
Next up on my iPad apps for REALTORS® list is SignMyPad. This app allows real estate agents to capture signatures directly on the iPad. Since screenshots don’t do this app justice, I put together this video demonstration. I know some real estate agents may prefer to offer their clients a stylus to sign their iPad…

This Friday we’re continuing our real estate technology training with a lunch and learn about Twitter and Hootsuite. You’ve probably heard of twitter, but you may not know about tools available that make it easier to stay up to date with your social networking sphere. Cue the class on hootsuite. Twitter basics: Vocabulary Completing your…

I attended a great iPad class this week at Buy and Sell Smart taught by Desiree Montgomery. She did an awesome job of breaking down the differences between the iPad and the iPad2, showcasing a plethora of accessories, and highlighting different iPad apps for REALTORS®. The class was recommended to me by Surprise real estate…

Welcome to the next episode of our Property Management articles! Today we’re talking about getting money in and out of the John Hall & Associates trust account. To do this, we use 8.5 x 11 deposit/withdrawal slips aka Trust Account Breakdown Sheets. Trust Account Breakdown Broken Down Our breakdown sheets have 4 main sections; Identification,…

Hot off the presses…all the way from MARS!! Here’s the update we’ve all been waiting for…or not? From: K. Michelle Lind, Esq. General Counsel/Asst. CEO ARIZONA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® It appears that we made the right call regarding advising our members to continue to comply with the MARS Rules. Below is an email that I…
Thank you to all who voted for the in-house ARMLS training in May. It was a good race, but Flexmls Auto-Emails and Portals won! The last couple of months we’ve been lucky enough to have ARMLS trainers come to our real estate offices. In March we started the in-house ARMLS training series with flexmls tips…

Social networking or social media marketing remains a hot topic in the real estate industry. The belle of the ball is Facebook. It has over 600 million users world wide and experts believe 1 billion is right around the corner. Twitter, that whimsical little site with tweets, tweeps and twits is nearing 200 million users. …

After we posted some of the videos from the real estate team building seminar with Russell Shaw, the questions about team structure at our Arizona real estate agency started rolling in. That’s why Marge Lindsay put together this team structure guide to help answer your questions. We have several “real estate teams” set up within…

Jim Sexton uses the Cromford Report every week at the John Hall & Associates broker meetings. Learn how you can find and share the relevant statistics with your clients to paint an accurate picture of the local real estate market. ARMLS trainers in our house on Thursdays! Come to the Scottsdale office on Thursday from…

I can admit it. I am frequently stumped by real estate agent’s technology questions. Sometimes I feel my job is to direct agents to the proper source, rather than being the source. Mike Tetreault (REALTOR® in Chandler, AZ) called me up the other day and asked about cleaning out the dropdown choices within zipForm 6….