It seems like I'm always driving around the area - running to Walmart, driving by Ehrhardt's and wishing for a Portabella Sandwich...traveling through Hawley...taking my kids to the babysitter near Lackawaxen...and I was often scrambling if I saw a FSBO or something else that looked interesting enough to jot down: my pen rolled off the dash and is under the driver seat, somewhere...my daughter took my little memo pad and wrote cryptic messages on every page. I needed to do something to have everything I need at my fingertips, and not strewn all over the interior of the car.
A few years ago, I gave my husband Glenn a heavy duty aluminum clip board to carry all his carpentry contractor dodads - notes, receipts, business cards, calculator...you know, all that "stuff".
He loves it! I can't believe all the stuff he crams in there. However, for my needs, it's too big, too heavy, too clunky.
I found my perfect "on the go desktop" at Walmart for $9.95. It's a sleek, charcoal gray colored storage clip board with a calculator on top.
My husband thinks that's silly - to have the calculator on top - but I see it as very space efficient - it leaves more room inside for all of my essentials!
So the next time you see me on the road, I'll be ready to conduct on-the-spot real estate without digging under the seats for a pen!
My handy-dandy-clip board has all of my essentials:
- Legal pad on top for taking notes and jotting things down
- Calculator for quick math work - always on top, never to get lost or stolen by my kids again
- Several pens, a pencil, and a highlighter
- Mini stapler, a staple remover, and paper clips. Oh, and white out, just in case...
- Scotch tape (you never know when you want to tape a note to someone's door!)
- Business cards (duh) but also some other business cards, like the mortgage guy I like to work with.
- All important Consumer Notice - I have a few copies of these, as well as some blank Non-Exclusive Buyer Agency Agreements, so that if we meet spontaneously, we can get legal and start right away!. I also have one or two Offer to Purchase forms as well...and a some blank Listing Contracts. It pays to be prepared!
- Post-it Notes (until my daughter finds them and writes messages to her bunny collection or something.)
- Advil Liqua Gels.
- Blank cards for my Rolodex. I like to have hard copies of addresses, because I can't always get on the computer. Get the contact info directly on the card first, then you won't have to write it twice! Handy tip: Staple someone's business card to a Rolodex card...then you don't have to write at all!
The only thing that doesn't fit is my tape measure, but that's always in the glove box...
Here is my little portable desktop. It's just right - just the right size and keeps me always ready to do business on
the fly - that's what it's all about, isn't it? Being ready for your customers when they're ready for you?
I'm always ready to assist customers - feel free to contact me any time!
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