Smartphones-How They Can Make the Life of a REALTOR® Easier

To my fellow REALTORS® here is an article I wrote for the Nevada Association of  REALTORS® a few months back! Enjoy!

Me and My Beloved iPhone on a bridge by turn 1

My husband and I are huge open wheel racing fans. This year, the Izod Indycar Series was set to race in the streets of Long Beach on April 18, 2010. With the Homebuyer deadline coming to a close, I had some clients who would definitely notice my absence. Although I usually would make this a vacation type weekend, I quickly decided it would be a working weekend. As I went through the motions of my weekend, I realized how truly amazing it is that I can do all this work, including writing my article for the NVAR Technology Committee on my little iPhone. Below is the blog post I worked on in the grandstands…enjoy and I hope it helps!  

As I write this article with my thumbs on my iPhone, I am in Long Beach, California, sitting at what I believe is the best place to watch a race, waiting for the Long Beach Gran Prix to begin. Isn’t that amazing? So this race weekend, with my little smart phone, I’ve been able to:  

• Keep in touch with existing, potential clients as well as family members via e-mail or text.
• Make appointments for when I get back.
• Organize my schedule with the calendar feature on my phone
• Check my e-mail and submitting highest and best offers to listing agents.
• Look up homes for sale in the area with the new REALTOR.com iPhone App

 　Here are a few other things you can do with a smartphone that I didn’t do at the race.  

In general:  

• Download and listen to Real estate, sales, and productivity podcasts.
• Create blog posts.
• Get caught up on the news.
• Posting status updates on social media outlets such as Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.
• Using the LinkedIn App to professionally network such as looking up asset managers at a bank and such.
• Tracking your mileage and deductions.
• Blackberry users: When scheduling showings online, there is a feature confirming the showing in text form.
• Watch Videos on YouTube.
• Listen to music or play open house music on Pandora.
• Take and send photos.

 Perks from the local associations:  

• Look up lock box codes on the spot on mlxwireless.com

Oh…newsflash! I have been notified by our NVAR Technology Committee chairman, Mike Pristow, that I can also make calls with my smartphone. Ingenious! So there you have it folks! A smartphone is not only a good investment, it is a great asset to a REALTOR®!   

You can voice comments & questions about this article at www.arleneskinner.com. I look forward to hearing from you! Thanks for reading! 

 Arlene 

Any other ways your smartphone makes your life easier? Leave me a comment!! 

    

 

 

  

 

 

Arlene in an Indy car at the Long Beach Grand Prix!

Going to my first "TweetBash"

So tonight, I’m going to my first ”tweetbash” ever.   It’s very exciting.  I’m really interested in seeing the different types of people an event like this will attract.  It will be at Lavo at Palazzo tonight from 10pm – 2am.   The event is one of the “tweet ups” lined up for Blogworld ’09 a trade show and expo for bloggers, by bloggers.  It is amazing how blogging has gotten so huge that it requires its own trade show.

Anyhow, here are a few things I wanna accomplish,

• Get a few free Vodka drinks in me
• See another great Vegas Strip Venue
• Meet a few new people who I can bump into at the New Media Expo on Saturday.
• Learn how to be a better blogger.

Hope to see you tonight!  If you are coming, leave a comment and hopefully we can “tweet up” @ Lavo!

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