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A Great Tool For Every Realtor: Neat Receipts

Neat Receipts: A Must Have Tool For Every Realtor

I consider myself a pretty organized person. However, between all the business related receipts and business cards I collect each month, my organized system can fail me occasionally.

Most of us keep those business receipts tucked away until time allows us to organize them into necessary categories for tax time. And who hasn't found a few receipts faded and/or torn?

Business cards are another stack I try to attack and organize when time allows. I just returned from Blog World 2008 and with the number of business cards I brought back with me, they'll need a new Rolodex of their own!

Neat Receipts to the Rescue:
Neat Receipts is a software and a handy scanner that can help organize and simplify your life. You can scan all your receipts, bills, and business cards into your PC while Neat Receipts stores everything in an appropriate folder on your PC.

All those business cards that are fading can now be scanned and stored in Outlook or ACT and later can even be exported to your mobile phones.

"NEAT Receipts is the ultimate tool to manage your business and personal finances. It scans, reads and organizes your receipts, bills, business cards and more - then stores everything in a database on your PC. Get ready for an organized, digital life!"

The price of this nifty tool: $149.95 for Neat Receipts Version 3.0

Where can you purchase Neat Receipts?
Neat Receipts can be purchased at NeatReceipts.com or you could purchase your copy at:

Staples
OfficeMax
Office Depot
Amazon.com
Costco
Sky Mall
Buy.com
TigerDirect.com
Fry's Electronics
Best Buy
Target.com
Ritz Camera.com

Posted by Camarillo CA Real Estate Agent/ Mana Tulberg on 09/25/2008 08:17 PM

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74 Comments on A Great Tool For Every Realtor: Neat Receipts

SEP

2008

Hi Mana,

Thanks for sharing this, I completely forgot about it. My head is still spinning from all that was covered. So good seeing you and spending time together.

Hi Mana - Sounds like you found some neat tools at the Blog World Expo:)

Now that is a neat idea, no pun intended!

Remember to keep the original receipts for purducts with warranties.

Mana, what a great shortcut tool you found for organizing receipts. Thanks.

Lynda, It was a pleasure seeing you and spending time with you.

Bill, I found this product before Vegas. This is "Mine". :0)

Mary, That was cute.

Sindee, Of course, I tend to keep the receipts anyways. However, this tool makes it really easy to read the receipt latter during tax season.

Gary, Don't forget the business cards.

I have seen this and still debating over the last year if I need this...or keep scanning to organized folders. Thanks for info...will keep contemplating.

I ordered my last night based on your recommendation Mana - thank you! Can't wait to get it so I can scan all my REBLogWorld bus. cards. I'm still having a hard time understanding how it organizes scanned items into files, but I guess, I'll just have to play with it.

Sally, If you have a system that works for you then stick to it.

Irina, Best of luck, I think you are going to like this tool.

Last year at tax time I looked at my Running Shoe Box full of receipts and just tossed them. Figure I might of missed out on a few hundred dollars worth of deductions but just didn't want to spend the time tallying a total. Most of the time I use my credit card so I get reward points and then itemize the expenses each month in Quicken when I pay the bill. Looks like a neat little toy but I think I'd get Tee'd Off feeding my crumbled slips into the machine.

What a fantastic idea! I love it. So many receipts fade over time. This is a must have after looking at the pile of receipts in the cubby hold that need to be sorted.

I've seen this and wondered if it worked well. It's a great idea. My husband and I could share it -- he has zillions of construction receipts.

Mana - Sounds like interesting software, but if it will tee-off Dan, I think we will pass : -)

Dan, You've get Tee'd Off easily these days, what's up with that?

Michele, It's nice to give order to our crazy life every now and then.

Elaine, We use it both, go for it.

Sandra, Yep, he's already Teed Off, watch out.

Camarillo - I bought a neat receipts scanner last year and think it's great. I showed it to my wife and now she is uses it all the time.

Thanks for sharing Mana. Me I have a bad time keeping documents and business cards so this will be a very helpful tool for me. Great post.

I am not an organized person so this idea is even more appealling.

Robert, well we have one more satisfied user here people. :0)

Lanre: Thank you and good luck.

Regina, This is our tool. Go for it, you'll be happy.

I've had one for a year. It was great for preparing for income tax. It's a great tool!

Neat (Pun intended) Thanks for sharing, my accountant will love you!

We saw this -- but what we wondered is if you have to take something back if the stores would accept the print out from a scanned copy. But it is a good idea.

This could be a lifesaver. I've pretty much lost track of everything by now. Thanks for a good suggestion and review.

I want that software.... THANKS!!! ;>)

Ruby, See, we have another satisfied customer.

Trevella, You are welcome. Good luck.

Bob & Carolin, I do hold on to my receipts, but they don't have to be organized or neat any more.

Mara, You are welcome. Best of luck with getting organized.

Ann-Marie, Good luck. Now you can buy it at many places.

My husband has one too; he wouldn't be without it. It was funny though after he purchased his and showed it to the people in his office then everyone had to have one. He travels about 85% of the time and this is a lifesaver for him... Great post Mana and Congratulations on the feature and the little gold star!

Mana: I have heard of Neat Receipts before, but had forgotten about them. I am drowning in receipts and business card. This will be a real help to me. Thanks for this reminder.

Hi Mana - Love the idea for business cards. I've got a couple of stacks that I really need to get organized. This also has me thinking ... with so many people using iPhones, Blackberries, etc. why are we still handing out so many paper business cards?

Great idea, never heard of this before..but I could certainly use the help!

thanks!

Cori Sharp

Keller Williams Realty

Dallas Tx

I bought this at the suggestion of my accountant! It's a GREAT tool, the only drawback is it's SO time consuming if you're like me....and wait til you have a pile of receipts to scan in!

Great advice!

Very cool. I remember seeing something like this for business cards, but never thought about it's application to receipts!

I saw this some time ago - and forgot about it like so many of my receipts - thanks for sharing

SEP

2008

I bought CardScan to get my business cards organized. I am working on it a bit at a time. I believe it works for receipts as well and should try it. Thanks for the idea.

Will it scan a full size piece of paper? Sounds like a great tool to be able to scan docs and send when in a crunch!

Thanks for the post. You've got me motivated to get organized now!

You mean it isn't free?

Darn, but a great tool anyway. I have to debate in my heard, would I use it? You gather so many cards at events, guess I could have my assistant do it for me, like she does the cards. Did you use it on outlook or act?

Mana,

I'll have to look into this as I'm more organized when I'm unorganized:)

Man, do I need that! I typically end up with them in my desk drawer until tax time and then Ihave to figur eout what is what IMPOSSIBLE! Thank you.

Organization is a daily task! It is incredible how quickly receipts and biz cards pile up making a major mess. Thanks for a great tip!

Thanks for the tip. I will look into it. It will make things easy at tax time.

Mana, this looks like a great tool and I will check it out...thanks for the post!

This looks super neat, thanks for sharing!

I bought a reciept scanner obout 9 monthes ago and it is still in the box and my reciept basket is over flowing. Hum

Hi Mana,

This does seem like a cool tool to have, those receipt's do get faded over time. Thanks for the heads up! :)

Boy, do I NEED this! I am so guilty of tucking receipts here and there.... thanks for sharing this with us!

I've seen this at staples, but wasn't sure how it could be used with programs such as ACT. Have you tried it with outlook or act and how did it work?

This sounds like a great way to get organized. I'll have to check it out. I'm wondering how it's differet from just scanning and storing them yourself.

Thanks for sharing Mana. We have one of these at our office that we use for organizing Business cards and it's great! A big time saver for us, since we collect business cards during our classes and then give everyone a copy for networking purposes. Now we just scan them through and print out a nice organized data sheet. Love it!

Danielle Boutin

www.rapb.com

www.rapbinternational.com

Great idea. I usually stuff my receipts into a big manilla envelope. It's cheap!

That just went right ove rmy head for some reason. I can use one of those, thanks for bring it back to my attention at least.

They are awesome and also pretty handy for some quick pdf'ing of documents rather then heading for the fax machine too

Thanks for the reminder - I bought one a year ago and haven't yet taken it out of its box. By the way, you can get it for less at Office Depot if you're a RE/MAX agent and use your RE/MAX procurement number.

Missy and Joan, The site has a great demonstration on how this tool works. I only use Outlook and all the business cards are saved in a folder I have created for business cards.

Hi Mana, I love that listing you have for $3.9 Million; wow!

I am an accountant by trade, real estate agent by desire....so unfortunately for me I get too much pleasure out of stapling the receipts to the monthly VISA bill each month and logging it on my spreadsheet. Some habits are just too hard to break! :-)

What a great idea! I am not the most organized person and that will help me out a great deal. Thank you in advance!

I will look into it...sounds like a great tool. Thanks for sharing this tip with us.

How fast does it scan? I've been thinking of buying the same high speed scanner my accountant uses to scan in my tax documents. His is more expensive, but super fast. I don't have the patience for a scanner that isn't quick. Thanks.

Cindy - Holy smokes! You don't use QuickBooks?

Mana, looks like a wonderful tool. I have heard of scanning things before and there have been products that I looked at and was not impressed with, but this looks like it would work well.

I really enjoyed our time @Blogworld and getting to know you. I am already looking forward to next year:)

Now that is something I can DEFINITELY use!! thanks for the info. kM

Gail...I don't use Quickbooks, but my Excel is a workbook and has drop down boxes, figures taxes based on formula's, etc...so probably functions close to the same. Did I mention I'm old and my habits die hard???

Mana ... neat receipts sounds good and perhaps fun. But we have too many gizmos and gadgets around the office now. So I will pass ... until somebody says we cannot live without it. Best wishes. Harrison

I too am torn about this device... I use a separate ATM account for all business functions so I capture in the detail rpting MOST but not all of my expenses... I bet the expenses I miss each year would easily pay for the device in the first month or so...

Gail, Is not the fastest scanner out there, but it's not extremely slow. The size of a business card or a receipt is not as long as a whole document.

Everyone,If you decide to buy this tool, best of luck.

Thanks for the info. Always appreciated. We too have cardscan, I have to go see it this has any other features. Currently with the card scan we have been only scanning business cards. But I really need it for the receipts! my accountant would love me ~Rita

SEP

2008

Wow sounds good, but the price is a little shocking for that kind of software I think.

Thanks for sharing - it sounds like a great way to deal with my drawer of receipts!

SEP

2008

oooooOhhhhhh Mana I like this!! Seems like I saw something like this before, but I LOVE this.. you could go pretty paperless...

DO tell more about Blog World 2008!!!

Ya know, Orlando really isn't all that far! The Orlando Main Event is that Monday Tuesday & Wednesday.. followed by NAR and a ROCK ON Active Rain Party!!!

You really should fit it in, we would LOVE to meet the face and personality behind the blogger :-D

Certainly sounds like something that I will be interested in seeing! Thanks for sharing!

Hi Mana - thanks for sharing this neat little tool. I'll go check it out as I definitely could use something to help me get those kinds of things better organized than they are now.

Ann

SEP

2008

Thanks for sharing....I definitely need more organization in my life and this looks great!

Hi Mana,

I just love Neat Receipts! It is small so it travels well!

I take it on every trip, it becomes my Scanner! I scan the document and e-mail it! I no longer have to know where the Business Centers are!

I have save Transactions, time and money with Neat Receipts!

I am glad that you can appreciate it as much as I do!

Wendy Lusik -RE/MAX Island Realty- Hilton Head, SC

I've had the strangest thing happen lately. Some of my receipts have disappearing ink! Thank you for sharing!

OCT

2008

Be careful with slick cards, I don't think this machine reads those.

OCT

2008

Has any realtor used www.Shoeboxed.com for their receipts?

Its like this scanner, but they scan for you and put the data into their application. Its like having a personal assistant help you keep all your receipts and expenses organized automatically

Shoeboxed.com has a free, do it yourself account where you upload receipts yourself (can use any scanner). OR they will scan your receipts for you if you send them in using your own or their prepaid envelopes.

Jocey, I have not used Shoeboxed, but thank you for sharing the information with us.

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