Changing Dotloop Email

I have had this question a lot: “How do I change my email address when it says that my email is already in use?”  First, I should explain why this happens and a few background information.  In Dotloop your email address is your username and in that respect each email is a different “profile” or person.  Many of us have more than one email and we sometimes end up wanting to change an email affiliated with an account.  If you have never used the email before in Dotloop or never been sent anything in Dotloop to that email, then you will have no problem changing your email in the “my account” section of the account you want to keep.  If it gives you an error, this is how you fix it.

The reason it will not let you add that email is because the system sees that the email already has a profile or person with that email address and won’t allow duplicates, so like it or not, that email has an account already.  We are going to call the account with the email address that you want to change and the loops that you want to keep, the “Keep Account” (Example email address myemail@yahoo.com).  The account that is using the email address that you want to put on the Keep account that you do not want to use we are going to call the “Junk Account” (Example email address myemail@gmail.com).  This will require a 3rd email address (or use a family member’s) (Example email address myemail@hotmail.com)

Step 1: Sign-in* to the Junk Account and go to the “my Account” section in the top right below your picture, when you hover over the photo.  You will see the email that you want to use on the Keep Account.  Change the email address to a 3rd email (you can change it to the one listed on the Keep Account later, but not now).  The 3rd email needs to be one that has not been used before or you will get the same error message.  Click “save”.  A verification email will be sent from Dotloop to that email so you will need to access that email and then confirm the email change.  If you do not confirm this, you will not be able to proceed to the next step.  Log out of that account.  The password will be the same, just a different email to sign-in with.  Example: Sign-in to myemail@gmail.com and change the email address to myemail@hotmail.com.

Step 2: Sign-in* to the Keep Account and repeat the process by going into the “my Account” section and change the email address from the one you don’t want to the one you do want in the Keep Account.  Click “save”.  If you get an error message, make sure you completed all of step 1 because if you do not confirm, it won’t clear out the email for the new account.  Now go into that email account and confirm the email from Dotloop that changes the email.  Once you have done this, log out and log back in using the email address you just changed the Keep Account to and the password you used to sign-in before.  Example: Sign-in to myemail@yahoo.com and change email address to myemail@gmail.com.

Optional Step 3: If you want to make the Junk Account with the email address that was originally on the Keep Account, repeat Step 1 with the exception of changing it to the email you want it to be on.  Example: Sign-in to the myemail@hotmail.com and change to myemail@yahoo.com.  Then you will no longer have a Dotloop account on the myemail@hotmail.com.

 

*If you do not know your password, no worries, go to dotloop.com and click “sign in” at the top right and then click the magical button that says “forgot your password?”. 🙂 Enter the email you don’t know the password to and it will send you a “reset password” email.  Change it to whatever you want.

 

 

Side Note: Profiles are not the same thing as accounts.  You can still have multiple profiles on the same email account.  I have a personal profile that I call “Carolyn Thompson” and a real estate profile attached to my office which I call “KWRA Carolyn”.  The “Carolyn Thompson” used to be called “Default” which was confusing.  You can change your profile names in your “my account” section under “profiles”.  No one else sees these but you and this way if someone adds you to a loop, it will pop up a box when you first click on it that says, “which profile”.  You can also deactivate a profile if you are not using them, also in the same area (top of the profile).

I can be reached at CarolynTechPertise@gmail.com, by phone or text at 918-951-9020 or visit my real estate website at http://www.SearchTulsaHouses.com.  For technology training or consulting assistance visit http://www.iCarolyn.com.

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Apply MY Template!

For those of you that have attended one of my trainings this one is going to be familiar. “Remember transparencies?”  I believe if you need to do something more than once you need a system and in this case a template works great!!

For the example we are going to be creating a “Lead Based Paint – Buyer Template”.  As an agent when you are writing an offer for a Buyer we have to get seller/property disclosures, lead based paint disclosures and sometimes other forms that may be required by your state.  Since we all must have a lead based paint disclosure, I’m use a general one for the example.  Your’s may look different and you will want to do these steps with any from that you need.

First, go into your Templates section of your account.  You should have a folder if you have created Document Templates, then use a Buyer Packet that is YOURS, can’t use one created by the office.  If you don’t have one, click “create folder” and name it something.  Now go to the office library of forms and find the lead based paint and click “make copy” and select your folder in your templates and make sure you say “flat PDF”.  Select your folder and click “copy”.  Now you have a PDF in your folder and let’s go back to that document and you will now see no text boxes, signatures or anything fillable on it, that’s what we want.  At the top under “file” click “apply template” and select the EXACT document you originally added from the library.  This will add all the fields to the form but allow you to move and edit them!  Click “save”.

With the fields applied exactly where they should be you will need to select the seller fields like the ones at the top and the signatures fields.  Click and drag over the fields and then use a shortcut “shift-delete” (two keys at the same time).  Anything highlighted will be deleted so don’t select any of the buyer fields.  Continue this until all the fields are removed that you do not need.

As a side note, I find some lead based paint forms are not done correctly with a “radio button” instead of “checkbox”.  If that is the case with your form you can fix it now!  How you can tell if your form is correct depends of if it will allow you to select both receive and waive the opportunity to test for lead based paint.  If you see a “check” on both it needs to be fixed.  If you see a dot then it has been done correctly and will only allow a choice and not both.  To fix this first delete the current check boxes with click-drag-highlight then shift-delete.  Now click at the top “add” and select “radio button” (one of my favorites).  Before you click hold your shift key button down on your keyboard and then let go before you click the second one.  (While holding the shift key button down when you click, it keeps the item with your cursor so you can apply more than one.”  You will need to “group” all of the radio buttons which is as simple as click and drag over all of them, in this case 2, and once they are highlighted you will see 4 boxes making a square at the top left next to the “assign” area.  The word “group” will be above it when you hover over the boxes then click on them and it will turn white and say “ungroup” above it.  Don’t forget to adjust the boxes to exactly where you want them.  Do do this, click on or click and drag over multiple items and the hold the “shift key” down and move your arrow keys the direction you want it to go.  If you need to change the size of say a text box, then you can old your “Alt”(PC) or “Option”(MAC) PLUS the arrow keys and it will change the size of the box based on the TOP LEFT CORNER is “fixed” and everything moves from it.  These are known as “hot keys” by Dotloop.

If you needed to create a from from scratch an don’t use the shortcut above make sure you also “group” (mentioned in the above paragraph) the signature boxes and/or initial boxes. This makes it so if you have more than one client it will only allow them to sign/initial 1 of the grouped boxes.  This is makes it in my opinion, “client proof” so they can’t accidentally sign more boxes than we need for them to.

Now that you have all of the necessary changes and corrections done, click the “save” button and go back to your templates.  While in your templates you may want to rename the file “Lead Based Paint – Buyer Template” or something that makes since to you so that you know it only has the Buyer boxes/signatures/initials on it.

If you chose to do this from a loop instead of in the templates, you will need to  click on the “file” and then “save as template” at the top.  Then select the template folder to put the document it.  It will automatically name it whatever your original document is called so you may want to go in and change the name.

USING YOUR TEMPLATE – Since you have created this template it is super easy to use. Load in your loop the seller signed lead based paint (usually from MLS or the Listing Agent) and then go into the document.  Click “file”, “apply template” and select the template you just created, in this case “Lead Based Paint – Buyer Template”.  It will then add all of the Buyer only fields.  It may not be perfect based on the fact that all scans are not equal, but simply click the “save” button and use the shortcut keys (hot keys according to Dotloop) and move them around.  Now send it to your client to sign and you are good to go. (Same as the pictures above)

I have created templates like this for seller/property disclosure, estimated net/cost and other forms that I repeatedly use and don’t want to add the boxes every time.  Enjoy, most classes love this tip and I hope you do too!

I can be reached at CarolynTechPertise@gmail.com, by phone or text at 918-951-9020 or visit my website at http://www.SearchTulsaHouses.com.  For technology training or consulting assistance visit http://www.iCarolyn.com.

Global Office Heaven

In any system there are tools and tricks that you don’t fully understand the power of what they can do.  Until recently I have not used a piece of the Loop Templates.  Loop Templates are something that can be created by an admin for an office or team.  For more information on how to create Loop Templates, click here.  Within the Loop Templates, they have an option to “Make Global and Hidden”.  As you can see, this is a tip only for Dotloop offices and teams.

Here is how it works, go into the “Templates” on the admin profile and at the top you will see “Loops”.  Click on “New Loop Template” and then select the type and name it.  I would recommend you name it something that says “Global” or “Office Template”.  Keep in mind that no one outside of admin will even see this name you give it.  Don’t focus on Documents, Folders or Tasks.  We are editing the “Roles” and “Loop Fields”(details) inside the loops.

For the “Roles” I would recommend adding a “Referral Agent” role and any other that you think your agents will use multiple times.  Next, edit the order.  I’m not a fan of the default order and it makes more since to me as an agent to have Buyer, Buying Agent, Buying Broker together and the Seller, Listing Agent and Listing Broker together so put them in an order that makes since in your market/office.

Now my favorite, the “Loop Fields”, also known as the details.  Here is where you can really make the loop details your own!  Any text, dropdown or date field that you want to add, you can.  Here is an example: If you hare in a KW office you might want to ask the agent if they have “Greensheet Submitted?” as a drop down with the answers being: “Yes, because I’m cool like that.” or “No, but I’m doing it now!”  The more impressive part is that now that you have what you want in the loop fields, you can “Require” that an agent answer the question, fill in the blank, or add a date an ANY of the loop fields.  A great example would be if you want to require a “Purchase Price” or “Closing Date” for all “Purchase” transactions.

You will need to create another loop template for each type of loop.

Once you have created the template and have it looking the way that you want, you will need to click the 3 dots next to name of the loop template and then select, “Make Global and Hidden”.  Doing this means that it is going to edit the “View Details” in all of the loops created or changed into that type after you have made the changes above and clicked “save”!

I can be reached at CarolynTechPertise@gmail.com, by phone or text at 918-951-9020 or visit my website at http://www.SearchTulsaHouses.com.  For technology training or consulting assistance visit http://www.iCarolyn.com.

 

Make an Easy Offer™ Please!

Not sure if you have heard, but dotloop has a new Easy Offer™ button inside the listing loops!  This so so cool!  Many of you have asked if there is a way for a folder or documents to be automatically shared when another agent wants to write an offer, well it’s here!  So here is how it works.

Before we begin, your loop must be in the status of “Listing for Sale” or “Listing for Lease” or the Easy Offer™ will not show inside the loop.  Now that yo have a Listing for Sale, we are going to add the Easy Offer™ to it.

First, you need to create a folder by clicking “add folder” at the top right to create the folder that you will want EVERYTHING in the folder shared.  In other words, do NOT use your listing document folder to create the Easy Offer™.  If you do, it will share ALL documents in the folder.  The good news is that if you screw this up and accidentally do this, it can be undone and disconnected.

Now that you have the new folder it’s time to add the documents.  You will want to add things like the property disclosure and the Lead Based Paint disclosure (if built prior to 1978).  You add items to the new folder, let’s call it “Offer Documents”, by selecting them from the other folder and click “copy to” and chose the same loop and the “Offer Documents” folder to put them in.  It’s like a say in class, you would not give an original property disclosure to a buyer because if that deal falls through, you need to have another one so you give a buyer a “copy”.  This is the same as if you were using paper.  Another item you can add to the folder would be a blank contract so if the other agent wants to make the offer and they have not used dotloop, it will make things easier for them.

So we have all of our documents in our new “Offer Documents” folder and we are ready to create the Easy Offer™.  At the top of the summary or loop page you will see a new button next to the activity log that says “Set Up Easy Offer™”.  Click the words and a new box will open up.  Select the folder to be shared, in this case is called “Offer Documents”. and “copy” to the right of the link.  This put the link to your clip board but you will need to “paste” it somewhere to share it.  Before you leave the loop, don’t forget to “save”.  A good example of this is on your website or company website.  Do not post this in your MLS without checking the rules first.  My MLS for example does not allow any exterior links in the comments or listing.  Another thing you can do with this link is have it in your notepad on your phone or computer so when another agent says they want to write an offer you can send them the link to the Easy Offer™.  You may also notice at the bottom right of the new box says “Disable Link” which will allow it be instantly disabled.

Now you are wondering, what does this link look like?  What does the other agent making the offer see?  Well, it’s simple so let me show you below.  As you can see the loop name, picture, folder chosen for the Easy Offer™ and the documents it contains are all displayed.

The agent can click on anything in the loop and they are prompted to either create an account or  log in.  If the agent making the offer has multiple profiles it will ask them which one they want the loop attached to.

The part I find interesting is it adds the name of the agent writing the offer to the end of the folder name.  You only see this on the agent that clicked the Easy Offer and the Listing agent can not see anything they do to the document until it is shared with them.  The only way the listing agent can tell someone has connected prior to the offer being submitted is by looking at the “Activity Log”.

If you want to see what a sample Easy Offer™ looks like, here is a link to one https://www.dotloop.com/my/loop/p/7RlVB26dmjo?v=1YzNC  This is a sample loop for obvious reasons even though the example above is an actual listing.

That’s it, so give me an Easy Offer™ Please!

I can be reached at Carolyn@icarolyn.com, by phone or text at 918-951-9020 or visit my website at http://www.SearchTulsaHouses.com.  For technology training or consulting assistance visit http://www.iCarolyn.com.

Shortcut Your iOS Device

I was recently at Family Reunion, which is a conference for Keller Williams agents and staff to network and LEARN!!  This year I was asked to serve on a panel to share some tips and tricks.  One of the tricks I mentioned was how to create an iOS Keyboard Shortcut.  Several have asked for some directions on how to do this, so here we go.

Go into your “Settings” and scroll down to “General” then “Keyboard”.  Once you are in the “Keyboard” area scroll down to “Shortcuts” and then click on the “+” at the top right.  The “phrase” at the top is what you want the keyboard to type for you for example your name and company (Carolyn Thompson, Keller Williams Realty Advantage).  The second item says “shortcut” and this is where you put the letters and/or numbers you want to type to make it insert (cdtkw) and don’t forget to click “save” at the top right.

The cool part is that when you create the shortcut on your phone it will also translate on your MAC as an example, it added the shortcut above when I typed those letters and I had to “undo”.  You can use this for many things.  I have the shortcut above and several others.  What about a shortcut for requesting a showing or sending a list of lenders, sharing your mobile app or any phrase that you repeat on a regular basis.  Don’t make it a single word or you will end up with creating a shortcut that will replace words you are actually trying to type.

How many shortcuts and phrases can you create?  What are your ideas?  I hope these iOS Keyboard Shortcuts can help you!

I can be reached at Carolyn@icarolyn.com, by phone or text at 918-951-9020 or visit my website at http://www.SearchTulsaHouses.com.  For technology training or consulting assistance visit http://www.iCarolyn.com.

Task Mastery

Many agents and admin overlook the power of the “task lists” in dotloop.  Everyone has a list of items that need to be done to list a house or close a transaction, even if it is only currently in your head.  Now is the time to make those lists work for you!

First sign into your dotloop account.  There are two ways to create a task list and I recommend creating it in a loop because you can rearrange the order of the tasks, where currently in the templates section, you can not.  Create a loop called “Task List Loop” or use a sample loop you already have.  At the bottom of the loop, click “Add Task” and a new list will be started.  Start typing the items you want on your list.  Drag and drop them to the order you want them.  I also suggest that you keep all of your task lists in the same loop incase you accidentally delete it, you have a place you can load it from again.  

Rename the task list to what it is, for example: “My Listing Checklist” or “My Contract Checklist”, etc.  To do this, click on the down arrow next to the folder name and select “rename”.  This is also where you will see the option to “Create Template”.  Once you have clicked on the “Create Template”, it will ask you to name the new template and create template.

The most unused portion of this feature is that you can add live links to the task lists and when you do it becomes a live link that the client can click on and go to your website or other webpage you have linked to.  The most common use for this would be using your website as a reference with a page that has the local utility companies or local inspectors listed so they can easily access the information.  This also creates SEO (Search Engine Optimization) for your website (if you are running the link to your website).  

Think of having a task list for your client to complete items for a transaction!  You can also “share” or “hide” the task lists from clients.  The admins for your office also have the option to “lock” the task list from the agents.  This is used for compliance because let’s face it, agents sometimes think they have completed something correctly, and the office thinks differently.  🙂  The task lists are directly connected to the loop percentage so if you have 4 tasks and you complete 2 of them, you have 2 left which gives you a percentage of completion of 50%.

As a quick reminder, “Urgent Tasks” are automatically added to a loop when there is a from that requires your signature or initials.  They are also automatically checked when you sign or initial where needed and document name is a “link” that takes you into the document if you click on the name.

Once the task lists are created and you want to load them into a new loop, click on the “Load Template” on the bottom right of the loop and select the template decided for that loop.  Reuse them as many times as you want because you are now a task master!

I can be reached at Carolyn@icarolyn.com, by phone or text at 918-951-9020 or visit my website at http://www.SearchTulsaHouses.com.  For technology training or consulting assistance visit http://www.iCarolyn.com.

Loop Template Timesavers!

Loop Templates are something that an office can set up and help their agents me more efficient and turn in the files in a proper order.  This blog post is going to focus on office or brokerage options in Loop Templates.  Agents if your office is not using these, feel free to forward this to them so they can utilize their tools in dotloop.

Loop Templates can be found under “Templates” on the brokerage admin profile.  The top option on the left says “Loops”.  If you have not set up any loop templates, you will see a screen that says “Try it now”.  If you have, then you will see all of your loop templates on the left below “Loops”.  Click on the “New Template” or “Try it now” and get started.  It will pop up a screen that asks you to name the loop template.  You can use anything and some examples are: Residential Listing Package, Residential Sale Documents, Rental Listing, Referral (Sending, not receiving).  Once you have named it, you will also have a drop down below that asks you what kind of loop, if you are setting up a real estate transaction, you will want to select “sale”.  This will automatically add the correct fields and roles needed for that type of transaction.

At the top is where you add a folder for the documents and then add the documents.  If we are working on a “Residential Listing Package”, then we might add folders with the names: “Listing Documents”, “Offer Documents (1 per folder)”, “Inspections, Reports & Other”.  By adding the folder names the way the office wants to receive them, they are more likely to come in complete in the correct format according to your office needs.  Now that you have folders, add the documents or placeholders that you want in each folder.  I should note that you can only create placeholders in the document section and not on the loop templates, but once you create them in your document templates, you can load them into your loop templates.  If you leave your loop templates page to go create and organize the documents in the document templates, don’t forget to “save” at the bottom so you don’t loose what you have done.

The next section is for the “people”.  Offices typically don’t add many people in this section, but if you have a title company or attorney that everyone uses, then this is where you would add them.  Below people are the “Tasks”.  This is where you can add any compliance or task lists that you want to appear on every loop using this template.  The negative is that you will have to type them out and can not load from your task list templates, but you only have to type it once.  This will save you time from adding the task lists later when doing compliance.

The “Roles” section is interesting because you cad add roles that you might have wanted to use before, but were not able to edit.  A good example of this is to add “Referral Agent”.  Many times referrals are sent and received and we don’t have a standard “role” in the loop.   Along with adding roles, you can add fields of information that you want for each of these roles, for example the referral agent’s address or phone number.

The bottom is my favorite part of the loop templates, which are the “Fields”.  What is cool about this section is that you can now require information to be input before an agent can submit their file.  For example, if they are turning in a listing, you can require the agent to enter the “List Date” and “Expiration Date” and “Original List Price”.  By requiring this information, you insure that you get exactly what you need completed, filled out.  It also allows you to sort for this information as well.  If it is blank you won’t find the loops sorting by the price, list date or expiration date in this example.  New fields can also be added in any of these categories or create a new category.  Some offices have certain forms that they want the agent to complete and maybe that information has to be put into another system like MLS or franchise system.  You could add a field to ask the agent “Greensheet Completed?” and make that a multiple choice, fill in the blank or an amount.

Last but certainly not least, don’t forget to “SAVE” and in order for your agents to see these, you will need to “Enable Template” at the top of each.  Until you enable them, the agents can not see them.  This gives you time to get them the way you want them and the activate them for all to see.  There are endless possibilities with these loop templets.  Happy looping and enjoy creating new possibilities of organization for your office!

I can be reached at Carolyn@icarolyn.com, by phone or text at 918-951-9020 or visit my website at http://www.SearchTulsaHouses.com.  For technology training or consulting assistance visit http://www.iCarolyn.com.

Who do you Trust?

As a REALTOR®, we know many service providers.  The question is “Who do you trust to provide a great service to your clients?”  A great way to include those providers into your transactions as a Trusted Service Provider or TSP.  If you work with the same title representative, closing coordinator, or lender you can add them as your TSP so it is easier to “connect” to them, so here is how it works.

Once logged into your dotloop account, click on the “People” section and the top one on the list to the left says “Trusted Service Providers” right above the “Contacts”.  If you do not see TSP’s then you are not a premium dotloop user and this is necessary for this feature.  If you have no TSP’s added it will show a button at the bottom that says “Get Started for Free”, click on that button and it will pop up a window that asks the field the TSP is in, for example: Mortgage, Escrow/Title, Attorney, Home Warranty, etc.  Then you will enter the Name and email of the TSP.  More than one TSP can be added at a time.  They will not display in the loops until the TSP becomes a premium user.

The cool thing about the TSP becoming a premium user is that it is not just for 1 agent or office.  If trusted service provider is a premium user that allows them to be seen as a TSP for any agent or office, on all of their loops and there is no limit!  Adding TSP’s do not automatically share any documents or people with the TSP.  They only know that they have been added to a loop so you will still need to share any information that you want them to seas with any other person you add to the loop.

I can be reached at Carolyn@icarolyn.com, by phone or text at 918-951-9020 or visit my website at http://www.SearchTulsaHouses.com.  For technology training or consulting assistance visit http://www.iCarolyn.com.

Paperless REALTOR®

My normal posts and articles are about tips and tricks and a lot of how-to’s.  This is great and many people follow my blog for that reason, however sometimes it’s good to take another perspective.  I typically right about things based on questions that I get from people about how to do things and this is no exception.  When I tell people that “I am a paperless REALTOR®”, they look at me a little funny with skepticism in their eyes so I felt it was time to explain what that really means.

First, I have to tell you that becoming a paperless agent was a choice that had to be made.  I’m sure many agents still have the very first file they ever closed XX years ago and I am no exception!  I still have in my garage the first real estate transaction I ever closed in 1998, which my family is not overly thrilled about.  They look at me and say “Do you really need that?” or “When was the last time you used that?”  I get it and so I had to move forward and in my case that was “paperless”.  You see if I have the paper, I will want to keep it, store it and not throw it away and THAT is not an option any more!

Here is how it works from a listing side where I represent the seller.  I may give the seller a printed listing presentation, if they want one to keep but mine is always on my iPad.  When it comes time to list the house, I send all of the documents through dotloop, provided they have an email address.  I will be perfectly honest, I don’t work as well with clients that do not have email, but I can.  The client can sign, print and view the documents for 7 years online.  If they request me to print things, I will!  When they receive offers, that also comes via dotloop and is presented to the client with full explanation.  This does not mean I send them an email and say “here you go”, but I TALK to my clients and explain what I sent and walk them through each part of a document.

Buyer sides of the transaction tend to accumulate more paper than the seller’s side.  This is because you are showing them listings and looking at homes.  I have cut that out as well.  I always meet with a new buyer and present them with a “Buyer Packet” of information, yes in paper format in a binder.  Once we meet and I review this within about an hour and a half, I tell them “this is all the paper you will receive from me unless you request more.”  Most people are fine with that and the ones that do want paper, I print it for them.  I have a buyer sign an agreement with a pen, also known as “wet sign” and then I scan the copies of hand written items and email them to myself.  I also end the appointment with “I will send you a digital version (via dotloop) of the same documents you have already signed so you get an opportunity to experience e-signing and online documents.”  Most clients think it is cool and can’t wait to try it.  Even when we are looking at homes, I print my MLS sheets to PDF and load them on my iPad via dropbox.  I can still write on, highlight and organize them in any way I want.  The difference is I don’t have lots of useless papers later, it’s a simple “delete” to get rid of them.

Any papers I am given like a termite report at an inspection or a copy of the receipt of earnest money, I simply scan into the computer and load it into my dotloop file as a PDF.  The ONLY paper I keep are checks because until they accept wired funds for earnest money, I will have to have at least 1 thing.  I keep them in a safe place (with my iPad which also features a GPS for tracking).  The originals of some things get given to others like the closing company or the client.  If no one needs the originals, they are shredded.  Even the people that I work with regularly, like my title/closing officer knows I don’t want paper.  She has stopped making copies for me at closing and just scans and emails them to me!  I love it, less mess and fuss.

Now when you hear me say, “I’m a paperless REALTOR®”, know that I mean every word of that.  Don’t drown in your paperwork, it’s time to convert to PeopleWork in the digital age.  Dotloop is the major tool I use in order to make that happen in my business.  Look for more tips next time and until then, try going paperless, it’s can be a freeing experience!

I can be reached at Carolynt@kw.com, by phone or text at 918-951-9020 or visit my website at http://www.SearchTulsaHouses.com.  For technology training or consulting assistance visit http://www.iCarolyn.com.

Templates for Everything!

There is a template for everything! With the recent update to dotloop, you can now use any document and create a “template” to overlay onto another document. For example, if you receive a disclosure that is already completed and signed by a seller and you only need the buyer’s initials and/or signature you can load that document and save the fields that you have overlaid as a “template” to use again. Another use for this would be states that do not have documents in dotloop and this allows an agent or office to create an “overlay” template to allow the agents or clients to complete and sign them. Let me show you how to do it.

There are two ways this can be done, and I’m going to tell you about creating it from your “templates”.  First sign-into dotloop and go to “Templates”.  Once there, click on your documents and the folder (or create a new folder, for example: Form Templates).  Then click “Add Document” at the top right and select your document from your computer.  For this example I’m using a property disclosure.  With your document added, click on the document to edit it.  Using your menu options at the top, drag and drop the field that you want on the document for example: Initials and Signatures.  It also helps to assign the “roles” of who should be signing there.  Once you have the document the way you want it, click “Save” at the top right.  It will take you back to your templates and now your form template is ready for use.

In order to apply the template, go into any loop.  Add the document that is part signed by the other side, in this case a disclosure.  Open the document and click on “more” at the top and then select “Apply Template”.  You will notice that you can also create a template from any form as well, but please note that specific document will then be stored in your templates.  Select the correct template and voila! The boxes could be a little off based on if the new document was scanned straight or is the same size as the original, but even if you need to make a few adjustments, this still saves you time!

I can be reached at Carolynt@kw.com, by phone or text at 918-951-9020 or visit my website at http://www.SearchTulsaHouses.com.  For technology training or consulting assistance visit http://www.iCarolyn.com.