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Can you find your desk

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Real Estate Broker/Owner with Hamm Homes

I use to have a problem with this but someone that I office with change a couple of things with how I do think.  Now grant it I have three desk in my office and I use all three of them, one is my computer desk and main desk, another is my out going mail desk that I or someone else uses for keeping my mailers organize and on time to be be mailed out.  The third desk is keeping my buyers files in front of me to keep them at the top of the mind to find them there home.

Yes I have incoming stuff coming in everyday and to keep things  I have a 1-2-3 desk system now that works.  Incoming stuff goes either in the trash, information and keeper is read it and file it if it needs keeping, and action items goes in top file storage in files and of course I use Melissa Zavala book daily, The Essential Daily Planner for Real Estate Agents.  -Success in 10 minutes a day.

  I use to be like this!

What System do you use?

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Joan Cox
House to Home, Inc. - Denver Real Estate - 720-231-6373 - Denver, CO
Denver Real Estate - Selling One Home at a Time

Will, as you know, I am very organized, and have 3 piles on one desk and file folders in a rack on my bookshelf next to me.    I am working on the rest of my newsletters right now, so have some envelopes ready, but otherwise pretty clean.

Nov 15, 2024 09:07 AM
Nina Hollander, Broker
Coldwell Banker Realty - Charlotte, NC
Your Greater Charlotte Real Estate Broker

I have no system. I just do what needs to be done day by day.

Nov 15, 2024 10:35 AM
Roy Kelley
Retired - Gaithersburg, MD

I usually have a messy desk. Most of the stuff on my desk should be in files.

Nov 15, 2024 11:47 AM
George Souto
George Souto NMLS #65149 - Middletown, CT
Your Connecticut Mortgage Expert

Will Hamm I have 2 desks.  One at my office and another at home.  Both of them are close to me taking a shovel to them.  🤣

Nov 15, 2024 01:29 PM
Kathy Streib
Cypress, TX
Retired Home Stager/Redesign

Hi Will- I like order but my desk lately has been messy! This is why I hate paper. 

Nov 15, 2024 06:59 PM
Kat Palmiotti
eXp Commercial, Referral Divison - Kalispell, MT
Helping your Montana dreams take root

I'm glad you have a system that works for you! I used to keep my customer files on a pile until they were closed out and then I put them in a file drawer. But I only have one desk and it has minimal drawer space so most of my stuff that I keep goes in a separate cabinet.

Nov 16, 2024 03:31 AM
Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
Pasadena And Southern California 818.516.4393

Hello Will - your post makes me think of those who say they can thrive in the chaos of a messy, unorganized desk.  I can recall past experiences of seeing such things.  In and away from real estate.  Life is interesting. . .  

Nov 16, 2024 04:03 AM