Hi, everyone.

When buyers are actively searching for homes, one of the first things they look for is open house information. With the latest update to your Renaissance website, you can now automatically display open house details directly on your listings. No custom pages, no extra setup. In this video, I'll walk you through how to easily add open house details to a listing and make the most of this powerful feature.

Before we get started, it's important to note that by default, only super admins can add open house information.

Agents can add and edit personal listings if they are granted permissions. I'll walk you through that process towards the end of the video.

Navigating to the Listings Page

So let's get into it. Log in to the REW CRM. Click on the hamburger menu on the top right corner of the screen and navigate into the listings page. On the left of the screen, click on the enhanced tab. The open houses feature is an addition that falls under enhanced listings. On this page, you will see all of your enhanced listings, which include the listings that you have created open house information for. You can directly view each listing by clicking on the eye icon. And you can delete an enhanced listing by clicking on the trash icon.

Creating an Enhanced Listing

Let's create a new enhanced listing by clicking on the blue plus button on the top right of the screen. Select your MLS feed. Keep in mind that you can only enhance listings that are currently active in your MLS feed. Search for your listing by entering the MLS number or street address. For compliance reasons, enhanced listings should be applied only to the properties you personally represent. Once you're done, hit save.

Adding Open House Details

This will now bring you to the edit page of this enhanced listing. Scroll down to the open houses section. Select a date, start and end time of your property showing, and your time zone. Optionally type in any additional instructions you may have for this showing. Once you're happy with your open house details, click add to apply it to this listing. Repeat the same steps if you have multiple showing dates. And finally, save your changes. Pretty simple, right?

Viewing Updated Listings Page

Now let's take a look at what our updated listings page looks like. Click on the eye icon here on the top right open up the listings page. If I scroll down just underneath the description, I can now see my open house information. If you have added additional instructions, you will see it within this dropdown.

Changes to Listings on the IDX Search

Now let's see what it looks like on the IDX search. Navigate to your IDX page. I'm just going to paste the MLS number to do a quick search. And there it is. My listing now includes an open house banner over the top of my image and shows the time and date of my next open house showing. Pretty cool.

Setting Agent Permissions

I mentioned earlier that super admins can set permissions for agents to manage their own listings. Let's quickly run through that. Head back into the CRM and hit the hamburger menu. Open up the company page. Select an agent you want to grant these permissions to. Within the agent summary dropdown, navigate to permissions. Expand the listings privileges tab. If you want to allow this agent to manage their own listings, tick the box next to add and edit personal listings. If you want them to manage every back end listing, tick the box next to add and edit all listings. To apply these permissions, hit save.

And that's about it for our open houses feature. Display your property showings directly onto your listings with just a few simple steps.

If you have any questions or want to learn more about this feature, please reach out to us at rew dot com or join the conversation on our forums page. Thanks for watching.