Searching for Properties

Use Rechat’s property search to find listings using your available MLS data, review properties on a map or in a list, and select listings to share, market, or add to a tour.

Open a property search

From the left navigation menu:

1. Select Search.

2. Select Search again from the expanded menu.

The property search opens with a map and the available listing results.

Search by location, address, or MLS number

Use the search field at the top of the page to search using available property information, such as:

• City

• Postal code

• MLS number

• Street address

• MLS area or another supported location

Select a suggested result, when available, to apply it to your search.

Filter the search results

Use the filters across the top of the page to narrow your results.

Available filters may include:

• Property type

• Price

• Bedrooms

• Bathrooms

• Listing status

• Additional property criteria under More Filters

Select Reset to remove the applied criteria and begin a new search.

The filters and property types available to you are based on your connected MLS data and may differ by market.

Search within a custom map area

The map allows you to focus on a specific neighborhood or geographic area.

1. Select Draw Area on the map.

2. Draw a boundary around the area you want to search.

3. Complete the shape to update the results within the selected area.

This can be helpful when a client’s preferred area does not follow a city, neighborhood, or postal-code boundary.

Change the results view

Use the view controls above the results to switch between the available display options.

Depending on the selected view, you can:

• Review listings alongside the map.

• Display the properties in a list.

• Display the properties in a grid.

• Sort the results using an available option, such as listed date.

• Switch the map between standard and satellite views.

Select a property marker on the map or a listing card to review more information about the property.

Select multiple properties

To take action on several listings at once:

1. Select the checkbox on each property you want to include.

2. Use the action bar at the top of the page.

Available actions include:

• View: Review the selected properties together.

• Marketing Email: Create an email featuring the selected listings.

• Presentation: Create a property presentation.

• Tours: Add the properties to a new or existing tour.

• Wishlist: Save the properties to a wishlist.

Pro Tip: Apply your client’s most important criteria before selecting properties. This helps keep marketing emails, presentations, wishlists, and tours focused on the listings that are genuinely relevant.

Save a property search

After applying your search criteria, save the search so you can return to current matching properties without rebuilding it.

You can also connect the search to one or more clients and automatically send them new matching properties.

To save a search:

1. Enter a location or draw an area on the map.

2. Apply the appropriate property filters.

3. Select Save Search.

4. Optional: Select one or more clients.

5. Review or change the automatically generated Search name.

6. Choose a Frequency:

   • Instant

   • Daily

   • Weekly

   • Monthly

   • Never

7. Select Save Search.

Select an existing client

Use the Clients field to find and select contacts from People.

Only contacts with an email address can be selected. If a contact is unavailable, open their Contact Profile in People and add a valid email address before returning to the search.

Selecting a client is optional. When no clients are selected, the search is saved without sending property-alert emails.

Create a client while saving the search

If the client is not already in your Rechat account:

1. Open the Clients field.

2. Search for the client.

3. Select Add new contact.

4. Enter the client’s information, including an email address.

5. Save the contact.

Rechat adds the newly created contact to the Clients field so you can finish saving the search without starting over.

Choose an alert frequency

The selected frequency controls when clients receive new matching properties.

• Instant: Sends the current matching properties immediately. Another alert is sent as soon as a new listing matches the search.

• Daily: Groups new matching properties into a daily alert.

• Weekly: Groups new matching properties into a weekly alert.

• Monthly: Groups new matching properties into a monthly alert.

• Never: Saves the search without sending property alerts.

When multiple clients are attached, each client receives a separate email. Clients do not see the other recipients connected to the search.

If no clients are selected, no alert emails are sent regardless of the selected frequency.

Open a saved search

To return to a saved search:

1. Open Search > Saved.

2. Select the search name.

Rechat opens the search on the Map and reapplies its saved location, custom area, and property criteria.

Because saved searches use current MLS data, the available properties may differ from the results displayed when the search was created.

Update a saved search

To change the area or property criteria:

1. Open Search > Saved.

2. Select the search name.

3. Adjust the location, custom area, or filters.

4. Select Update Search.

Rechat saves the updated criteria to the existing search. Future results and property alerts use the new criteria.

Why don’t I see a particular property?

A listing may not appear if:

• It does not match the current filters.

• It is outside the selected map area.

• Its listing status has changed.

• The listing belongs to an MLS that is not available through your Rechat account.

• Your MLS data or permissions do not include the property.

Try selecting Reset, searching by the complete address or MLS number, and confirming the listing’s current MLS status.