New features are coming to Smart Trac (see below).  As a result, the Smart Trac system will be offline from 4:00PM Friday, March 16, 2007 until 9:00AM Monday, <br /><br />
March 19, 2007.<br /><br />
<u>New Features:</u> </p><br />
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<li><strong>Smart Uploading of Documents</strong>—It will save you time!</li><br />
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<li>You can <strong>upload</strong> the documents directly from your desktop</li><br />
<li>You can <strong>fax</strong> documents into the system utilizing the automatic coversheet generation feature</li><br />
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<td width="608" valign="top"><p>Note: If your document isn’t ready, you can create a placeholder for the document, and fax or upload the document at a later time.  Smart Trac will add a reminder in your To Do list that your document is pending upload.</p></td><br />
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<li><strong>Smart Notifications—</strong>If your transaction requires documents from vendors or other participants, Smart Trac has the option to automatically send “Document Upload Request Notifications” to designated users.  This <em>Smart</em> Request for Documents<strong> </strong>Notification allows participants who receive it, to print the Notification for use as a coversheet and scan or fax the document, or just reply to the email with the requested document attached.</li><br />
<li><strong>Smart Document Naming and Definitions—</strong>For most of your needs, a standardized predefined set of document templates, including permissions, has been adopted from the <a href="http://www.car.org/">California Association of Realtors®</a> (C.A.R.) library of forms.  You can create additional document types by using the <em>User-Defined</em> Document feature.</li><br />
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<p>Watch the new features video at: <a href="http://vc.mrmlsu.com/vc/viewlet/554022/" title="http://vc.mrmlsu.com/vc/viewlet/554022/">http://vc.mrmlsu.com:80/vc/viewlet/554022/</a> or for a Quick Reference on using the new features:</p><br />
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<li>To<strong> Fax</strong> a document go to: <br /><br />
<a href="http://www.imrmls.com/reference/FaxDocument.pdf">http://www.imrmls.com/reference/FaxDocument.pdf</a></li><br />
<li>To <strong>Upload</strong> a document go to: <br /><br />
<a href="http://www.imrmls.com/reference/UploadDocument.pdf">http://www.imrmls.com/reference/UploadDocument.pdf</a> </li><br />
<li>To read the <strong>Smart Trac Manual</strong> go to: <a href="http://www.imrmls.com/reference/SmartTracManual.pdf">http://www.imrmls.com/reference/SmartTracManual.pdf</a> (See Pages 19-26)</li><br />
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Archive for March 16th, 2007
<p align="center"><font color="#ff0000" size="4"><u>Here are some events worth attending!</u></font></p><p align="left"><font color="#ff0000" size="4">Century 21 at 2505 Lakeshore Drive is having a St. Patrick Days celebration today from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. There will be Irish Food and Drink. There is going to be several raffle items for you to win with the proceeds benefiting the Lake Elsinore Valley Chamber of Commerce and the Wildomar Chamber of Commerce Scholarship Funds!!!</font></p><p align="left">The Lake Elsinore Valley Chamber of Commerce welcomes you to a Ribbon Cutting/Grand Opening of <font color="#ff0000">Dr. Schroeder Optometry (formerly at Mission Eye Care) </font>at <font color="#0000ff">25321</font> <font color="#0000ff">Railroad CanyonRoad in the Canyon Hills Marketplace behind Carls Jr. The event is on Saturday March 17, 2007 starting at 8:00 a.m. and ending at 3:00 p.m. with the Ribbon Cutting at noon!</font> </p><p align="left">The Lake Elsinore Storm is having there Inaugural Sip and Swing event on Saturday March 17, 2007 at the Diamond from 6:00 p.m. to ??. The event is free to the public with plenty of family friendly activities. There will be a Special Free Firework show. The Diamond Stadium is at 500 Diamond Drive, Lake Elsinore.</p><p> </p>
<a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.winforms.com/'><img width='110' height='30' style="float: right; border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://blog.srcar.org/uploads/winformslogo.thumb.gif" alt="" /></a>WINForms provides you with the tools to fill out your real estate contracts professionally. To help you utilize the software more efficiently, they have developed a number of short movies for you to watch.<br />
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These movies are quick one- to two-minute flash demonstrations that address WINForms most frequently asked questions.<br />
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To access the training videos, click <a href="http://www.winforms.com/training/" title="WINForms Video Training" target="_blank">HERE</a> or go to http://www.winforms.com/training/.
<strong>EDITORIAL CHARACTERIZES PRIVATE TRANSFER TAXES AS "BOTH WRONG AND SNEAKY"</strong>The "Orange County Register" recently published an editorial supporting SB 670 (Correa), "Private Transfer Tax Prohibition," C.A.R.'s sponsored legislation eliminating a loophole in existing law allowing developers and others to impose private transfer taxes on unsuspecting home buyers. Titled "Private tax both wrong and sneaky – Homebuyers get ambushed at closing by a builder levy to fund whatever it wants," the March 2 editorial characterized private transfer taxes as "a scheme by builders to surreptitiously offload their costs to buyers (and) encumber future buyers."<br /><br />On March 11 in "A stealth tax on homeowners," "Orange County Register" columnist Steven Greenhut said "Republicans, who hate tax increases, and Democrats, who often complain about corporate profiteering and a lack of affordable housing, ought to quickly make this tax disappear." He concluded "Builders want more money to pay for things they are coerced to include in their projects. It's easier to buy off the opposition than to fight it. They know they can't always hike the price to reflect these costs, so they want to quietly offload the costs onto present and future buyers through a clever type of tax. It's time to nip this one in the bud."<br /><br />C.A.R. sponsored SB670 prohibiting these taxes will have some significant opposition. We need ALL REALTOR® voices to be heard in Sacramento to pass SB670! <strong>HERE'S HOW YOU CAN HELP!</strong> Please forward this email and strongly encourage your fellow REALTOR® to sign up as a <a title="blocked::http://www.cargovtaffairs.org/html/contact.html" href="http://www.cargovtaffairs.org/html/contact.html">Legislative Liaison</a> by using the following link <a title="blocked::http://www.cargovtaffairs.org/html/contact.html" href="http://www.cargovtaffairs.org/html/contact.html">http://www.cargovtaffairs.org/html/contact.html</a> <br /><br />For more information on the <a title="blocked::http://www.car.org/index.php?id=MzE3MjA=" href="http://www.car.org/index.php?id=MzE3MjA=">Sacramento Weekly Updates</a><br />For the <a title="blocked::http://www.car.org/index.php?id=NTgx" href="http://www.car.org/index.php?id=NTgx">C.A.R. Sponsored-bills</a>
