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How to Be More Productive in the 4th Quarter - Real Estate Tools

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Real Estate Broker/Owner with Broadpoint Properties Cal BRE #01324959

real estate toolsHaving just returned from the Inman Real Estate Connect Conference about six weeks ago and knowing that your productivity and technology domination is the key to our mutual success, I've got some tools to share. (Yes, they may be familiar to some of you.

Check out these great apps that will help you be more productive than ever:

Dropbox If you are not using Dropbox yet, you do not know what you are missing. Imagine a huge box in cyberspace where you can dump your stuff and then pick it up later—from another computer, from your mobile phone, from your tablet. In fact, you can even share folders with friends (and enemies). (Also, it’s free.)

Evernote Evernote will make you want to go paperless in everything that you do. It’s an online storage and note system for just about anything—receipts, pdfs, notes. And, you can also access the itmes you store in Evernote from your phone, your tablet or any computer anywhere in the world. I just got back from Vegas. Saved the hotel confirmation and all the receipts for all my purchases in Evernote. Guess how many were tagged with the name Louis Vuitton? (By the way, it’s free.)

Notability Yes, you can bring your iPad to a meeting and actually take notes effectively. With Notablity, you can even record the meeting, insert images, type your notes or use a stylus—whatever you prefer. This will be the best 99 cents that you have ever spent!

There’s lots going on in the field of real estate these days. And, if you are actively working in real estate everyday, it’s important to keep up with all of the new productivity tools in the industry. Sometimes that’s hard, which is why we’ve provided you with an update right here.

 

 

Comments(9)

Roy Kelley
Retired - Gaithersburg, MD

Have a very special weekend with your camera in hand.  And, share your photographs in your blogs.


Sep 15, 2012 12:15 AM
Lanre-"THE REAL ESTATE FARMER" Folayan
Samson Properties - Bowie, MD
I don't make promises.I deliver results.SOLD HOMES

Melissa I have heard of Dropbox and Evernote. But I have never heard of Notability. Need to know more about all there of these. By the way you have any webinars coming up soon? Thanks for sharing. Have a great weekend.

Sep 15, 2012 12:22 AM
Wendy Rulnick
Rulnick Realty, Inc. - Destin, FL
"It's Wendy... It's Sold!"

Melissa - I'll give Notability a try. That would be a great way to utilize the iPad. I already havea  a stylus (somewhere!)

Sep 15, 2012 08:33 AM
Cheryl Ritchie
RE/MAX Leading Edge www.GoldenResults.com - Huntingtown, MD
Southern Maryland 301-980-7566
I routinely use the first two but have not embraced Notability yet. Why do you like that over Evernote for class notes?
Sep 15, 2012 10:47 AM
Francine Viola
Coldwell Banker Evergreen Olympic Realty, Olympia WA - Olympia, WA
REALTOR®, In Tune with your Real Estate Needs

Great roundup of ideas to incorporate - always looking for ways to EASILY go paperless!

Sep 15, 2012 11:44 AM
Praful Thakkar
LAER Realty Partners - Burlington, MA
Metro Boston Homes For Sale

Melissa, yes, DropBox and EverNote are more familiar tools and many of us at least know about it. Using it efficiently is altogether a different story!

About the last one - will check if droid version is available and will make best use of 99 cents spent on stylus...lol.

Sep 15, 2012 04:15 PM
Elizabeth Weintraub Sacramento Broker
Elizabeth Anne Weintraub, Broker - Sacramento, CA
Put 40 years of experience to work for you

I've got Dropbox and Evernote but I can't quite get the hang of Evernote. It's not really intuitive for me but it could also be that my brain isn't wired that way, not to mention, I refuse to read directions.

Sep 16, 2012 01:19 AM
Lori Bowers
La Quinta, CA
The Lori Bowers Group

Great tips and great tools for all of us. Thank you

Sep 16, 2012 01:51 AM
Bob Crane
Woodland Management Service / Woodland Real Estate, KW Diversified - Stevens Point, WI
Forestland Experts! 715-204-9671

Thanks Melissa, sound like great tools, I am already using dropbox and evernote, now to check out Notability.

Oct 09, 2012 04:33 AM