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Ever heard the saying, "The best defense is a good offense"?  One of the biggest advantages my company has is that we have the opportunity to process transactions for Realtors from many different companies, geographical areas, and backgrounds.  When you close over 400 transactions a year, you get...
05/27/2007
VREO Teleconference:Cutting your costs with mobile and paperless technologiesDuring this informative, mind-opening seminar, you'll learn how to radically cut your costs and increase your productivity. Replacing bricks, mortar and paper with simple proven technologies. Don't miss out! Speakers: Jo...
05/27/2007
Be aware that the current email program in SureClose does not have a function that enables recipients to see other parties copied on the email.  All is not lost though, there are two ways that we work around this minor inconvenience.  You can address the greeting to all parties copied.  In some c...
05/27/2007
Make sure that you never use a symbol in the name of a new contact when adding them to a file.  For example: John & Mary Smith.  If you intend to invite this contact to log in to the transaction, then you MUST enter them as John and Mary Smith.  When assigning a user name for a party, SureClose w...
05/26/2007
Statistics show that the average working woman speaks approximately 20,000 words per day(men 7,000).  The words that you use to fill this "quota" can make or break the perception that others will have of you.  I have read a few quality posts on here that discuss the real estate terminology that w...
05/24/2007
I just read Edith Wharton's great post:  http://activerain.com/blogsview/106677/FINAL-WALK-THROUGH-WHAT.  This had great information in it and it reminded me of a good real estate "war story" about the importance of correct timing on final walk throughs.  We always encourage our agents and their ...
05/24/2007
I used to be wracked with guilt every time I took a phone call from a client in the evenings.  My husband and kids would all roll their eyes in unison.  I used to dread turning the corner on my street every time I got stuck at the office working late.  Coming into the house would be like facing a...
05/23/2007
I had something happen recently that really surprised me.  We had been processing a transaction for one of the best and brightest agents we work with.  She has 20+ years of experience and is one agent that takes compliance very seriously.  She was representing the buyer in the transaction.  The s...
05/21/2007
Did you know that every single task and every single documents has its own history record within SureClose?  The history icon is in the upper right hand corner (next to the delete icon).  It looks like a little clock with an arrow pointing backwards and down.  For documentation purposes within yo...
05/16/2007
One of the most valuable discoveries that we have implemented in our business is the use of instant message.  We used to have a strict policy in our office that IM was not allowed.  We thought that if someone in the office was using instant messenger they must be chatting with their buddies and n...
05/13/2007
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