“With RELAY™ 5.0, brokers, agents, and teams of every size can streamline their operations with the latest features designed to meet the needs for managing any office,” said RE FormsNet Chairman Robert Bailey. “The latest version of RELAY™ software allows users to effortlessly create custom reports for their offices, clients, and sales teams. By using RELAY™ 5.0, real estate professionals are able to work directly with the tools they already use in transactions and can approve and update files quickly and securely from any location.”

RELAY™ features one-click integration with ZipForm Online® and WINForms Online®, the electronic forms software used by nearly 400,000 REALTORS® nationwide. With one-click integration, users can easily sync transaction data and completed electronic forms with a RELAY™ transaction Web site.

New features of RELAY™ Version 5.0 include:

Document Approval
Controlled approval tools allow brokers, managers, and leaders to quickly review and approve files securely from any Internet connection. Real estate professionals can identify at a glance which documents are ready for review, approved, or in need of changes.

Custom Reports
Downloadable reports track key transaction information, buyer and seller satisfaction, and other important statistics. Reports can be easily customized to fit business needs, downloaded to Excel, or exported to other programs.

Automatic Delegation
Agents can assign assistants and transaction coordinators to be automatically included in RELAY™ interactive transaction files, enabling support staff to work efficiently at the start of every transaction.

MLS Import
Users can create online files quickly with information imported directly from participating multiple listing services (MLS). Property pictures, addresses, and other key information can be added quickly and easily with a few clicks.

Office Integration
Real estate professionals can connect to the most popular software for office and financial management, and can seamlessly incorporate the risk management and sales benefits of online real estate into existing office operations.

Enhanced Workflow
Designed to help offices run more efficiently and further reduce risk, RELAY™ Version 5.0 enhancements include additional tracking features, streamlined CD-ROM generation, and address book integration.

Hailed by industry leaders as a mission critical enhancement to the services provided by REALTORS® to home buyers and sellers, RELAY™ has maintained a rapid schedule of advancements in quality features development since its launch in 2005.

The software already incorporates direct service provider access, allowing users to invite escrow, title, attorneys, and other service providers to participate directly in RELAY™ online real estate transactions. Users who are NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (NAR) members also can distinguish themselves with a RELAY™ badge in the “Find a REALTOR®” section of www.realtor.com and www.realtor.org, attracting new clients and highlighting their services as a RELAY™ agent.

RELAY™ has been declared compliant with security standards set by Cybertrust Inc., a global information security specialist, and was awarded the REALTOR® Secure designation by the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®’ Center for REALTOR® Technology (CRT), certifying that best practices are in place to protect client data and systems from risk.

For more information about RELAY™ Version 5.0, go to www.rebt.com.

The RE FormsNet family of tech-savvy products has become the recognized industry standard for electronic real estate forms and transaction management systems and currently are used by more real estate professionals than any other real estate software program. RE FormsNet (REFN), the creator of ZipForm®, is a REALTOR® BenefitsSM partner and the Exclusive and Official Forms Software of the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®. REFN also offers RELAY™, the Web-based transaction management system/Internet tool. RE FormsNet provides transaction solutions to REALTORS® that enhance the value of services REALTORS® deliver to their clients while improving REALTORS®' productivity and efficiency. ZipForm® is available to more than 1,055,000 REALTOR® members in the U.S. REFN is a subsidiary of Real Estate Business Services, Inc. (REBS) and is a joint venture between REBS and the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (NAR).

The NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®, "The Voice for Real Estate," is America's largest trade association, representing more than 1.3 million members involved in all aspects of the residential and commercial real estate industries.

Real Estate Business Services Inc. (REBS) is a subsidiary of the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.) and the leading provider of real estate products and services to practitioners in California.

Leading the way...® in California real estate for more than 100 years, the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (www.car.org) is one of the largest state trade organizations in the United States, with nearly 200,000 members dedicated to the advancement of professionalism in real estate. C.A.R. is headquartered in Los Angeles.

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Mark Giberson (213) 739-8304
E-mail: markg@car.org


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