I attended the Inman Connect conference in San Francisco this week and, contrary to my expectations, I came away with some great ideas. I also heard some unforgettable lines by some of the speakers. One of my favorite lines was “My favorite four letter word is FREE”.

I like free, you like free, everyone likes free. But many times free things can be substandard. That’s often the case when you are looking for free things that can help your business. But, sometimes there is a gem in the “FREE” jungle…

A few months ago I ran across Canva, which is a free web application that anyone can use to design and publish beautiful graphics. I had intended to tell you about it back then because I thought that it would be a great tool for you to use when you need some custom imagery and didn’t have the time (or the money) to have it created for you.

The premise is that they give you starter designs in a wide variety of choices, and you get to make the changes to make the design uniquely your own.

I’m glad that I wasn’t able to tell you about it back then, because i learned today that they just released 29 real estate specific flyer designs! You start with their design, add your images and your text and in minutes you have a very cool looking flyer that looks like it was done by a professional graphics artist. No one has to know that you did it yourself.

Rather than go on and on about it, why not take a few minutes to pop over to https://www.canva.com/ an have a look? You may be pleasantly surprised by what you are able to create!