What computer should I buy?
A good explanation of how to know what computer tiuy if you are a real estate agent.
Information on where to buy things
PDF Creation for Free!
It’s 10 PM at night and you need to get a document that’s on your computer to your client. Unfortunately, the client does not have the software on her computer that she needs in order to open the document. And you don’t have the software that you need to convert the document to PDF (Portable…
Presto delivers the goods!
So, I had a problem. My 84 year old father lives in the heart of Appalachia in the little town of Whitley City, Kentucky. I live in Danville, California, nearly 2800 miles apart. Mail service between the two areas can take up to a week, and fax services tie up phone lines for lengthy periods…
Make a call? Pay a fine!
That’s how it could be for YOU on or after July 1st of 2008, roughly 90 days from now, when California’s new law takes effect that prohibits using a hand held phone while driving. And if you are under 18, even using a hands free phone is prohibited. (Click here for a FAQ by the…
More on the iPhone and Exchange nuptials…
As a follow up to my earlier post about the iPhone, I want to share some of the details of Apple’s announcement regarding the iPhone and its ability to access the Microsoft Exchange server. (Watch the video here…requires QuickTime) During a big event on Thursday, March 6th, Apple announced that is was making the iPhone…
iPhone and Exchange to get cozy
According to a blog post today by Tom Yager at Infoworld, Apple has licensed ActiveSync from Microsoft and will build push e-mail, calendar, contacts, and global address lists in the next release of iPhone software. What this means for real estate agents working for companies with Exchange servers is that you will be able to…
Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the fairest (cell phone) of them all?
I’d like to talk about something that is near and dear to all of our hearts…the cell phone. I can’t imagine a tool more essential to today’s real estate agent than the cell phone. Our cell phones allow us to have true mobility and yet still be able to stay in touch with our clients…
Powerful, Personal, Portable Printing
You may have noticed that my last few posts have been on topics that lend themselves to working away from the office. If you did notice that, congratulations to you! Because, that’s exactly what the focus of these posts have been. There are a few other areas to explore in order to have you set…
The end of fax as we know it?
Last time around I spoke of using an online fax service and extolled the virtues of leaving your fax machine in the dust. But, as I ended up, I told you that in order to use such a service that you would somehow have to get the document to be faxed onto your had drive. …
It was the best of fax, it was the worst of fax! (with apologies to Charles Dickens)
One of the most helpful tools in our business has been the fax machine. Next to the telephone, this has probably been the single biggest productivity tool that we have used in the past 20 years. I don’t need to belabor all the ways that faxing has benefited us and the way that we do…
