MetroTex Association of REALTORS®
Member Benefits Guide
New Additions
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MyMetroTex CampusOnline Education Platform |
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FOREWARNProactive Safety & Lead Intelligence |
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Complimentary to MetroTex REALTOR® Members – Activate Today!
FOREWARN brings intelligence to the real estate industry through innovative solutions to help ensure safer engagements and smarter interactions.
The application gives you the ability to gain instant insight on a prospective client (within seconds, without exposing any protected class information) using only a phone number or a name.
Instantly verify:
- Identity (first name, last name, alias, and age)
- Phone numbers (residential and mobile history)
- Address history (rental, ownership, and associated addresses)
- Financial indicators (bankruptcy, lien, judgement, and foreclosure history)
- Property records (nationwide property ownership history)
- Criminal records (nationwide criminal history search)
Verifying your prospects in FOREWARN is not only critical for your personal safety and efficiency, but also a benefit to your listing homeowners, providing an added layer of protection for their homes and families.
Stay tuned for updates and training classes!
FOREWARN Customer Support
If you experience any difficulty setting up your password or logging into FOREWARN, please reach out to FOREWARN support at 561-757-4551 or support@forewarn.com (Monday – Friday; 9AM-5PM ET).
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RealSatistfiedClient Survey and Review Platform |
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Complimentary Agent Lite Account Exclusive to MetroTex Members
Send unlimited surveys to your clients to get detailed feedback about your performance, that is private to you. Plus collect and manage your first three client reviews, which can easily be promoted publicly anywhere online through RealSatisfied!
If you decided to upgrade to a RealSatisfied Agent Pro account (with unlimited reviews), you’ll get a 20% discount for being a MetroTex member.
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Crexi PROCommercial Data Exchange: Commercial RE Data and Tools |
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The Best Price You’ll Find
You can access advanced broker tools to market your properties, leverage industry and prospecting data, and connect with qualified leads to grow your business efficiently – all at a discounted $175 per month (billed quarterly).
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Real Estate NewsAuthentic, Journalistically Sound Industry News |
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Complimentary to MetroTex Members
The vision for Real Estate News is simple: To be the impartial and solutions-oriented news source for you, the residential real estate community.
This means empowering agents, brokers, executives, and other leaders with the information you need to keep moving forward in your business and career. It also means presenting news in the right context so you can digest it quickly and meaningfully.
More Great MetroTex Benefits
REALTOR® Brand
You stand out in the crowd.
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Being a REALTOR® tells prospects and clients you adhere to a strict code of ethics that protects clients, the public, and other real estate agents.
Code of Ethics
You’re committed to ethical business practices.
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Being bound by the Code means consumers’ best interests are served by you cooperating ethically with other REALTORS® and the public.
Arbitration & Legal Hotline
You’ve got legal backup.
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Avoid lawsuits by consulting with Texas REALTORS® Legal Hotline, available exclusively to REALTOR® members. And if a lawsuit becomes unavoidable, you’ve got access to arbitration to save time and money.
Classes & Education
You’re in the know.
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You pay lower member prices for a huge number of MetroTex classes, including those with CE, SAE, and Certifications/Designations. Plus, get top-notch Matrix MLS Training as part of your membership – some MLS classes even offer CE at no extra cost to members!
Networking Opportunities
You’ve got connections.
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MetroTex offers endless opportunities to increase your sphere of influence, find the best service providers, and expand your business.
MLS Access
You have the information.
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Your MLS access comes at a lower cost than non-members pay for the same powerful data.
Additional Benefits & Discounts
You’ve got bennies.
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REALTOR® membership gives you discounts from companies ranging from travel to office and printing products.
Search Tips
Searching FOREWARN in Seconds
- FOREWARN provides instant & mobile identity verification and public records (criminal, property, court, etc.) for over 98% of the U.S. adult population.
- With FOREWARN’s roughly 90% coverage of mobile and residential phone numbers, you should be able to search and verify most people from their phone number alone.
- When you are unable find an individual in FOREWARN using a phone number, this does not necessarily mean fraud or criminal intent. FOREWARN users are encouraged to gather further details and use the additional search functionality (the “Search by name” link) within the FOREWARN app to ensure verification of the prospect.
Name Search Tip: When searching by name, if there are more than 100 results to your query, FOREWARN will display “Too many records found” and prompt you to re-run your search using additional criteria.
Phone Search Tip #1: In the search results, FOREWARN displays all the individuals who have ever been associated/linked with the searched phone number. It is normal for multiple people to be linked to a single phone number, either as previous owners of the phone number, or relatives.
Phone Search Tip #1: “Record not found”: If you search missed calls from telemarketing companies (typically they will not leave a voice message), you will get the result “Record not found” because that phone number has never been owned by, or associated with, a person.
IMPORTANT COMPLIANCE INFO
As a professionally licensed agent, you can use FOREWARN to verify the identity and potential risks associated with your business prospects. Please note that you must limit your FOREWARN searches to professional use only. FOREWARN is only to be used for verifying inbound prospects that have initiated the interaction, such as when a potential buyer or seller have contacted you or initiated a request for information. The FOREWARN service is not to be used for marketing (e.g. prospecting for potential leads/clients) or to determine anyone’s eligibility for credit, insurance, or employment, or for any other purpose regulated by the Fair Credit Reporting Act. Search activity is actively monitored (search terms and volume) to ensure proper use by our Subscribers as outlined in the Subscriber Agreement and the FOREWARN Terms and Conditions. Any use that is outside of the outlined proper usage that you agree to upon activating your account is prohibited and can result in your service being terminated. The specific compliance and use terms can be viewed here, however below are a few examples of ways you should NOT use FOREWARN:
- DO NOT use FOREWARN to search for anyone who is not engaging in business with you (including, but not limited to celebrities, public figures, friends, family).
- DO NOT share information from FOREWARN, or your FOREWARN access credentials, with any third-party and DO NOT publicly post such information.
- DO NOT tell a prospect that they are not permitted, or unqualified, to purchase or sell a property because of information you obtain from FOREWARN..
- DO NOT use information from FOREWARN to harass or intimidate anyone, or to otherwise violate applicable laws.
The above examples are NOT meant to be all-encompassing, and you should refer to the Subscriber Agreement and the FOREWARN Terms and Conditions for additional information. FOREWARN is a powerful tool intended for the increased safety and efficiency of your business. Proper use of the service by real estate professionals ensures that we can continue to provide this valuable tool to the industry.
About RealSatisfied
How Does It Work?
RealSatisfied makes it simple for you! Just choose a survey type and send it to your client through the platform, and RealSatisfied will let you know when your client completes the survey, so you can review their private feedback. If the feedback is positive, RealSatisfied will also automatically request a review from your client at the end of the survey process, that you can share publicly.
Post reviews to: Facebook, Instagram, X, LinkedIn, your Realtor.com profile and your website.
- Encourage Reviews helps you get more reviews on portals like Google and Zillow, and easily allows you to send a ‘Thank You’ gift card to your clients all through the RealSatisfied platform
- Customizable Profile Page includes all your reviews, biography, media gallery, awards and specialties, and much more!