Technology for Real Estate Professionals Blog

Modern megapixel digital cameras provide high quality JPeg photos for flyers and newsletters. Unfortunately high quality also means unnecessarily large file sizes that force real estate professionals to transport their flyers and newsletters to print shops (or title companies) on CD-Rom rather th...

Microsoft Excel is a useful program for making sales charts, closing cost estimates, loan calculators, expense reports, and commission reports. You don't have to create all of these spreadsheets from scratch and you don't need to pay for templates from third party providers because Microsoft prov...

Microsoft Publisher is a useful program for making listing flyers, newsletters, and other marketing materials. You don't have to create your marketing materials from scratch and you don't need to pay for templates from third party providers because Microsoft provides dozens of FREE templates on t...

I've been posting to ActiveRain for a few days.  Already I'm watching my ranking and tracking my stats.  Given a choice between the two, I'd rather have more readers than a higher ranking because my writing is only of value if it is read and considered valuable by others.  Ranking really doesn't ...

I suspect many agents who joined the real estate industry over the past three years are now thinking that they got involved at the wrong time. Interest rates have gone up and the he number of transactions has dropped to half of what it was in 2004. But, there is no wrong time to be in the real es...

When I talk to real estate agents, they want to know how they can meet more clients. When I talk to mortgage brokers, they want to know how they can meet more real estate agents. The answer for mortgage brokers is to help agents get what they want: More clients. The answer for real estate agents ...

"How's the market?" If we're lucky, that's the question we'll be asked over the next couple of months as we gather with friends and family, rather than more challenging questions like "Isn't this a bad time to buy?" How are we going to respond to these sorts of questions? I've got some selling po...

During my time as WINForms® Coordinator for the Santa Clara County Association of REALTORS®, it was my responsibility to answer WINForms® questions from members.Here are answers to three of the most common types of questions I received.Q: I recently moved to a new office, but my old office inform...

WINForms® is California Association of REALTORS® contracts on computer. WINForms® is provided as a C.A.R. member benefit, meaning members do not have to pay extra to use WINForms®.WINForms® is available in desktop and online versions. The desktop version is ideal for users working on a dedicated ...

Welcome to the Technology for Real Estate Professionals Blog at ActiveRain!This blog will show real estate professionals how they can use new technology to save money, save time, reduce the possibility of mistakes, look more professional, and generate more business. If a new technology doesn't sa...