a la mode’s Mercury Network reaches 20,000 appraisal transactions a day milestone

on March 6, 2012

Oklahoma City, OK – a la mode announced today that use of its Mercury Network cloud-based appraisal vendor management platform has doubled appraisal transaction volume from 10,000 appraisal transactions a day to over 20,000 a day in just sixteen months. Jennifer Miller, President of a la mode’s Mortgage Solutions Division, noted, “The rapid growth, especially […]

Appraisal Desktop: Get Organized & Use Attached Directories

Video

on February 27, 2012

The Appraisal Desktop in WinTOTAL (the File Manager in TOTAL 2011) allows you tremendous flexibility and power managing your appraisal reports. No other appraisal software package has anything like WinTOTAL’s File Manager. It’s entirely customizable, and makes use of the simple and easy functionality you expect from a Windows-based program. For instance, moving files from […]

Multi-Field QuickLists

QuickLists Video

on February 20, 2012

Let's says you're working on a report in Copper Creek, a tract home subdivision. Copper Creek homes are all built by the same company, usually using the same subcontractors, plans, and materials. So the majority of the time a certain set of fields in the improvements section will be the same for every property in […]

a la mode’s DataCourier delivers more than 1 million appraisals since September

on February 16, 2012

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – a la mode announced today that its DataCourier service, powered by Mercury Network, has already been used to deliver more than one million appraisal reports since the new UAD requirements went into effect on Sept 1, 2011. DataCourier is a free, automated “formfiller agnostic” electronic UAD packaging and delivery service.  When […]

The Importance of Being Specific (Part 2)

Marketing

on February 13, 2012

Every part of your marketing needs to be specific. You pick a specific goal, you pick an audience, a pain point, and a message, etc. Don’t forget to also separate your marketing lists, either. In XSite, these are called “groups.” The XSite comes with several built-in groups, but I recommend that you get in and […]

The Privacy Barrier

Marketing

on February 9, 2012

When a user is browsing the internet, a certain level of anonymity is expected. People value their privacy. Also, they're usually in "search" mode, which from a psychological standpoint is a one-way type of communication – this is usually why pop-up chats and surveys are so annoying to internet users. They usually break your train […]