There are a lot of useful FREE software applications, courses and resources available to real estate agents, real estate brokers, appraisers and mortgage brokers on the Internet. Most of the time these resources go unused because no one take the time to simply LOOK FOR THEM. Here is a list of FREEBIES that I use regularly.
(wanted to add a helpful hint: Most sites REQUIRE an email address. Rather that clutter your business email with a lot of spam mail, set up a free email account at hotmail.com , gmail.com, or any of the other 10000000 sites that allows free email accounts. This will allow you to still get the benefit of the FREE resource and not get overwhelmed with spam mail.)
FREE PDF Conversion Services for REALTORS
Need to convert a Microsoft Word or other type of document to PDF for posting on your Website? Try one of these FREE online services:
http://www.gobcl.com/ or PDF Converter.com
FREE Website Counter for REALTORS
Want a free Website counter that provides useful visitor analysis - page loads, unique visitors, first-time visitors and returning visitors? No advertising or other annoyances. This site provides graphical and detailed reports by calendar day. Easily installable. Try StatCounter's FREE Web counter! Go to http://www.freelogs.com/ where this useful code can be downloaded.
FREE Image and Photo Editing Software for REALTORS
PhotoPlus is my number one choice for photo editing software and working with bitmap images for the web, multimedia, or the printed page. Once you've got your image into PhotoPlus, you can enhance and alter its appearance with a diverse toolkit of functions and effects.
Go to www.freeserifsoftware.com/software/photoplus/default.asp to download.
FREE Photo Organizer for REALTORS
Provided by Google, Picasa is software that helps you instantly find, edit and share all the pictures on your PC. Every time you open Picasa, it automatically locates all your pictures (even ones you forgot you had) and sorts them into visual albums organized by date with folder names you will recognize.
Go to http://www.picasa.google.com/ to download.
FREE Note Organizer for REALTORS
With EverNote, all your notes are stored in one convenient place. EverNote works with all types of notes, including Text Notes, Web/HTML, Digital Ink, and many types of images. Multiple methods for finding notes: visually, by time, categories, automatic labeling and keywords. Go to http://www.everynote.com/ download.
FREE Google Software for REALTORS
A little-know secret is that Google offers a wealth of FREE software that can make your Windows desktop experience much more productive. This includes an excellent photo organizer that automatically scans your disk, finds all stored digital images, arranges them by date and displays them in small on-screen photo albums. Go to http://pack.google.com/ and see all Google is offering for FREE.
I love free and I hope you do too. Let me know if you use any of these or if you are going to start using any of these?
Daniel W. Hayes, Realtor
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