Posted on Wednesday, November 18, 2009 7:04:06 PM
So NAR released more information on RPR this week. So what is RPR? The initials stand for the Realtors Property Resource, a somewhat unassuming name. I assume the name was chosen intentionally to sound benign. But the “Realtors Property Resource” is in fact a national realtor facing MLS. To make [...]
Does RPR (Realtors Property Resource) = The Death of the MLS? is a post from: Technology For Agents
Posted on Thursday, August 20, 2009 2:00:03 PM
I signed up for a Google Voice invite a couple of months ago and received my invitation after waiting 2-3 weeks. Google Voice is pretty awesome, in theory – like LOR, it’s “one number to rule them all.” You give out one phone number and then pick which phones you want it to ring – [...]
Google Voice: Great for Real Estate Agents on the Go is a post from: Technology For Agents
Posted on Friday, August 7, 2009 11:01:31 PM
Today, Mashable had an announcement of a neat site called Rentshout.com that helps with syndicating your rental listings to every site you could imagine. Most of the normal ones are there; Craiglist, Google Base, and Yahoo Real estate. However, there are plenty others that your listings are sent to that increase exposure for your [...]
Advertise Your Rental Listings with RentShout.com is a post from: Technology For Agents
Posted on Monday, August 3, 2009 2:46:09 PM
I feel that one day in the future, real estate agents won’t be caught dead without some sort of tablet PC instead of 8 lbs of real estate contracts and addenda. Paper is so 20th century; let’s catch up with the times!
It’s no wonder why I’m excited at the possibility of Apple [...]
Apple Tablet – A Real Estate Agent’s Dream is a post from: Technology For Agents
Posted on Friday, July 31, 2009 3:54:59 PM
You might have heard about the latest scare in Apple’s world. A hack was revealed that could literally hijack your iPhone and take it over. The attacker could turn your phone off, call anyone, and open apps (pretty much take it completely over) without you knowing.
All with a text message that could be [...]
iPhone Update – 3.0.1 Update Fixes SMS Hack is a post from: Technology For Agents
Posted on Friday, July 31, 2009 3:50:38 PM
I’m a huge fan of dual-monitors. In the real estate business, agents are routinely having to alt-tab between contracts, listing database, email. We’ll literally have about 5-10 windows open at a time in the peak of our productivity hour (minutes for some).
What I’m even a bigger fan of are dual-monitors that are huge; [...]
HP 2709m Debut – 27 inches of Greatness is a post from: Technology For Agents
Posted on Thursday, July 30, 2009 12:14:01 PM
If you’ve been in the real estate industry (any sales industry actually) more then a few days, you’ve probably amassed a large amount of names, email addresses and phone numbers.
You’ve probably also began to think “Hmm; what am I going to do with all this information?”. You wouldn’t be the last to think that [...]
Contact Management Systems is a post from: Technology For Agents
Posted on Wednesday, July 29, 2009 10:06:36 AM
In real estate, agents and brokers are constantly looking to get the most bang out of their advertising buck. The name of the game is to get your message in front of as many eyeballs as possible. Day after day real estate webmasters strive to break into another market that will add a [...]
Penetrate Every Real Estate Market on Earth is a post from: Technology For Agents
Posted on Wednesday, July 22, 2009 11:01:04 PM
Every real estate agent should have a website. Most agents use their site to merely establish an online presence deemed essential by their peers, coaches, and nearly anyone with a pulse. An elite few use their sites to generate leads online. And they’re good at it.
Generating a substantial portion of leads online is one thing, [...]
Converting Internet Leads: It’s About Building Relationships is a post from: Technology For Agents
Posted on Wednesday, July 8, 2009 3:21:26 PM
You have a few choices when it comes to your operating system that comes with that shiny new computer of yours. If you bought a PC, you’ll be running Microsoft Windows. Macs enjoy the OSX platform, and a few computers here and there run with versions of Linux.
New to the field is an operating system [...]
Google Announces Google Chrome Operating System is a post from: Technology For Agents