I have an e-fax system that allows me to receive faxes.  It doesn't let me send them.  It also is an 800# with unlimited minutes and allows me to set up hundreds of extensions so that I can send clients to different extensions depending on what home or ad they call on.  The cost is around $50/month, but I expect you could get an e-fax for much less if you didn't want as many features.  The comapny is my agent phone.

I have use efax -myfax.com.  I have had it for 3yrs now and I cant live without it.  At 9.95 per month its the best investment you can make. I mostly use it to receive.  I can send out from my home phone. But you can do both with the service. It converts every incoming fax to pdf automatically this is great when you need to send it as an attachment.  You can also use it implace of a scanner.  Fax an item to your self then save in your hard drive.

ARDELL-

I've been using eFax for a long time and I love it! efax allows you to receive and send your faxes from any computer, you can annotate the documents and apply am "e" signature as well. There is another service know as MongoFax that is a "free" service via our local MLS membership, I don't like it much, I have a feeling that privacy is compromised there.

My experience with eFax has been super.

Ardell.. You have been so helpful in the past, that I hope I can be of help to you now.  I have efax.. but a friend set it up for me.  I can fax anywhere, and I can receive 12 faxes a month for no charge.  This is set up at my home, so I don't usually get faxes here, but when push comes to shove, I can get them.  Part of the reason for NO COST is that I let them choose a number for me.  It is a NV number, but I get it here in CT. 

Hope this helped a little.

Ardell, I've got Packetel's pFax. It costs $3.95 per month for unlimited inbound faxes. I have a dedicated local number and the faxes come in as .pdf's or .tif's to the email address of your choice. For outbound faxes, I either fax from my home fax or fax to my pFax and email the document.

The service is good and the price is right.

Hi Ardell, "Any input"? hehe I never did fall in love with efax myself, but I started using it the moment it was launched, years ago, and not all the kinks were out. I am considering giving it another go..

NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Use Impact Fax. Started by a Realtor, flat fee monthly unlimited pages. My assistant also gets the same doc's that are sent to me. No charge. I pay 12.00 per mo quarterly.

I started with efax and the bills were enourmous. One month 60.00. I found something better. Trust me.

Pluse it comes in a pdf and anyone can open. efax the sellers and buyers had to download a program to receive them from me.

Do you want their number ?

Ardell -- I use myfax.com and so far so good.  I love that the faxes come directly to my email, very convenient.  They offer the first 30 days free to try out the system.  You can choose a local or toll-free number or even transfer and existing number.  Very economical at $9.95 month.  The only downside that I have come across is having to scan in our contracts in order to fax them.  Our MLS is a little archaic and they do not have a great system for creating electronic copies of much of anything, so my scanner is getting a workout. 

Totally worth looking into. . .

I started using it this year and LOVE LOVE LOVE it!  I just forwarded you an email I happend to have gotten today about upgrading my services - it has prices, etc.

ARDELL, I have used e-Fax for many many years (probably close to 10).  I couldn't travel without it!  I also prefer e-fax over the machine faxes because the copies come out better off the computer.  Of course, with scanning and e-mail these days Fax's are less prevalent but still broadly used.

Ardell, Old Faxing vs. New Faxing.  you must get an e-Fax.  You will not be sorry.  e-fax will reduce work, help with electronically filing documents, and make work life much easier as compared to the Old Faxing. AJ

I have been using Callwave.com. You get a local phone number to give out for faxing.  The cost is significantly less that eFax which I found to be pricey.  I am finding less and less need to fax.  Loads of attorney's now, which we use here, email and so I am emailing more and more.  The new thing is Voicemail to text which I am going to try out, Callwave.com is full service not just an efax company.  Would love the phone number from Missy and would be curious what you decide.

Ardell,

Ive used efax for years. It costs me $10 a month just for the service. I do get charged about 150 a year also and any faxes over a certain amount will cost extra...but its good for receiving and they come out better and you can multiply fax others back...the only thing that it doesn't do is allow you sign a document unless you print it and fax it back to yourself and then send it off to the other. I've been usuing them for 5 yrs..actually I think I was usuing it at their begining...I also have a regular fax machine as well...but I use EFAX more.

I use Callwave for inbound only at 9.95 a month and love it, but I'm going over to check out Missy's suggestion soon!  The only thing I have noticed is that the delay in receiving the pdf by email is around ten minutes sometimes.

I'm very happy with MyFax.  Docs arrive quickly and in PDF format.  $10 per month.

Ardell - I've been an efax client for years, and love the service. It's $13.95 per month, and documents arrive in pdf format.

Ardell,

I've used RingCentral.com for years and couldn't do business without them. All faxes are emailed in PDF to both my partner and I, and I receive a text message notification,

I also have a toll free number with extensions for both my partner & I that rings directly to our cell phones. Plus I set up a "listing info" extension that rings both of us at the same time so whoever is available answers their call/questions. When we have a special event (buyer seminar), we just add an extension to take messages!

They have various rate plans based on usage, but it is a business tool that enables us to be seemlessly virtual. I'd highly recommend them!

Ardell, I've got Packetel's pFax. It costs $3.95 per month for unlimited inbound faxes. I have a dedicated local number and the faxes come in as .pdf's or .tif's to the email address of your choice. For outbound faxes, I either fax from my home fax or fax to my pFax and email the document. The service is good and the price is right.

Same as Craig above.

Love it... Not sure if you have done anything yet.

Ardell  I use kall8 (kall8.com - linking button isn't working at the moment) and have found it extremely reliable.  It's a toll-free number (referral friendly) and only $2/mo plus usage....  just dollars a month.