Training Guides

Tether RE’s 24/7 Safety Monitoring connects agents to live dispatch professionals who can assess emergencies in real time and send first responders directly to the agent’s precise location—providing critical support when every second counts.

  • SOS Alerts: Safety pin feature providing round-the-clock monitoring and assistance responders.

  • Struggle Detection: Smartphone sensors detect crashes, impacts, or struggles and alert safety monitors.

  • Client Verification: Verify clients' identities, contact information, and criminal backgrounds before meeting up.

  • Productivity Tools: Navigation and routing assistance, mileage and expense tracking, and property showing interface.

App Overview

  • Welcome to Tether RE: Real estate agent safety platform designed with input from agents.

  • Getting Started: Create your first showing, open house, or verify buyer information.

  • Side Navigation Menu: Use it to view more features.

  • Detailed Walk-Throughs: Click on any feature or tool for instructions on how to use them.

  • Fill in your personal information.

  • Accept terms and conditions.

  • Add safety contact and your safety pin.

    • Choose a safety pin you’ll remember in an emergency.

  • When prompted, select preferred subscription.

  • If you’ve received a discount code, you’ll be prompted to enter it on the following page.

  • Input credit card information for subscription costs and additional look ups.

    • Reverse Phone & Address Look-Up cost $0.25 each.

    • Criminal Background Checks cost $1.00.

  • Download AFTER REGISTRATION IS COMPLETE, when prompted.

How to Register

  • What is Tether RE? Tether RE is a cutting-edge app that prioritizes safety in the real estate industry. Whether you're an agent showing properties or a buyer visiting new listings, Tether ensures you stay connected and secure every step of the way.

  • Why Choose Tether RE? In an industry where safety can often be overlooked, Tether RE brings a much-needed layer of security and peace of mind. It's user-friendly, reliable, and designed with your safety as the top priority.

Tether RE Presentation

Profile Settings

  • Access Profile Settings: How to navigate to the profile settings page from your dashboard.

  • Update Personal Information: How to update your name, email, and contact information.

  • Set Notification Preferences: Customize your notification settings to fit your lifestyle.

  • Learn about Alerts: Learn how Tether RE protects you and understand the alerts and options to either snooze them or send first responders to your location.

  • Change Your Safety and Duress Pin: How to change your safety pin and your duress pin to keep you safe.

Safety Settings

  • Impact Alert:  Customize your notification settings to tell Tether RE when to monitor any impacts or struggles. You can edit which activities are tracked and change sensitivity.

  • Countdown Timer for Showings: Learn how to set your time limits during showings and how this feature keeps you safe.

  • Change Your Safety and Duress Pin: How to change your safety pin and your duress pin to keep you safe.

SOS Alert

  • Quick-Access Emergency Alerts – Instantly activate an SOS alert with one tap when you feel unsafe or need help.

  • Immediate Response Options – Choose between a monitored alert or long-hold for immediate emergency dispatch.

  • Discreet Activation – Send a silent alarm without drawing attention—ideal for high-risk situations.

  • Real-Time Monitoring – Alerts are routed to Tether RE’s 24/7 Safety Monitoring Team for live response and assessment.

  • Precise Location Sharing – Your real-time location is shared with emergency dispatch to ensure rapid assistance.

  • Custom Safety Pin – Enter your Safety Pin to cancel false alarms.

Client Phone & Address Verification

  • Reverse Phone Lookup: Learn how to use the reverse phone lookup for detailed information on any phone number. Be sure that the person you are meeting is who they say they are.

  • Reverse Address Lookup: Discover comprehensive details about any address to ensure you have all the necessary information for your listings and clients.This feature is important to ensure that anyone describing themselves as a property owner is actually connected to the address given.

Buyer Verify & Criminal Background Check

  • Explore the powerful Client Verification System and Criminal Background Check features in this informative video!

  • This guide simplifies the process, helping you ensure safety and compliance while making informed decisions. Perfect for professionals who value accuracy and efficiency.

Showings

  • Automatic Proximity Timers – Tether RE detects when you arrive at a property and automatically starts a safety timer.

  • Real-Time Safety Monitoring – If you don’t leave on time, our 24/7 monitoring team checks in and dispatches help if needed.

  • Turn-by-Turn Navigation – Get optimal routing to each showing location, with built-in “Follow Me” mode for clients.

  • Property Auto-Population – Tether RE recognizes your location and pulls up showing details automatically.

  • Client Tracking – See your buyer’s location in real time during property tours for added visibility and safety.

Add a User or Buyer

  • Send an Invite: Demonstration to send an invitation to your clients. Ensure that the invitations contain all necessary details for the clients.

  • Send Reminders and Follow Up with Clients: Best practices to send reminders and following up with clients post-showing.

Mileage and Expenses

  • Track Mileage: Record and track your mileage, automatically, for all your property showings.

  • Log Expenses: Log various business expenses directly into our platform for easy tracking and reporting.

  • Generate Reports: How to generate detailed reports for your mileage and expenses. It is now easier to manage your finances and prepare for tax season!

  • Export Data: Export your data into different formats for further analysis or sharing with your accountant.

Personal Branding

  • Personalized Branding: TetherRE allows you to add your own branding so clients interact with your brand, not TetherRE’s.

  • Profile Picture: Appears to clients on the map and during navigation.

  • Background Photo: Visible when clients view showings and interact with you.

  • Aspect Ratio Requirements: The background photo must have a 9:19.5 aspect ratio or a size of 1292x2800 pixels.

Background Photo

  • Personalized Experience – Upload your own background photo to make the app feel like your brand.

  • Professional Presentation – Great for showings—let clients see your branding front and center.

  • Easy Setup – Just head to your profile settings in the app or web portal to upload your background.

  • Consistent Branding – Keep your visuals aligned across marketing tools, even in your safety app.

  • Your App, Your Look – Show off your personality or brokerage with a design that stands out.

Web Portal

  • Customize Your App – Upload or change your background photo to personalize your in-app experience.

  • Track Your Business – Access historical reports for mileage and expense tracking, perfect for tax season or budgeting.

  • Manage Your Data – View and organize clients, past lookups and criminal background checks, and showing logs.

  • Simplify Reporting – Download detailed mileage and expense reports directly from your dashboard.

  • Stay in Control – Edit your profile, safety settings, preferences, and view synced data from your mobile app.