Real Estate Website Features

We can either seemlessly integrate the BRS Search Engine with your website or provide you with our custom BRS/IDX search feature.

Advanced Search functionality is provided allowing your site visitors to narrow their property search using multiple search criteria. In addition to advanced search capabilities, a quick search form can be displayed on your home page providing easy access to property listing search functionality using common search criteria.

IMI Software offers IMI RealtySites Standard and IMI RealtySites Professional. Both provide the tools necessary for a feature rich website including a powerful database which provides the flexibility and scalability to drive a powerful web application.

The standard edition comes with integrated BRS/IDX search features, an image rotator to display featured properties, agent pages, contact email forms and more.

The professional edition provides you with many communication tools such as blogs, forums, event calendars and news and announcements. These all provide rss functionality allowing you to feed you twitter account and facebook page with up to date information. Users can also bookmark and subscribe to information on your site. This is a great way to not only provide dynamic, meaningful content but provide the functionality necessary to share that content to a wide audience. Fresh, meaningful content is an important Search Engine Optimization component.

IMI RealtySites is a Content Management System allowing you to be in control of your own content via the browser based management console. You will have administrator permissions to your site allowing you to dynamically modify your content via an easy to use WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) editor. This allows you to dynamically create rich text using familiar text editor functions found in many common word processing applications.

Along with your MLS subscription you are provided access to many additional tools and content that can be integrated into your site.

Features such as Neighborhood Profiles and School Statistics, Financial Calculators, Sold Property Search, RealPing's Click-To-Talk, Inman News, Common Real Estate Questions, Real Estate Glossary, Consumer Info Videos and more. We can integrate some or all of these features into your site.

You MLSLI account also entitles you to ListHub, a fee syndication service so you can submit your listings to dozens of online real estate search engine and marketing websites. You are also entitled to a free service from ListingBook, a CRM application connecting clients and agents.

*Please note that these services and tools are available through your MLSLI subscription. These are not IMI Software tools and services and are subject to change at any time. IMI Software, Inc. make no guarantees or warranties of their availability or accuracy of the information provided.

IMI RealtySites comes with a complete user membership and profile system and robust security framework. You can define custom registration properties, maintain your security roles and secure pages and content on your site. You are also able to create secure document libraries, define which users can create blogs, add announcements, schedule events or just simply control user access to various content. This is a very powerful feature that enables you to create secure locations and content for brokers, agents, registered users and anonymous users. All registered users can also send private messages via the internal messaging framework.

The exclusive property listing component is a powerful tool providing extensive functionality to manage your exclusive listings in your own private database.

• Create and maintain multiple brokers and agents
• Assign multiple agents to brokers
• Assign listings to specific agents.
• Create an unlimited number of property types and sub-types so you can categorize and archive your properties exactly as you would like.
• Property moderation and publishing so brokers can review, approve and publish listings entered by agents.
• Search functionality allowing flexible and extensive search features including searching by keyword. During setup, you can define any number of custom search fields
• Google Maps integration and unlimited web 2.0 lightbox photo galleries.
• Full control over featured properties allowing you to define at any time which properties you would like to showcase.
• Integrate into your Agent Pages so each agent can showcase their own listings.
• RSS Syndication so you can dynamically send your featured listings via twitter, Facebook or any number social networking channels.
• This module offers a great deal of functionality. Please contact IMI Software to discuss the many features and advantages of this powerful module.

The IMI Exclusive Property module is a very dynamic and powerful listing management tool with many robust features. Please contact IMI Software with any questions.

IMI RealtySites offers a number of Featured Property display options.
The first choice is a featured property image rotator. The image rotator is a scrolling view of your featured properties. You can filter the view to show all of your exclusive MLS properties, or filter the rotator by property type. When users click on an image they are directed to the property search detail page displaying the property details.

If you are using the Property Listings Management component you have complete control over which individual properties you want to feature at any given time. You can display these properties on a rotating tab control grouped by property type.

IMI RealtySites includes a powerful blogging platform which provides the functionality needed to write, publish, and syndicate optimized content directly on your website. This gives you the ability to extend your reach by publishing your own articles related to topics of your choice. You can provide valuable information to your site visitors about the real estate market, discuss specific properties, highlight open houses or discuss anything of your choosing. Blogs are a great way to provide fresh content which is an important component of Search Engine Optimization (SEO).

The blog includes integrated security, search capabilities, moderated user commenting, social bookmarking, blog archiving, attachments, comment email notifications, meta information, tags, workflow management, publish and expiry dates, multiple pages, and syndication. You can also add an image gallery, attach documents, and reference external or internal urls for each blog you write. It also functions as an RSS reader providing the functionality to subscribe to external feeds. Each agent can have his or her own blog and if the agent has a dedicated agent page, a list of their latest blogs titles can be displayed on their agent page.

In addition, we will set up a url shortening account for you so you can feed your blog to your Twitter and Facebook page using a shortened url. We can also configure your blog to automatically post to your Facebook page and Twitter account.

*Twitter and Facebook are registered trademarks of their respective companies and are not affiliated with IMI Software, Inc. in any way.

IMI RealtySites includes a flexible way for you to provide a complete directory of your agents and individual agent pages.

A company directory is included where you can list all your agents with their contact information.

In addition you can provide each agent his or her own dedicated web page. Each page can contain any content that you would like such as a photo, biography, contact information, a list of exclusive or recently sold properties (if using the Listing Management database). If you are using the integrated blog module, and the agent has published blogs, a list of the latest blog entries can be displayed on the agent's page as well.

You may use the news and announcements module to post important information to your site visitors. You may use this as a way to highlight listings, advertise events, highlight recently sold properties, display press releases or any other information you would like to communicate.

The news and announcements module includes integrated security, search capabilities, moderated user commenting, social bookmarking and article archiving.

In addition, we will set up a bit.ly url shortening account for you so you can feed your news and announcements to your Twitter and Facebook page using a shortened url.

The News and Announcements module includes all of the same features as the blog module.

*Twitter and Facebook are registered trademarks of their respective companies and are not affiliated with IMI Software, Inc. in any way.

The event calendar provides you with the ability to schedule events and have them displayed in a dynamic calendar view. Users can choose to view events in monthly, weekly or daily formats. Recurring events, priority levels, email reminders, and detailed descriptions are just some of the many features of the events calendar.

In addition, we will set up a bit.ly url shortening account for you so you can feed your events to your Twitter and Facebook page using a shortened url.

*Twitter and Facebook are registered trademarks of their respective companies and are not affiliated with IMI Software, Inc. in any way.

IMI RealtySites includes document libraries providing you with the flexibility of exposing downloadable documents to the public, register users, internal staff or any combination.

We offer a more robust document management solution as an add-on component. Features of the add-on document management module include folder and file level security, version control, document logs, document meta data, full text search functionality, document moderation and approval, document locking and email notifications.

*Please note that additional fees will apply.

Easily add videos to your website. Videos can either be linked from external sources such as YouTube or hosted internally. Videos can easily be integrated into your content or displayed on a dedicated video page in a table format.

We offer a more robust Video Gallery and Management module as an add on. Features include video categories, user comments, subscription options, video level security, rich text video descriptions, featured videos, commercial and advertisement integration, video series creation and much more. This is a great way to showcase your featured properties or communicate information via video to your clients in an elegant and powerful way while providing you with all the necessary management tools to take full control of your video library.

Provide users with easy to use email contact forms tailored to a specific category, such as buyers, sellers, and renters.

IMI RealtySites includes up to 5 email contact forms, with the option of expanding if needed. During setup you can define which fields you would like to include on your contact forms. This enables you to collect relevant information from prospective clients related to a specific area of interest.

A Newsletters module is included with IMI RealtySites allowing you to regularly communicate with your registered users. Provide updates, new listings, event information, or any information that you would like to communicate. You can send emails to specific security roles as well as add attachments.

IMI Software uses the latest on-page seo techiniques to enable your site to be effectivley indexed by search engines. We will submit and verify your site to Google, Bing and Yahoo! We will configure Google Analytics, Google Webmaster Tools, Bing Webmaster Tools and Yahoo! Site Explorer accounts for you. You will have comprehensive analytics reports available via Google Analytics providing you with detail of your site activity.

We also provide a SharePost account which provides comprehensive sharing and bookmarking anayltics. This keeps you informed of the ways in which your site is being shared within the social media and networking spaces.

There are many aspects of SEO that we can explain and help you leverage to expand your reach on the web. For a more details about our search engine optimization features please visit our SEO and Analytics page.

All IMI RealtySites websites includes many social media tools such as blog, news and announcements, event calendars, community forums, RSS syndicated content, and a social bookmarking toolbar. All of which provide you the means to implement a social media strategy. These features provide you the ability to add fresh, relevant content and a means for you and your site visitors to share that content within various social networks.

RSS syndication provides users with the ability to subscribe to your listings, blogs, events, news and announcements, and your property listings. We will also configure these components to auto publish to your Facebook page and Twitter account. This is a great way to generate new leads by reaching a broader audience and creating quality back links to your site, ultimately resulting in expanded visibility by search engines and a better page rank - thus more site traffic.

Please note that RSS syndication of your property listings is only available if you are using the Property Listings Management component.
*Twitter and Facebook are registered trademarks of their respective companies and are not affiliated with IMI Software, Inc. in any way. *RSS syndication and auto posting your property listings require the use of the included Listings Management database which is private to your site.

The following add-on components are available. Please note that these features will require additional fees.

Document Management

If you have extensive document management needs we offer an advanced document management solution. This add on provides you with powerful document management features such as folder and document level security, version control, document logs, document meta data, full search functionality, document moderation and approval, document locking and email notifications. A management console is provided allowing you to have full control over your folder structure. You are able to control which security roles have access to view, manage and moderate folders and documents. This is a full featured, enterprise level document management solution that will enhance the communication, collaboration and sharing of documents.

Community Forums

IMI Software can include a very powerful forum platform integrated into your website providing the necessary functionality to build a user community that interacts with you and with each other. Features include a points and rewards system, advanced profile and private messaging options, themes, sub forums, post previews, digest e-mail notifications, RSS Syndication, email notifications, powerful search functionality, integrated banner advertising and more.

Your forums can focus on any topics of your choosing. This is a great and effective way to provide dynamic content to your site visitors. Your forums can evolve into a content rich information resource for general real estate topics, featured properties discussions, neighborhood discussions, events, or whatever topics you would like to include. You can configure the forums for moderation so you can approve or reject posts.

Vendor Management and Banner Advertising

The vendor management and banner advertising capabilities provide you the ability to create and manage vendor accounts and pages. You then can add banners related to those vendors. This is a great way to highlight partnerships or provide and maintain advertising space on your site.

Support is available Monday through Friday from 9AM to 5PM. Users also have access to our online support desk as well as the community support forum. These resources provide interactive support options whereby the user can track the status of support requests and communicate directly with both IMI Support Staff and the user community.

All IMI RealtySites subscribers will have access to our training resources. We will be expanding our training resources to include online training videos, webinars and acces to an online knowledge base. In addition, there is a dedicated forum for user support. This enables our user community to learn from each other as well as the IMI Support staff. Please note that we are currently working to complie our training library and we will release training segments as they become available.

RSS syndication provides users with the ability to subscribe to your listings, blogs, events, and news and announcements. We will also configure your new listings, blogs, events, and news and announcements to auto publish to your Facebook page and Twitter account. This is a great way to generate new leads by reaching a broader audience and creating quality back links to your site, ultimately resulting in expanded visibility by search engines and a better page rank - thus more site traffic.

Please note that RSS syndication of your property listings is only available if you are using the Property Listings Management component.
*Twitter and Facebook are registered trademarks of their respective companies and are not affiliated with IMI Software, Inc. in any way.