We are having a power outage for the second day in a row. It seems like PG&E cannot get it’s act together in fixing this one. A little while back they tore up some roads nearby and and told us that after they were done we would have fewer and less severe outages. Right! Last…
If you are a REALTOR® then you are entitled to make use of the many member benefits of membership. Some of these benefits come from your local Association, some from the Sate Association and some from the National association itself. One NAR benefit that I recently leaned about is http://www.repurposedapps.com a website that features apps…
I am often asked “what ______ should I buy?” (Fill in the blank!) While I appreciate the vote of confidence that the person asking the question has in my opinions, it does put me on the spot. Many times I haven’t been keeping up with the gear i’m being asked about and because of that…
I ran across a cool iPad app the other day and the more I work with it the more I like it. This could be the perfect app to tell your clients about because it will let them visualize, on an iPad, what their living space could look like, or even better, I think it…
If you are one of the many California REALTORS® who use zipForms 6 Professional to create contracts, then you are probably at the end of your rope when it comes to the nearly incessant Java updates of the past few months. If you are a Mac user you have discovered that Apple shuts off the…
If you are fortunate enough to own an iPhone then you know that the App Store has thousands upon thousands of games that you can load onto your i device. Some are free and some are not. Some are educational but most are just a way to pass some time. Today I’d like to tell…
Back in November 2011 I lambasted zipLogix (Maker of zipForms6) and Docusign for not having a solution for iPads that seamlessly integrated the two services. (You can read it here if you wish: https://realtytechbytes.com/shame-on-ziplogix-and-docusign) Recently I revisited creating contracts on the iPad since I was prompted to renew my annual subscription to the zipForms6 mobile…
Do I Really Need A Mobile Website? The latest stats are truly staggering. According to CBS news, there are more than 5 Billion cell phones in use worldwide, and about one billion of these are capable of connecting to the internet. In fact, there are more internet-connected mobile devices than there are desktop and laptops…
One of the ways that we, as real estate professionals, can distinguish ourselves from the thousands of others in our market are is by having great knowledge of our area. For us, knowing about housing prices, what’s available and what has sold is easily accomplished through the MLS. Sad to say, it’s also available to…
By now I am sure that you have a Facebook personal account. And, if you are serious about using the social networking giant in your business you also have at least one Facebook business page. Having a business page is no guarantee that you will get any business or leads though. You need to have…
