How to set up MLS auto email alerts for buyers without flooding them

MLS auto emails look easy until a buyer starts getting twenty listings a day and stops opening them. I learned to treat the search setup like part of the buyer consult, not something I rush through after the first call. The first pass is never just price and city. I put the non-negotiables in first: property type, minimum beds, parking, HOA limit, school boundary if it really matters, and any…