Technology continues to change the way real estate transactions are done. A few years ago I started using electronic signature software for my clients. This has greatly simplified signing documents for both local clients and people from out of state. Scanners have made it easier to read real estate contracts are they are sent around [...]
Do you have old electronics sitting around in your house that you don’t know what to do with? On Saturday, October 1st, you can recycle your electronics while supporting the Brooks School PTO. Here are the details: RECYCLE DAY! SATURDAY OCTOBER 1 FROM 9-1 In the Brooks Elementary School Driveway 388 High Street, Medford, MA [...]
I love technology – I’m not afraid to admit it. Most of the time it lets me be much more efficient and do a better job selling homes for my clients. Today, though, I’m frustrated. I received a voice mail message that was totally garbled. Since my office forwarded the call to my cell phone, [...]
Have you started to notice QR codes like this one? QR stands for Quick Response. These 2 dimensional pictures are a new form of bar code which can be scanned using a cell phone and one of the many free bar code apps. QR codes bridge print advertising with mobile media and make it easy [...]
Craigs List is a great tool. I use it to help spread the word about the properties I have for sale and seminars I run. I’ve had clients use it to sell furniture they no longer need when they’re selling a home and buyers use it to get great deals on things they need for [...]
Okay, I admit it – Google has some very good products that I would have trouble giving up, but as they get bigger and bigger, I’m not sure how comfortable I am with so much of my informaiton in the hands of one company. Google has just come up with Dashboard. This new service lets [...]
I bought an HTC Hero on Friday. This is a Google phone that runs the open source Android platform. I’m a big fan of open source. I use Firefox as my browser and I built my website on WordPress. When you open up code to everyone, you get excited people sharing to make wonderful things [...]
I was very excited to be this week’s Social Media Blog Carnival judge. All in all it has been a very interesting and educational experience but I must admit that I was a bit underwhelmed by the number and quality of some of the entries. The biggest ah-ha that I had for my own blogging [...]
Do you use a Blackberry , iPhone or Treo? Send yourself a test email and then look at the bottom of the email. Every email you send from your smartphone probably says something like “Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry“. Unless Verizon or the other smartphone carriers start paying us for every email we send [...]
I was teaching a class last week for the Massachusetts Association of REALTORS. We spent the day talking about ways to do a better job marketing our listings for our clients. Although the class isn’t a technology class, many times the agents would ask me a question and I’d say “well, there’s a great website [...]
