Category Archives: Gadgets

Are you a Mac user? If so, this article is for you. You have a Mac computer, probably an iPhone, and there’s a good chance that you have an iPad or plan on getting one in the near future. Now, as a REALTOR®, you’re wondering how to integrate your Apple products with a real estate CRM (Disclosure: I work for a company that sells a real estate CRM, IXACTContact). In this blog post, I’m not going to discuss the merits of a CRM or why you … Read More »

We know open houses are a fantastic place to meet with potentially extremely warm buyer leads. We know your conversion is going to suck if you don’t gather contact details and follow up. We know buyers want more info (read: data) about the property they visit in person. We know many buyers look at multiple properties in a given day. We also know that many regular folk (read: non techies) think iPad’s are “cool” to interact with. Wouldn’t it be awesome if it was drop dead … Read More »

With the holiday season quickly approaching (how is it ALREADY Thanksgiving?), tonight’s topic of conversation will be Tech Tools We Are Thankful For (thanks Jeremy). Come with your opinions as to what the best tech tools are, and what the best strategies are for utilizing those tools. Remember, tech tools are just a tool. Without a strategy? They’re all worthless. If you have questions, want to learn, or just lurk – join the conversation Monday at 6 PM PST / 9 PM EST. Remember, you can vote for future topics … Read More »

You’ve got one day left to win a 30 gigabyte SugarSync account — just sign up to receive email updates from Geek Estate. That’s all there is to it. 3 random winners will be drawn tomorrow, September 15th, 2011. Enter for your chance to win by entering your email address HERE. What are you waiting for?

A gentle reminder that you have ONLY 8 days left to qualify for the 30 gigabyte SugarSync giveaway we’re running right now. Each free account is valued at $49.99 over the course of the next 12 months. Not convinced of the value? Here are a few stories from those using the service. Simply sign up for updates from Geek Estate using the form below and we’ll randomly choose 3 names from the list on September 15th. Further details can be found HERE. Good luck!! #af-form-90799181 … Read More »

We have a giveaway for 3 lucky Geek Estate Readers — a FREE 30 Gigabyte SugarSync account. For those of you who aren’t familiar with SugarSync, it’s your personal cloud to back up all your music, photos, documents, and videos across all your various devices. No more migrating files from you desktop to your laptop to your wife’s laptop to your mobile device. If you’re looking for information on the cloud for real estate agents, here are additional details. Each free account is valued at … Read More »

Mobile marketing for real estate is so in your face right now that it can’t be ignored any longer. The options available for you to create and tailor your mobile application are so plentiful that you could literally have one ready within an hour of reading this. I want to talk about two aspects – getting up and running and then the marketing benefits from all of these efforts. The mobile market is absolutely massive and it continues to grow so hopefully this gets you … Read More »

Ok, THIS might be what triggers me to buy an iPad. Being able to turn an iPad into a second monitor for my MacBook Air would be amazing. [via AgentGenius]

Here’s a tweet by Brian Dittmer that I wanted to extend to the Geek Estate audience for further feedback: what features would your ultimate #realestate app have? #retechchat What do you think? What is the killer real estate app and what features does it need to include? Does the app already exist in some form? What are your favorite real estate apps already available?

It seems everywhere I go people are talking about QR codes. When it comes to QR codes, where is the data that supports the hype? Here’s a comment by Chris Dowell on the Mobile Marketing post which is quite telling if you ask me: I have been using QR codes for 9 months. After spending lots of time promoting my QR Code I would like to share all of the prospects I have received with this new technology. Whoops, there is nothing to share. Yep, after … Read More »