Real Estate Gone Paperless – Tips to Save You Time!!

The idea of going paperless, whether your office or you are looking to do this, may seem like a monumental task. The shining light at the end of the tunnel is that technology has eased the pain and by using your iPad and the right apps you can significantly reduce the overall amount of paper you are using, also increasing the speed at which you work. 

2014 has been a big year for technology and the real estate industry: 

·        We began the year with a change to legislation that has led to real estate sales professionals being able to sign real estate documents electronically. This includes listing agreements, representation agreements, purchase and sale agreements and more… This set the stage for you to cut back on the paper and do more digitally. 

·        Real estate sales professionals like John Ross Parks who successfully went paperless, began releasing short videos talking about how one can practically and realistically go paperless. This short video looks at some popular apps that you can use for cloud based storage, organization etc.: http://youtu.be/hLsv74ry7xU. 

·        Blogs began popping up all over Google about the best apps to use to achieve the goal of going paperless.

·        Real estate specific apps like ViMO emerged offering real estate sales professionals the ability to sign documents electronically from an iPad and a host of other capabilities.

In one short year, an interesting number of apps have emerged to facilitate one’s ability to go paperless in the real estate industry. All of a sudden, our tablet dashboards are cluttering up with app icons to perform different functions. 

 

The next natural progression in the app boom, and in the fight to go paperless, is that real estate sales professionals are becoming more informed and choosing apps, even premium paid apps, which do more, thus reducing the number of apps they are using.

So what should a paperless real estate sales professional look for in a comprehensive mobile app?

Here is the short list that we looked at when developing ViMO:  

·        Post and promote listings

·        View listings

·        Research properties – sales comparables, sales history, generate aerial and street view imagery

·        Research neighbourhoods – sales comparables, demographics, generate aerial and street view imagery

·        Sign forms electronically

·        Transmit communications, listings, requests and documents between other real estate sales professionals and other partners

 

Real estate sales professionals told us that they were looking for the ability to do more on the go and we listened!

ViMO is an example of a mobile app that could replace a handful of mobile apps for real estate offering all of the tools that you need on the go in one central place.

If you would like more info on ViMO please call us today at 1 855 999-8466.

Watch the full John Ross Parks Video here