Best Tech Tools for Real Estate Agents
When it feels like tech tools pop up by the minute, it can be intimidating to even “go down that route” when thinking about how you can further your business. The good news? Tech tools can save you some serious time and allow you to do functions of your business that you would have never guessed you could do on your own. Sometimes it can feel l like the hardest part is simply sifting through them, which is why we threw together some of our favorite recommendations below:
For Design Needs: Canva
Wish you could make your own marketing and sales materials look good without hiring a graphic designer? Turns out, you can! Canva is an incredible online tool that between template options and drag and drop features, you are just a few clicks away from customizing professional brochures, social media graphics, andreally, anything else you need!
Alternatives: Prezi (Most helpful for presentations)
For Email Marketing: Mailchimp
Want to send professional, eye-catching emails without diving into coding, designing and the other daunting tasks that go into full blown email marketing? Then Mailchimp will be a good friend of yours! With simple templates, and email lists - sending a mass email to your leads has never been easier. The best part? Free for up to 2,000 subscribers!
For Social Media Scheduling: Buffer
Save yourself time, hassle, and frankly - brainspace, by scheduling all your social media out ahead of time. Buffer is a favorite for being able to do just that. With an incredibly simple interface, and options for automated scheduling - simply load in what you want to schedule across your platforms and go! For those that want to dive in deeper, there are options for analytics, as well. Plans start at just $15/month.
Alternatives: Hootsuite & Sprout Social
For Scheduling: Calendly
Before emailing someone back one more time to go over schedules for a meeting, please, do yourself a favor and get a scheduling link! By signing up on a platform like Calendly, you can send a link where someone can pick a time to put on your calendar based off of your availability that your calendar is showing. It’s simple, yet genius. Calendly offers a free plan for basic features, as well as a free 14-day trial to try out all the bells and whistles.
Alternatives: ScheduleOnce & MixMax
For Getting Organized: Trello
Ever feel like you need a list of your to-do lists? Well, that is essentially what Trello is. Think of Trello as an online, flexible hybrid of post-its and to-do lists. It’s incredibly simple, yet so effective. You can divide your properties up, your lists of leads - the options are endless. The visual, and all inclusive lists however, will for sure allow for putting more order to the chaos that is being a real estate agent.
Alternative: EverNote
For Getting Around: Waze
The classic joke of real estate agents living out of their car is only funny when you aren’t constantly stuck in traffic. Even if you know where you are going, open up the free Waze app to see if there are any hold ups, what routes are best, and even when makes most sense to leave. No sense in jumping in your car just to be in it longer!
For Networking: BiggerPockets
Look for people looking for agents! While this networking app may be geared more towards investment real estate opportunities - BiggerPockets is taking the industry by storm and it’s worth signing up to see who is in need of an agent in your area.
For Video Needs: BombBomb
We know, we know - everyone is talking about video, and for most of us, it’s the last thing we want to add to the mix. However, BombBomb is an amazing place to start in a one-on-one way. Instead of simply typing out an email to send to a potential client with questions - spend two minutes (likely less than a traditional email) answering the questions and shoot over the video via email!