Real Estate Tech Tips & Training

Evernote is a MUST have app for the IPAD and you can access it as well on your PC. Evernote can search within PDF files, and uses OCR to search text in images, just about anything you can get into Evernote from your computer, cell phone as text, or cell camera is searchable later. Below are some screen shots of Evernote APP for IPAD The screenshot above shows in my IPAD the view of all of my NOTEBOOKS When opened as the screenshot above shows you will have the list of notes in the notebook on the left side of the screen and on the right side the note itself- with the IPAD app you can add pictures directly to a note, select from camera roll, add audio and use your webcam. Check out my short youtube video on the Evernote APP for PC click on the pic below. What can you do with Evernote? 1. Email notes right out of Evernote to anyone. 2. Take photos of plats, courthouse documents, etc. and send to Evernote from the field. 3. Document new home construction progres...

Todays App of the day is something called LOGMEIN. Logmein can be downloaded from the APP store for your IPAD or IPHONE.  It will allow you FREE remote control access to your desktop/laptop computer   so you can open files, check your email, run programs and stay productive from your mobile device or any computer over the Internet. Easy to use and 100% FREE. Check out this short video here . Next Featured app = EVERNOTE Sue Real Estate Tech Tips and Training https://www.facebook.com/techtipsandtraining

The next app in our Productivity category is Google Drive. A place where you can create, share, collaborate, and keep all of your stuff. Whether you’re working with a friend on a joint research project, planning a wedding with your fiancé or tracking a budget with roommates, you can do it in Drive. You can upload and access all of your files, including videos, photos, Google Docs, PDFs and beyond.  watch this 2 minute video about it. then sign up for gmail if you don't already have a google account. Introduction to Google Drive for more information about google drive visit their blog at :  http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2012/04/introducing-google-drive-yes-really.html My next topic will be LOGMEIN look for it on Monday!! Have a great weekend.

The apps for the IPAD keep coming!!  One of the newer apps is something called - Cloudon .  This app allows you to work with Microsoft applications - Word, Excel and Powerpoint all from your IPAD and folders are saved to your dropbox account!! Now that is cool.  Check out my video below If you need help or training with your IPAD or any apps - email me at sl1586@sccoast.net. or visit me on Facebook . Have an "Appy" day!!!! Sue

If you are using your IPAD in your day to day real estate business check out this info on some of the newest and best apps for you. Do you have an IPAD?  Do you use it everyday?  Do you grab it on the way out to all appointments?  If not, Why not?  Probably you have not totally converted!!!  It does take time and discipline to learn some of the apps, but boy do they help you. If you have any questions feel free to email me at sl1586@sccoast.net ( Sue Lucas )

I have been in real estate now for over 25 years and I still use a  presentation for both Sellers and Buyers.  How those presentations are done though have changed through the years.  When I first started in real estate, I used a listing presentation book.  In this book it had my bio, my awards, etc.  printouts from the MLS of all the comparable homes. The presentations ranged from a 3 ring binder to a large portfolio. from a laptop   and now my favorite the IPAD!! I now use the IPAD for both Sellers and Buyers presentations.  It is easy to switch out data, pictures etc.  I can email the presentation afterward to the client.  I also upload the presentations to youtube as well as slideshare to share with out of state clients. What are you using for presentations?

Its a fulltime job just keeping up with all the social media sites, what to post, when to post, track your results. Now add to that VIDEO!  All the Real Estate techno agents are using video now instead of the old virtual  tour format.  Why video?  Well according to the Statistics on its page YOUTUBE has Over 800 million unique users visit YouTube each month Over 3 billion hours of video are watched each month on YouTube 72 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute 70% of YouTube traffic comes from outside the US YouTube is localized in 43 countries and across 60 languages In 2011, YouTube had more than 1 trillion views or around 140 views for every person on Earth Millions of subscriptions happen each day. Subscriptions allow you to connect with someone you're interested in — whether it's a friend, or the NBA — and keep up on their activity on the site Social 500 years of YouTube video are watched every day on Facebook, and over 700 YouTu...