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News

Web-Ed is always improving.

We have been building and improving this system for nearly 15 years. It has a long history of upgrades, revisions, improvements, and features. It is designed to focus on the "user", but we recognize the importance of the the "administrator's" experience, as well. Below are some of the most recent news about the systems.


Web-Ed Expands their DMS (Data Management Systems) to provide Real Estate Agent Performance Analytics:

DMS: Web-Ed and CREMS (Consolidated Real Estate Manage Strategies) have improved their Agent Production Reporting systems by releasing version 4. This proprietary system uses data from multiple MLS (Multiple Listing Services) API feeds to track and record Real Estate agent listing activities. It records individual agent’s monthly property sales and the number of active listings. Web-Ed does this for all of the 200,000 plus active Real Estate agents in California.

The reporting is housed in online servers, hosted by Microsoft’s Azure Cloud Services (https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us) and served through an online reporting portal hosted via Akamai (https://www.akamai.com/). Web-Ed provides access to this reporting to their principal client First American Title Insurance Company (https://www.firstam.com/) for use by their in-the-field Title Represents.

The primary purpose of the reporting is to enable First American Title Representative to focus their time and services on the most productive Real Estate Agents in their local market. Some of the Agent Production reports that are provide by the Web-Ed system are:

  • Past Performance Report: Year-over-Year RE Agent Production report compares the agent’s current 12-months sales again the previous 12-months says. Therefore, it shows at least 2 years of agent sales performance, notes the increase or decrease, and reveals seasonal trends.

  • Present Performance Report: This report examines the current 12 months of sales and highlights the monthly mix of transactions where the agent was the “Listing” agent or the “Selling” agent, or both. This report illustrates an agent’s propensity to representing the buyer or the seller of properties.

  • Future Performance Report: This report displays the agent’s current active listings for the past 12 months. It shows each month’s total for “New” listings and previously “Existing” listings. It also displays the average “DOM” (Days-On-Market) and reveals trends about likely future sales volumes.

There are a variety of other reports that are in development. Such as a report on “Office Analytics”, which is like the Agent reports, but showing the performance of an entire office, as well as revealing which agents are the top producer. Plus, there is a “Team” Report in development that will reveal which agents work together as a team on a regular basis. This report will identify any “teaming agents” even if they are in different offices or brokerages.  These reports will be the subject of future releases.

For more information, please contact Web-Ed through our website.

Burt Yale
Web-Ed Updates the TMSM (Training Management System Mobile):

TMS: The Training Management System (TMS) that Web-Ed has been updated to meet current demands. The system was initially developed by Web-Ed for Verizon’s internal training over 17 years ago. It has been improving ever since. We are announcing the latest version, referred to as the “TMSM” for Training Management System Mobile.

The system has been optimized for use in mobile devices, such as cell phones and tablets. The “mobile” version retains all the features of the previous desk top version, changes it display to match the user’s device.  Features such as:

  • Video multi-media training delivery with user utilization tracking.

  • A variety of content testing to validate the training.

  • Curriculum organizing tools to group lessons into the appropriate sequence.

  • Instructor administration tools and reporting.

  • A simple online content implementation tool set.

  • Geographic division of content for separate regions.

  • User technical support available through Web-Ed system.

In addition, the system is “unbranded” by Web-Ed, so that the corporate client can rebrand the system and training internally.

Web-Ed delivers the training through servers hosted at Akamai to ensure smooth delivery and the state-of-the-are security for the content and users.

For more technical information contact Web-Ed systems.

Burt Yale
Web-Ed Introduces Version 3 of their Real Estate Data Consolidation Software:

DMS: (January 2022) Web-Ed Systems (WES) has published the 3rd version of their real estate data consolidation system. The new system streamlines the various applications used to consolidate various feeds into one (de-duplicated) feed.

Web-Ed’s client, CREMS (Consolidated Real Estate Strategies), delivers the data feed to First American Title (FirstAm) for use in their proprietary CRM. The strategic advantage for FirstAm is that their sales associates can monitor all the activity of their client Real Estate Agents.

The Version 3 system integrates several new technologies, such as Azure’s DataBrinks process orchestration employing Azure’s auto-scaling servers.  Web-Ed’s managing partner, Burt Yale, describes the operational advantages as, “This upgrade gives the development team reliable CI/CD with multi-user access. We have integrated separate development, staging, and production environments to facilitate faster iteration.”

For more technical information contact Web-Ed systems.

Burt Yale
Web-Ed System with CREMS and First American Title Deliver Real Estate Data.

DMS: (March 2021) Web-Ed Systems (WES) has been delivering real estate data to First American Title (FirstAM) through an exclusive agreement with CREMS (Consolidated Real Estate Management Strategies) for the past 6 months. WES delivers updated data 3-time-a-day to FirstAM via a series of API’s.

FirstAM has integrated the consolidated API into its internal sales support tool. The consolidated API is also integrated into FirstAM’s Enterprise CRM (Sales Force).

Historical reporting on RE Agents and Offices is consolidated by WES, so that 24-month sales performance is available to the FirstAM sales associates. Graphical representations of the Agent, Office, and Regions are available to recognize seasonal trends and growing/shrinking performance. In addition, notifications are delivered to FirstAM sales associates when RE Agents move from one brokerage to another.

FirstAM is planning to rolling-out the WES consolidated API beyond California. FirstAM has operations in 27 states and envisions the consolidated API data to expand to most of them.

Burt Yale
All-California Real Estate Data Delivered.

DMS: (February 2021) Web-Ed systems has expanded its system to store real estate sales data to include all of California’s 23 different listing services. This dataset started with just the LA area, but clients have urged us to expand to the whole state.

Web-Ed consolidates the data into a single dataset, removing any duplicate listings. The listing data is updated several times a day so that the current data is accurately reflected. Agent and office contact information is included.

Historical data is maintained online for 2 years, so that an agent’s sales performance can be displayed, by month, during that period.

Web-Ed systems makes this database available to key clients under a licensing agreement.

Burt Yale
Expansion of Agent/Broker Activity Database in LA

DMS: (August 2020) Web-Ed systems has established a system to store real estate data for the entire Los Angeles region. The combined data contains multiple duplicates, both in individual transaction, agents, and their offices.

Web-Ed’s system eliminates the duplicates so that our database has the most recent status of each individual transaction, which includes the listing and co-listing agents, plus their contact information.  A record of those listings is maintained for 2 years. Therefore, reports on sales volumes are available for each active agent during that period.

Web-Ed systems expect to expand this listing database to other metro areas in a variety of states.

Burt Yale
Seminars to debut new User and Management features

TMS: (December 2019) Web-Ed systems has facilitated several “implementation” seminars for its TMS clients. The seminars covered the new feature which are available in the TMS and introduced the new users to the standard feature. The TMS also has new administrative features, such as user reports for “groups” and facilitates regional reporting appropriate for multi-region company performance. Contact WES Support for a tour of the new features.

Burt Yale
Data (Real Estate Agents/Brokers) Management Systems.

DMS: (July 2019) Web-Ed systems has released the DMS (Data Management System) user interface to its corporate clients. The DMS maintains an online database of current and historic real estate data. Web-Ed provides consolidated reporting on the activity of individual agents and their properties. In addition, Web-Ed can provide a 24-month summary of the agent’s production (sales activity). Subscribing clients can access mobile online reporting on each agent’s number of active listings and past sales volumes from their smart device.

Burt Yale
Final Exam Module for each Lesson.

TMS: (January 2019) Web-Ed systems has added the option to offer a “Final Exam” module to any lesson in its online training systems. The Final Exam module can be adjusted to pass or fail a student based on a percentage of correct answers on the test. In most TMS lessons, there are multiple modules. Each module contains a webpage to provide instructions, links to collateral content, and a video presentation. In addition, a short quiz/test can be included to confirm the instruction. The new “Final Exam” module is designed to contain only a longer, more comprehensive, test over all the material contain in all the previous modules of the lesson.

Burt Yale
Lesson Management Improvements.

TMS: (June 2018) Web-Ed systems has expanded the lesson management capabilities of the TMS by making it possible to group a series of Lessons into a “Section” content. The new capability enables customers arrange many more lessons in the Lesson Library. It also allows system managers to arrange the Sections and Lessons in whatever order they customer prefers.

Burt Yale
Web-Ed launches new website and "Universal Log-In" page.

TMS: (March 2018) Web-Ed systems has updated its website to the modern standard. "The website now reflects the 'mobile-friendly' layout that exemplifies the user-friendly systems we publish," said Burt Yale, Managing Partner of Web-Ed systems. In addition to the 'mobile-friendly' layout, the new Universal User Log-In page enables all clients to use the same "front door". Many of Web-Ed's clients register unique domains that are "pointed" to the Universal Log-In page. That way, each client can customize their access.

Burt Yale
Semester System re-branded

TMS: (February 2018) Web-Ed systems has re-branded the "Trimester Planning System" as the "Semester System", to better describe its purpose. In addition, a number of the performance tracking and administrative reporting functions have been updated.

Burt Yale
Resource Center Introduced

TMS: (January 2018) Web-Ed has developed a new system, the Resource Center (RC). It will be an online utility designed to keep downloadable or linkable resources organized and easily accessible, via mobile devices.

Burt Yale
TMS is more "Mobile-Friendly"

TMS: (October 2017) Web-Ed implemented upgrades to the TMS that make it more "phone friendly" to access, using a technology called "materialize". Many of our users now experience easier access on their mobile devices.

Burt Yale
TMS Gets a New Dashboard

TMS: (September 2017) Web-Ed implemented upgrades to the TMS and TP (see below). The user welcome screen now serves as a "dashboard" which show the user's progress in graphical form, within their lessons and trimester plan. In addition to the user's new tools, an administrator can now follow the progress of a group of users.

Burt Yale