News Article

News Article

Grand Rapids Association of REALTORS® and Montcalm County Association of REALTORS® Go Live on Rapattoni MLS

Southwestern Michigan Regional Information Center (SWMRIC)

SIMI VALLEY, Calif., August 26, 2010 – Rapattoni Corporation (Rapattoni) announced today that the Grand Rapids Association of REALTORS® (Grand Rapids), located in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and the Montcalm County Association of REALTORS® (Montcalm), located in Greenville, Michigan, went live on the Rapattoni MLS on July 14, 2010. Grand Rapids and Montcalm serve over 2,000 members in Western Michigan.

Earlier this year, Grand Rapids and Montcalm County agreed to join the Southwestern Michigan Regional Information Center (SWMRIC), a regional MLS in Michigan providing services to its Member Associations that utilize Rapattoni's immensely popular Rapattoni MLS software. The addition of Grand Rapids and Montcalm County into SWMRIC brings over 2,000 additional users to the Rapattoni MLS system and increases SWMRIC's membership to approximately 5,500, covering 22 counties in South and West Michigan.

Gary Walter, President and Chief Operating Officer of SWMRIC, said, "Our new relationship with Grand Rapids and Montcalm County is exciting, and we are so pleased with how Rapattoni's staff implemented the software for their members and converted the data. We have been a long time customer of Rapattoni, and the Members have been very satisfied with the new features and enhancements released this past year."

Nick Rapattoni, president of Rapattoni, said, "Our presence in the state of Michigan continues to grow, and we are so happy that Grand Rapids and Montcalm County joined SWMRIC and that their members are enjoying our software. We take pride in ensuring a smooth transition process for our new customers, and our staff did a tremendous job bringing up Grand Rapids and Montcalm Count quickly and seamlessly."

About Rapattoni MLS
Rapattoni MLS is setting the standard with advanced features such as integrated GIS parcel mapping, an integrated member management and billing system, the most advanced RETS data exchange system, integrated aerial photography, a robust statistics and trends analysis package, language translation, the Rapattoni Secure Logon system featuring Adaptive Authentication technology, and the ability to operate a convenient Single Sign-On (SSO) identity portal. The Rapattoni MLS is compatible with the Internet Explorer® and Firefox® web browsers and can be operated natively on PCs and Mac® computers.

About Rapattoni
Rapattoni Corporation has been serving the real estate industry under the same name and management for 40 years. The company provides an array of integrated products and services for real estate associations and MLS organizations, including an internet-based MLS, association management software, and key-less Rapattoni Secure Logon with SSO identity portals for online security and convenience. Rapattoni's MLS products are serving approximately 300,000 users nationally and its association management customers represent more than 85% of the nation's REALTORS®. Rapattoni's headquarters are in Simi Valley, California.

For more information, contact Rapattoni's Public Relations department at (800) 722-7338 or visit the Rapattoni website at http://www.rapattoni.com/.

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