Aug 21
Here is a listing of Real Estate software to run on your Mac:
- Agent Business Builder by Powermate – Powerful real estate CRM software
- Real Estate Ad Writing Software by Powermate – Now that all your ads are up on Realtor.com, and the public is viewing your MLS descriptions, you can write powerful descriptions and ads that sell
- REALedger by Powermate – REALedger is a comprehensive set of tools made to manage a real estate brokerage. Including Listings, Sales Tracking, Agent Tracking, Banking and Trust Account Management and standard accounting features such as Accounts Payable, Payroll, Budgeting, and General Ledger.
- PhoneValet – Let PhoneValet announce, answer, transfer & record calls, keep a searchable call history, and dial quickly and efficiently. It’s a powerful telephony suite that does all this and more, simply, intuitively and elegantly — in the spirit of the Macintosh.
- HELIOSnet – an Internet-based, sales / acquisitions and marketing management Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) that supports the international, dynamic collaboration among real estate professionals (property developers, agents / brokers, real estate investment companies) across organizational, geographical and language barriers.
- HUD-1 Forms – forms for HUD properties.
- Markler – document storage and full transaction management.
- ZIPForm – online real estate forms.
As more become available, they’ll be posted.
Feb 28
If you want to get better discounts than Apple Business can provide, buy all of your software from Amazon.com. There is no hassle about which discounts you get at what level of pricing and you get the same support from Apple. In most cases you might be able to download a trial version while waiting for the delivery of the software and then just enter in the license key if it requires one.
For instance, Apple’s Aperture cost $199 at the Apple Store online, you might be able to get a 5% discount calling Apple as a business, but Amazon has the current version for $157.49 as of today, a 21% discount. Amazon also have other avenues that might sell it even cheaper.
In these tight times any savings helps in the long run.
Dec 18
One of the more pressing needs of today’s computer user versus years ago is having more than one computer to share information with. With the internet almost everywhere and online connectivity springing up every day, it’s no longer an issue of how to share information and files with others, especially your files.
Three products help out: MobileMe (Apple’s $99/year), Dropbox (free for 2GB of storage), and Live Mesh (beta at the moment but allows 5GB of storage).
Each has their own strengths and weaknesses, so check out how they might benefit you in your particular situation.
Dec 14
Here’s MacWorld review of a great alternative to MS Office, Open Office, and not only is the software free to download and share with others, but the file format is also an ISO standard that is open to implement by other companies. Check out the WikiPedia’s article on Open Document
As a beginning business owner there is nothing like keeping your costs down during the start up phase.
Where does Open Office fit? When you do not have a lot of collaboration with others with your documents.
