Contents
Uploading
Rentman data to INEA
Downloading
properties from INEA
The upload to INEA is treated exactly the same as other portal uploads. The instructions below are identical to setting up other internet portals and the upload will run at the same time as other uploads.
Rentman can also download properties from INEA and save them
in Rentman. The advantage of doing this is that Rentman’s applicant match will
work, you can advertise the properties as if they were your own and if a tenant
is found you can create a deal and produce all the paperwork as If it were your
own property. The main difference with properties downloaded from INEA is they don’t
have a landlord or vendor –instead they are linked to an agent (the agent who originally
uploaded the property to INEA). This agent will then appear in your commission
invoice.
1. Setup INEA as an Internet Portal by clicking on the System/Setup/Internet Portals menu option.
This brings up the Portals screen.
2. Click the “Add” button to create a new portal, enter INEA as the “Portal Name” (or, if preferred, something more meaningful to you)
3. INEA will have sent you the following information….
· agent id,
· ftp address,
· ftp username,
· ftp password
· remote folder
… enter these into their respective fields on the portal screen.
4. Where it says “Format” select ‘Rightmove’.
5. Tick “No brochures
6. Tick “Upload to this portal”
7. Click “Save”.
Rentman will now upload to INEA when it uploads to the other internet portals (e.g. Rightmove, Zoopla and your own website). This can be setup by Rentman Support to run automatically every day at a certain time or it can be run manually, on demand, by you.
To start the upload manually
1. Click on the Properties/Advertise menu option.
2. Rentman will have selected the properties it thinks you want to upload - based on their status.
You can override this default selection by ticking or unticking the checkbox alongside each property or by right-clicking on the checkbox to bring up a menu of options
3. Click the “Internet” button and the Rentman uploader is launched. A new screen appears showing all the Portals it will upload to.
4. Make sure your INEA portal is ticked (together with any other portals you wish to upload to) and click “Send”.
5. Any errors uploading will be shown on the uploader screen, in an uploader log file and will cause the “Fail” checkbox to be ticked on the portal screen.
1. Click on System/Options/Company Preferences in the main menu
2. Click on the “Extended” tab and select INEA from the list on the left.
3. Double-click on agent ID
4. Enter your INEA agent ID (the same agent ID sent you by INEA and entered into the portal screen above)
5. Click Save.
6. If you want Rentman to download property photos double click on “Download Photos”, enter Y as the value and click ‘Save’
Downloading can also be setup (by Rentman Support) to run
automatically every day at a certain time or it can be run manually, on demand,
by you.
To download from INEA manually…
1. Click File/Import/INEA in Rentman’s main menu.