This month’s ActiveRain challenge is a simple one for most of us…except for the youngest among us. You know, the one’s who have always had a remote control, cell phone and the Internet..

Which Mobile Device or Application Allows You to Remain on the Go?

Which one device improves my productivity, time management and client communication and frees me from the tether of “the office?”

To me the answer is not one single device but the synergistic effect of all taken together. You see it is not one of these but the ability to use any or all together that allows us to leave the office in the morning and be out all day yet handle anything that may arise back at “the office.”

What are these miracle tools?

Let’s see…

  • Smart phone – Can you imagine if you had to have someone take messages at the office for you? Appointment changes, canceled showings, missed inquiries from prospective clients, running late messages and the like?
  • Email – Quick, more efficient than pen and paper. Instant response.
  • Laptop/Notebook – Well this is now a thing of the past for me since the advent of the…Ipad
  • Electronic signature applications – Saving paper, saving time….enough said!
  • GPS/Navigation Systems - No stopping for directions and mapping out showing routes.

I guess when taken together all the above things have one thing in common that has allowed the flexibility most of us enjoy in the day to day real estate business world....

Wireless networks.

Yes, that is the tool that allows the mobility we must have every day or else!

As for the title reference to listings in a binder...I really don't remember those days but I have read comments and posts here through the years that told of those days.  Were those the good old days of real estate?

Gary L. Waters PLLC, Florida licensed real estate agent, Serving Brevard Realty, Merritt Island, Florida serving Florida's Space Coast including the cities and communities of Melbourne, Viera, Rockledge, Suntree, Merritt Island, Cocoa Beach and the surrounding region.

 

 

 

 

www.moving2brevard.com

 

 

 

 

Read my blogs Florida Homes for Sale,  Moving to Brevard County, Florida, and  Brevard County Florida Real Estate Information.

 

 

13 Comments on Remember when the listings were all in binders? I don’t but…

JUN
16
126,982 Points 2 Featured Posts Outside Blog Called Shot Master

Good post! I do remember the days of receiving the daily MLS sheets and filing them in binders. Today I couldn't imagine working without my navigation and I phone, we are so spoiled!
5:38am • #1

i remember sending listings to clients by mail, picking up six keys at six offices for six showings etc.

the best thing out of the techno boom is that people are getting more information and question the daily propaganda they are subjected to.

 
6:48am • #2
802,685 Points 20 Featured Posts Outside Blog Attended Rain Camp Called Shot Master

Joan - We are indeed spoiled and it is nice. Thanks!

Bianca - I bet picking up keys was fun! Electronic lock boxes are so nice and convenient. Thanks!
9:45am • #3
1,029,916 Points 238 Featured Posts Outside Blog Attended Rain Camp Called Shot Master

Gary- well, for you I am about to date myself... I was an agent for 1 year about 25+ years ago and I do remember a big 3 ring binder!
4:53pm • #4
1,156,252 Points 29 Featured Posts Localism Sponsor Outside Blog Attended Rain Camp Called Shot Master

Gary I remember the books when I was looking for a house, but never worked in real estate during that period.
8:25pm • #5
JUN
17
479,790 Points 4 Featured Posts Outside Blog Called Shot Master

Gary, thanks for sharing a piece of the real estate history. Many agents including myself do not experience the listings were all in the binders. Wishing you a Happy Father's Day.
4:22am • #6
JUN
18
565,608 Points 29 Featured Posts Outside Blog Attended Rain Camp

Gary, I remember in 1996 when I started in the business we carried around a thick MLS book, full of properties for sale.  Often, the info was out of date before the book was printed.  Technology has made our lives so much easier.
6:03am • #7
1,652,585 Points 134 Featured Posts Outside Blog Attended Rain Camp Called Shot Master

We could not get by without wireless these days.  Good call on that!
6:05am • #8
JUN
19
1,442,050 Points 26 Featured Posts Outside Blog Called Shot Master

Good luck in the challenge.

Have an outstanding week with your camera in hand.
5:30am • #9
802,685 Points 20 Featured Posts Outside Blog Attended Rain Camp Called Shot Master

Kathy - I would have never guess you were out of school 25 years ago....!
Jennifer - I am with you. I remember consulting with an agent looking for rentals and he pulled out the book.
Kwee - Thanks!
Sandy - It has...and I would have never made it in those days as I am just not organized enough.
Wireless is key! Thanks!
Roy - Thanks!
7:18am • #10
JUN
21
1,391,141 Points 28 Featured Posts Hit Router Called Shot Master

Sometimes this Cloud and Wireless stuff scares me.  What will we do when it goes down?
4:14am • #11
JUL
01
127,487 Points 1 Featured Post

Gary you really nailed it, the great thing about all this technology is that it makes being organized soooo much easier for those of us to whom it is not second nature.
10:44am • #12
802,685 Points 20 Featured Posts Outside Blog Attended Rain Camp Called Shot Master

Gabe - You are right...scary when we don't have a signal for a half hour!

Laura - Technology makes it easy for sloppy folks like me. Easier to look for a file on a computer than on my desk!
11:26am • #13


What does the graphic say?
Leave a response…

(optional)
Spam Prevention:
 
P3 Rainmaker_large

Gary L Waters PLLC- Broker Associate Realtor® Melbourne Viera Rockledge FL

Viera, FL

More about me…

Serving Brevard Realty, Merritt Island

Address: Rockledge,Viera,Suntree,Merritt Island,Heritage Isle, Port St. John,Satellite Beach,Cocoa Beach, Rockledge, FL, 32955

Office Phone: (321) 576-0037

Cell Phone: (321) 693-3850

Email Me



Listings

Links

Archives

RSS 2.0 Feed for this blog

Find FL real estate agents and Viera real estate on ActiveRain.