The Value of Mobility For Real Estate and Mortgage Professionals
Have you truly considered the real value of mobility for your offce? For those f you just starting out, this is an important consideration. A desktop in an office may seem the perfect solution to one of the higher costs of operating a real estate or mortgage business, because they are relatively inexpensive. You can get adecent desktop system for about 4300 on sale today, with a monitor. But, before you celebrate, consider the following thoughts.
A good mobile phone plan, with the right phoe can connect you seamlessly to the interenet, but the screen size can be liiniting, when working with clients. Another factor is that using a cell ohone with a Bluetooth broadband modem will usually not allow you to be connected and talk simultaneously.
I opted for a tablet PC, aircard, and GPS enabled cell phone to cut the number of devices down. The inverter in my vehicle and a power strip make it possible for me to be totally connected at any tine, nad have the ability for my clients to digitally sign documents using a normal signature. My software allows them to do so via email, but the tablet is handy for clients who are not connected to the internet or fax.
The tab;et was a bt more ex[ensive, about a third more than a similarly equipped notebook, but it has been more than worth it. I can do everything from create contracts, to provide web conferencing for clients on the road. I can also send photos from preview tours to multiple clients effortlessly and more quickly than if I had to go back to the office. With a small portable hard drive (mine is 200GB in a notebook sized drive), and my digital camera, I can store the picrures and videos from hundreds of virtual tours and send them to clients as needed. Total weight of the stuff in my back is around 7.5 lbs including the power adapters, and some exta rechargeable LiOn batteries for the Nikon camera I use to photograph homes with.
Today, I am writing you from a ecture hall at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, in troy, NY. I am here for student orientation today with my son, who is studying architecture for the next five years. If I wasn't so mobile, I couldn't have been here to experience this event n my son's life. Today in breaksz I have been able to juggle a dozen different transactions, collect a referral or two, and write this instqllment.
How do you manage the technology side of life? Let;'s discuss the various ways we can better use tools that are available for us, and which are the bst you have found?
My best to you,
Lou Farris, MBA, Realtor®
Global Realty Marketing
Colorado Mortgage Broker Licensed
Global Equity Lending
4601 Ketchwood Cir
Highlands Ranch CO 80130
303.683.4603 direct
720.222.3482 fax
http://loufarris.point2agent.com
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