You’re listening to the Real Deep Dive Podcast With Kara Macdonald Episode 010, brought to you by Pruitt Title!

We’re excited to announce an upcoming event for Real Estate Agents in the DC area called REBAR Camp Nova. Join us on Thursday, September 20, 2018 from 9:30 AM – 4:30 PM EDT for a very informal and very free technology conference. Mark your calendar!

Location of REBAR Camp NOVA:
Workhouse Arts Center
9518 Workhouse Road
Lorton, VA 22079

Today we are diving deep into apps with Kristy Hairston, Real Estate Agent and Trainer. Kristy is an expert on time saving and cost-effective apps that help agents. We are so excited to share our discussion with you today!

Folio is a great app to manage transactions and reminders, especially for your buyers.

G-Board is a keyboard app for iPhone users that lets you swipe instead of type (a feature that android users already have) and gives you options for sending someone google maps and send a gift or pay someone right from the text composition platform.

Boomerang lets you manage your e-mail communication in several ways. You can schedule e-mails to go out at a certain time. Kristy uses this when she is writing emails late at night, but she doesn’t want them to go out until the morning. If you send a message to someone and they don’t open it within a certain amount of time, Boomerang will move that message back up to the top of their inbox until they open it and it will notify you all along the way. This was a game changer when we were in a short sale market, but even now it’s super helpful.

For lead generation two great apps are Five Street is a great app to manage transactions and reminders, especially for your buyers. 5 Street and Open Home Pro.

Canva lets you create flyers, post cards, presentations and signatures. There are great templates and you can use either the desktop or app version.

Hootsuite and Buffer are just amazing for scheduling social media posts. You should still log in daily and engage, but batching the posts is a game changer!

Did you know that this app will you can take a picture of a house key and make it for you?

Another great app for buyers is Centriq. It sends push notifications and reminders for the home buying process so your clients can stay organized and you don’t need to hire an assistant to do it!

If you would like to create some beautiful photos of a staged home, but your seller cannot afford to actually stage their space you should use Box Brownie.

Feel free to reach out to Kristy Hairston to learn more about apps that can save you time and money as a real estate agent! Kristy can be reached at: kristyhairston@gmail.com

Thanks for listening to our show today brought to you by Pruitt Title, licensed in Maryland, DC and Virginia to handle Real Estate Settlements and REBAR Camp Nova.

Kara Macdonald is Your Favorite Title Lady and you can reach Kara via e-mail at: kara@yourfavoritetitlelady.com or by phone at: 571.432.9382. She’s also on SnapChat as: favtitlelady. Look for her video blogs and amazing goal setting content.

Have a great day and we’ll see you next time in Episode 011!