"Must Have" Tools for Real Estate Professionals

It's 2015--time to start using all the great technology available to you! A good program needs to be time saving, reliable, secure, and helpful. There are thousands of apps and programs to choose from, so we've decided to do some of the work for you. We've highlighted a few helpful real estate tools to utilize in your day to day.

So how do you decide which tool to use? Not everything is going to work well with real estate. For one, your phone (if you have a smartphone) is going to be a huge tool for you. You can access email, social media, and thousands of apps amid a great deal of other built-in programs. If you don't have a smartphone, it's time to upgrade! Most phone carriers have some pretty good smartphones you can get for free when you sign a two-year contract.

Here are our "must haves" for real estate professionals:

BombBomb

BombBomb is a great addition to any email. It allows you to record video messages. We like this tool for several reasons:

• Relatability: become a face people know and trust.
• Ease of use: It's pretty user friendly. You also don't have to worry about spelling since it's a recording.
• Lists, emails, forms, and drips add to the usefulness of this email system.

Doorsteps

Doorsteps is a cool program. It basically teaches your clients the step-by-step process of what happens in a real estate sale. This is a good way to help your homebuyers feel more comfortable with the stages of buying a home. Generally speaking, people tend to go forward with things that they understand and feel familiar with.

HelloSign

Going green is very popular nowadays. Using HelloSign not only helps save the environment, it reduces the amount of paperwork you have to carry around. It's a quick and easy way to get those important signatures in a timely manner. They even have a phone app.

Join.me

Join.me is something that we use often. It's quick, easy and works well. This is helpful when you are wanting to share a presentation, picture, or anything on your screen.

1. Send a link.
2. The other person signs in.
3. They can see everything on your screen.

Meetings can happen even when you aren't there in person.

DocScan

Ever want to have an electronic copy of a picture or document? DocScan is designed to convert that handy sheet of paper, receipt, white board drawing, etc. into a PDF or image. This is helpful on so many levels.

Showing Suite

We'd be remiss if we didn't mention Showing Suite. It really is a superb real estate tool.

• FREE apps.
• MLS integration for automatic syncing with your listings.
• Showing Robot provides automated showing scheduling.
• Homefeedback gives you feedback on your listings that help land those home sales.
• Showing Note allows you to take pictures and notes at a showing and share them with others.
• There are even more features, too, that are specifically designed for real estate professionals. Take a look here.

To view the original article, visit the Showing Suite blog.