
The REALTOR® Lockbox
The REALTOR® Lockbox Owner’s Guide
Owner’s Guide •
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Association use, see "
How to Determine Your Lockbox Series and Firmware
version
" on page 20.
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The Broker/Agent lockbox ownership model uses Broker Sharing. For information about
Broker Sharing, see "
Broker Sharing
" on page 19.
Broker Sharing
If your Association uses Broker Sharing, Brokers can authorize the Agents in their company to use their
lockboxes. Broker Sharing allows the Broker or Association to retain ownership of the lockbox, while at the
same time allowing the Agent to use the lockbox as if they were the lockbox owner. Agents can assign their
Broker's lockboxes to their listings. Agents can also customize their Broker's lockboxes. Here are a few more
advantages of Broker Sharing:
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Agents do not need to purchase and store their own lockboxes.
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Agents can borrow lockboxes from their Broker for use on their listings.
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Agents do not need a shackle release code to remove the shackle from a lockbox.
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If a Broker has more than one office, any Agent in any office can use the Broker's
lockboxes. Broker Sharing also works across Associations. All of the Broker's offices in
any Association can use the lockboxes.
When an office uses Broker Sharing, Agents may be able to use the
Lockboxes
window to view all of the
Broker's lockboxes. Brokers can determine if their Agents can view all or some of their lockboxes. If an Agent
can view all of a Broker's lockboxes, the
Lockboxes
window will display all of the lockboxes owned by the
Broker. Alternatively, Brokers may decide to allow Agents to view only those lockboxes that the Agent
assigned to their listing. Brokers can use the radio buttons in the
Show All Lockboxes
field on the
Add / Edit
Company Broker
window to determine if an Agent has access to all lockboxes or just the lockboxes they
assigned to their listings. For more information, see the
Add / Edit Company Broker
section in the
REALTOR® Lockbox Web Site Reference Guide
.
If an Agent plans to use their Broker's lockbox on their listing, here are a few things to keep in mind:
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The Agent should assign the lockbox to their listing. For instructions, see "
How to
Assign a Lockbox to a Listing
" on page 40. If the Broker checked the
Agents can
only see lockboxes and access logs that are assigned to their own listings
radio
button, an Agent must assign the lockbox their listing. If the Agent does not assign the
lockbox to their listing, they won't be able to view access information on the
Lockbox
Access Log
or
Access Report
.