The Problem With Lists
Inventory lists are accurate. They're just not intuitive.
When you have 15 lockboxes spread across a city, a list tells you what you have. A map tells you where things are actually happening. And "where" matters more than agents usually realize — until there's a problem.
An overdue lockbox in a neighborhood you're barely visiting is a different kind of problem than one that's two blocks from your next showing. A cluster of installed boxes in the east end might mean you need a spare in that area. A box that's been sitting at a removed property for two weeks stands out instantly on a map in a way it never would buried in a list.
SLIM's new Map View gives you this visibility at a glance.
What You See
Every lockbox with a known address appears as a pin on the map. The pin color tells you the status instantly:
Teal — Installed at an active listing. Everything is normal.
Red — Overdue. The listing had a closing date that has already passed and the box is still installed. These need your attention today.
Amber — In transit or recently removed. The box is no longer at an active listing but hasn't made it back to inventory yet.
Purple — Ghost box. It's been in "removed" status for more than 7 days. Somebody forgot something.
You don't have to dig through statuses or run mental calculations. The color tells you the story.
Finding Problems Before They Find You
The most valuable thing about the map isn't seeing what's fine. It's seeing what isn't.
A red pin is a lockbox at a property that closed — and that box is now sitting at someone's new home. The new owners might have already removed it. It might be gone. The longer you wait, the harder the conversation.
A purple pin is a box that's been in limbo for over a week. It's either in someone's trunk, at a property that hasn't been fully closed out, or genuinely lost. Either way, it's been invisible in a list view — but on the map, it's impossible to miss.
Catching these early means a quick retrieval instead of an awkward call to a homeowner. That's the difference between a five-minute problem and a forty-minute one.
Team View for Leaders
If you're a team leader or team admin, the Map View shows all lockboxes across your entire team — not just your own.
You also get a filter dropdown to isolate a specific agent's boxes. This is useful for a quick check-in before a team meeting ("let's see where everyone's inventory stands") or for spotting patterns. If one agent consistently has more amber and purple pins than others, that's worth a conversation.
Solo agents see only their own inventory, which is everything they need.
Zoomed Out, Then In
The map starts zoomed to fit all your pins. If you have boxes spread across a metro area, you'll see the full picture first. Zoom in to any cluster and the pins separate into individual boxes.
Clicking a pin brings up the address, lockbox ID, status, and (for installed boxes) the closing date. You get enough context to decide whether action is needed without having to navigate to the full lockbox record.
When the Map Is Most Useful
Monday morning review. Open the map before you start the week. Any red or purple pins need a plan before you get busy.
Before a busy showing day. If you're in a specific neighborhood, quickly check if you have any boxes in that area that need retrieval. Kill two birds.
Month-end. Before the end of a heavy closing month, the map tells you instantly whether you have cleanup to do.
New team member onboarding. "Here's our map — this is the current state of our inventory" is a better orientation than walking through a list.
Getting There
The Map View is accessible from the top navigation on desktop (the map icon between the logo and your notification bell) or from the main menu on mobile (item #2 after the Dashboard).
It loads all your lockboxes at once and updates when you return to it. For most teams, the initial load is quick — under two seconds even for inventories of 30+ boxes.
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Inventory management has always been a logistics problem. Logistics problems are better solved with maps than spreadsheets. The Map View is SLIM's way of making that obvious.
If you haven't opened it yet, try it now. The first thing most agents notice is a pin they forgot about.
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