing, but before you pay another photographer, I'd suggest you have the seller show you photos they do like so you can go after the same look. Most likely, you may need to drop the price of the home to hit the sweet spot with multiple showings and a price point that attracts buyers in this high-interest, high property tax market.