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Co-broke / Share Listings with Other Brokers Just Got Easier

admin — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 17:22:44 +0000

While you can already put your listings on the YGL Network for other brokers, how to activate that feature is not very intuitive. It is also not very clear how you can control broker access to your listings.

We have just simplified that process greatly, and now it should take only 2 clicks to give listing access to brokers, and 1 click to take the access away. You are always in full control of who (which outside brokers) have access to what (which listings). Furthermore, outside brokers can see different fee and price info (vs. what you and users see) based on your preferences.

To get started, click on the Show to Outside Brokers option in the Privacy Menu under the listing you want to co-broke/share and follow the on screen instructions.

In Listing Details page, the new Show to Outside Brokers Menu Item under Privacy

Customize Listing Info For Outside Brokers

Set Broker Access Method When Co-broke/Share 1st Listing

YGL Chat Now Available Between Users in Your Account

admin — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 19:22:04 +0000

We are excited to announce that YGL Chat is now available between users in your account. If you have used Facebook Chat or Google Chat, you’ll feel right at home. When you log into your account, you’ll find the new chat bar at the lower right hand corner.

Our experiences show that offices that have a collaborative yet competitive culture tend to do better. Our system aims to encourage collaboration and information sharing between users by giving them ways to communicate easily with each other, even if they are not working in the same location.

In the near future, we are going to allow you and your users to chat with landlords and other approved agents on the YGL network. More importantly, we will also give you the ability to see and chat with renters on your website in realtime. Stay tuned.

An Important Update to Public Titles / Descriptions

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:46:01 +0000

One aspect of the YGL system that very often confuse our users is how the ad titles / descriptions work. It was not very clear to the users weather if the ad titles and descriptions they enter are only visible to them, or can they be seen by other users. This was especially confusing since on the Listing Details page, the Public Title / Description are for everyone in the office, while on the Ad Posting page the title / description were not.

We just updated the system, now that all ad titles / descriptions entered by a user is for himself or herself (in both the Listing Details and the Ad Posting pages). Users who have the Update privilege can set their ad title / description as the default for their account, which can be used by other users and show on their website. The goal is to make advertising more intuitive and transparent to our users.

Enter Move In Costs For Listings, Buildings and Landlords

admin — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 15:11:56 +0000

For a while now, some of you suggested the ability to enter move in costs for listings. In the past, we have recommended to use the notes field and the landlord tags. However, while using those fields do accomplish the task, it is not very precise. An agent cannot tell with a glance what’s needed and how much money is needed.

We haven’t made this improvement till now mostly because we were worried about adding more fields and complexities to the system. It is very difficult to be easy to use and intuitive, yet powerful.

We have finally made this feature available. Now you can enter the move in costs to any listing, and the system will automatically tally up the numbers for you and your users. You will find an extra link called Update Move In Costs in the Listing Details page. Clicking it will bring up a form allowing to enter / modify that listing’s move in costs, and allow you to apply it to the building or landlord. This is also enabled when entering new listings. Please see screen shots below for more info.

The list of items are not comprehensive. If we are missing anything, please let us know.

New Update Link in Listing Details Page

Move in costs formThank you all for your great feedback.

Profile and Agency Profile Links are Moved

admin — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 18:45:50 +0000

As you probably already noticed, both the My Profile and Agency Profile links have gone missing from the Dashboard sidebar. They have been re-organized into the Settings menu on the navigation. By putting this on the top with easy to understand names, we feel it’ will make users more aware of the different customization options.

As we have mentioned previously, YGL is undergoing some major interface changes. The goal is to make the navigation better organized and more intuitive. We appreciate your feedback as always.

Announcement Emails Un-subscription Fixed

admin — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 18:32:15 +0000

We noticed that the email announcement unsubscribe feature was not working correctly. We are sorry if you have been getting too many emails from us for these landlord announcements and posts. You should be able to unsubscribe from these emails easily now.

New Craigslist Change + YGL New Email Display Option

admin — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 16:41:34 +0000

It seems like Craigslist implemented some new changes to their email display policies due to recent email spamming. Some of you might be having trouble posting ads that have email addresses displayed in the ad body.

We have been doing some testing here, so far we were not able to reproduce this error just yet. From what we know, if you remove email addresses from the ad body, it fixes the problem.

To help resolve this issue, we just made a new addition to your ad email display settings: Anonymize in Craigslist / Hide in Ads. You can access this option from Dashboard -> Profile -> Ad Settings. This new option will allow you to hide your email address in your ad body, while only use the Craigslist’s anonymized email address.

If you are struggling with this, don’t hesitate to give us a call. We are here to help.

New Button Styles in YGL

admin — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 14:59:06 +0000

You probably noticed that we changed the button styles last night. We re-grouped the buttons to the top level to make the layout more consistent, better looking and more intuitive. This is a part of the an series of UI changes coming to YGL to improve user experience. In the very near future, we’ll be changing the site navigation to make room for some important features we’ll be adding.

As always, your feedback is greatly appreciated.

Shared Features & Photos Now Advertised By Default

admin — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 17:50:37 +0000

Some of you asked for the ability to use the landlord’s features and photos for the listings directly in your advertisements and your websites. We thought it was a great idea, and it saves you time and efforts. However we needed to solve one thing, which is that you need to be able to control what’s displayed to the renters. So, if a landlord shares something you don’t want to display to the renters, you can hide it.

Starting today, all features and photos provided by the landlords will, by default, be included in your advertisements and websites (office and personal). However, if for any reason you do not want to advertise them, you can update the landlord’s privacy settings to change what’s displayed to the renters.

If you open the Landlord Details page, you’ll notice a new Privacy drop down button with 2 options, Hide Shared Features From Renters, Hide Shared Photos from Renters. By toggling these settings on / off, you can control if the selected landlord’s features and photos are displayed in your advertisements and websites.

Our First Stab at Market Analysis Tools

admin — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 19:34:09 +0000

YGL is mostly ran by engineers and tech guys. We strongly believe that knowledge is power. What we want to do is to provide our clients with lots of good data to help them make informed decisions and stay ahead of the curve.

We just released a new Market Analysis feature for individual listings, allowing you to compare a given listing to other similar listings currently on market. You can access this feature in the Listing Details page, in the Reporting menu. The report gives you information on the current average / median rent, the volume of availabilities, fee structures, utilities and recent rental history. We hope this information will give you an idea how competitive your listings are in the market, and adjust them accordingly.

This is our first stab at the problem. We are very much looking forward to your feedback on this. Please do not hesitate to tell us what you think, and what type of info would make the report more useful. In the future, we are looking to provide this to your buildings and landlords.

Reporting Menu in Listing Details Page

Market Analysis Report for Your Listing