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20 Best Apps For Real Estate Agents In 2022

Wade Webb on March 2, 2022

Being a realtor in today’s day and age is no easy feat. You’re facing massive competition across the marketplace, no matter where you’re located. That’s why using apps in your real estate business is important. The right software can simplify, automate, and speed up your processes. Whether you need to find new clients, maintain relationships, or view properties more effectively, consider these 20 excellent apps for real estate in 2022:

1. Right Inbox

When you can’t meet your clients in person, using email is the next best thing. You can bypass social media and communicate directly with a single client or a list of clients via email. Right Inbox is an app that helps you optimize your email outreach and nurture relationships.

With Right Inbox, realtors can schedule messages and send the latter at specific times. You can also set reminders for yourself to follow up with potential sellers or buyers. Keeping your pipeline full is key for realtors, and Right Inbox is the best app to stay on top of your communications no matter how many contacts you have.

Key Features:

Email tracking to see if clients/ prospects are opening your emails.
Email reminders to follow up at a certain time.
Private notes to turn Gmail into its own CRM
One-click email templates to increase sales
Signatures to maintain a professional appearance
Recurring emails to save tome
GIFs in emails

Pricing: $5.95 a month

Check out this piece we wrote on how realtors could use Right Inbox to their advantage.

2. PropertyBase

Propertybase is a great app for real estate agents in 2022. It helps realtors and brokerage teams modernize their approach to customer management. The truth is that face-to-face communication is less feasible than before the pandemic.

An all-in-one CRM, Propertybase is built on Salesforce — integrating IDX lead generation sites and MLS without a hitch. This allows realtors to stay connected with leads digitally, without switching back and forth between various applications.

Key Features:

Mobile and web app
Pipeline tracking
Dialer
Call logging
Text messaging
Drip campaigns

Pricing: Custom pricing

3. Zillow Premier Agent

Zillow Premier Agent is an essential app for real estate agents if you use Zillow for listings. It provides a comprehensive CRM in which you can import leads from various sources such as Gmail, Realtor.com, and BoomTown.

Within the app, you can also sign up for My Agent, a program that only shows your leads properties in which you are the buyer’s agent. In addition, you can see what your leads are looking for on a granular level.

Key Features:

My Agent
Tasks
Reminders
Text messaging
Emails
Lead sorting and assignment

Pricing: Free

4. MagicPlan

Before a client purchases a home, they must be able to visualize themselves and their families living in it. Of course, this is easier said than done if you are not showing the property in person — an increasingly common situation in 2022 due to COVID-19.

MagicPlan is a useful real estate app because it provides your buyers with fast answers before a construction or inspection professional can weigh in. Show your buyers floor plans, high quality images, and a well-organized list of renovations for any property.

Key Features:

New floor layouts
Renovation pricing
Room scanning for instant floor plans
3D tours

Pricing: $10 to $100 / month

5. Connecteam

Connecteam is another real agent app making the list. It is known as a digital briefcase because it gives realtors everything they need without actual paper. It is a mobile-first solution, made especially for employees out in the field.

By using Connecteam, agents can manage their property listings, schedules, customer interactions, paperwork, and more on the run. It also helps you sign the agreements in real time to close buyers and sellers and ensure your commission is on the way.

Key Features:

Social feed
Price quotes
Customer reviews
Onboarding
Searchable library
Work contact consolidation

Pricing: $39 a month for 50 users

6. Contactually

If you want to keep up with current or past customers, it can be challenging as a real estate agent. That’s why having a CRM like Contactually is so helpful. With this app, you can make all of your contacts centralized, keeping information about them in the same place.

With Contactually, real estate agents spend less time on minutiae and more time doing what really creates revenue. Use targeted automation and messaging to build your client base and keep relationships strong.

Key Features:

Contact management
Interaction tracking
Client matching
Property matching
Campaign management

Pricing: $59 per month per user

7. Bubble Level App

Bubble Level App, also known as Spirit Level, is a particularly unique realtor app. And it happens to be free. If you’re an agent that loves to show prewar listings that need some renovations, then you’re in luck.

With Bubble Level, you can get a quick reading of projects that need to be done, such as a door frame or crooked floor. This app is built-in to iOS phones and tablets. However on Android, you’ll need to download the separate app.

Key Features:

Native functionality on iOS
Camera-enabled measurements and level functions
Screenshot enabled to send to potential buyers

Pricing: Free

8. Lab Coats Agents (LCA) Marketing Center App

The LCA Marketing Center app is created specifically to help real estate agents be more effective on social media. The easy-to-use application allows realtors to craft beautiful looking content for social media.

Whether you are sitting in a coffee shop, at home, or taking a quick break between showings, you can log into LCA Marketing Center to quickly create posts and other marketing assets and keep your name in front of your market.

Key Features:

Social media content
Flyers
Door hangers
Business Cards
Fast Editing

Pricing: $59 / month

9. Canva

It’s difficult to get ahead in the real estate world today. Everyone is pressed for time. Finding presale and other properties without seeing them firsthand is a big challenge, for instance. That’s why Canva can be so essential.

You can create beautiful, remote presentations for your clientele. You can show them leaflets, business cards, charts, or powerpoint slides made with Canva. And it doesn’t require any kind of special design skills.

Key Features:

Easy to use
Logo maker
Presentation templates
Hundreds of font and design options

Pricing: $10 / month

10. Dotloop

There is a reason real estate agents get paid such a great commission for getting a deal done. Tons of paperwork needs to be completed before the transaction is complete. The old way of doing this requires tons of physical documents and time.

However, using Dotloop, you can sign paperwork, send it, and get everyone on the same page digitally. It has a mobile platform too so you’re not limited to getting it done in the office.

Key Features:

Compliance
E-sign technology
Create forms

Pricing: $29 / month

11. BombBomb

You need to be able to leverage as many channels as possible in order to get through to new clients. BombBomb is one of the more popular realtor apps in 2022 for this reason. It helps you build your relationships using email, text, or social media.

You can also send out personalized video messages. These can then be used in your emails to foster more strong connections with potential buyers and sellers.

Key Features:

Video messages
Analytics
Message Tracking
Integrations

Pricing: $49 per month per team

12. FreshDesk

Clients today have a lot more expectations than they used to. The ability to instantly send messages means they want faster response times, and usually that means instantly.

One way to meet their needs is using FreshDesk. It is a customer service app providing live chat. You can answer requests right in the moment, improving your chances of converting them to customers.

Key Features:

One inbox
Chat live
Scheduled messages

Pricing: $15 / month

13. CINC

CINC is a new real estate app that you should look into. It helps you keep an eye on incoming leads and get them on the phone to qualify them quickly.

You can use CINC for text, email, and more, increasing your inbound lead conversion rates to find new buyers and sellers.

Key Features:

Lead prioritization
Task lists
Follow up reminders

Pricing: $1,500 per month

14. Close

Close is a CRM for any industry, but real estate agents can get a lot of value out of it. Use Close to turn your leads into paying clients.

The app is multichannel, meaning you can adapt your strategy to social media, websites, and other digital platforms at will. Call, text, and email leads while tracking their progress within the platform.

Key Features:

Task reminders
CRM
Visual timeline
Power dialer

Pricing: $30 a month

15. Cloud Agent Suite (CAS)

CAS provides realtors with modern tools to manage and keep track of MLS listings. YOu can get lead gen, search, and alerts all from the same source.

A comparative market analysis (CMA) is also one of the most important things for real estate agents to implement in their business. Create comparisons that you can present to clients to demonstrate why you are better.

Key Features:

Lead gen platform
MLS integrated
Digital CMA reports

Pricing: Custom pricing after speaking with a rep

16. LionDesk

LionDesk is another CRM that is worthy of making the list of best real estate agent apps for 2022. The application, unlike some others, is completely dedicated to realtors. It helps you manage your client pipeline quickly and easily.

Use video calls, emails, and texts on the platform to create a comprehensive outreach plan. Track your new and existing deals and keep more in the pipeline every month.

Key Features:

Auto drip campaigns
Bulk texting
AI assist
Video communication

Pricing: $25 / month

17. PalmAgent ONE

PalmAgent ONE is a new app for realtors on mobile devices. It is designed to help you be productive anywhere, any time. You can calculate your most important numbers in seconds such as buyer estimates.

You can also use the app to get seller net sheets to share and use internally based on manual or automatic calculations.

Key Features:

Buyer estimates
Reporting
Seller net sheets calculator

Pricing: Custom quote for pricing after filling out the form

18. Buffer

Buffer is known as the king of social media apps. It is a powerful platform that helps users schedule posts in advance. You don’t have to limit yourself to one platform either. You can create a post and translate it across various channels.

For instance, you may have existing customers on Twitter but are looking for new sellers on Facebook. Reach both of these audiences after creating content just one time, saving your energy for higher level work.

Key Features:

Social media metrics
Respond fast to comments
Performance measurement
Schedule posts across social channels — FB, Twitter, and more

Pricing: $15 / month

19. Real Property Resource (RPR) Mobile

RPR Mobile is an app that is actually a subsidiary of the National Association of Realtors (NAR). RPR mobile allows realtors to gain the important data they need for property showings. They can also perform research such as comparative market analysis (CMAs).

If you need to keep your clients in the loop while on the run, RPR mobile is one of the best apps for you going forward. You can use polygon search to find specific neighborhoods or zip codes no matter where you are or how much time you have.

Key Features:

Polygon neighborhood selection
Share property photos with clients
Official subsidiary of NAR

Pricing: Free

20. Waze

Waze is not necessarily an app that is specific to the real estate industry. But if you’re ever taken an Uber or Lyft ride, you may have seen it in use already. This powerful and free app is a route planner.

Unlike other map apps, it is updated in real time to reflect traffic and accidents. That way, you are never late to a showing with a client.

Key Features:

ETA alerts
Traffic updates
Optimized driving routes

Pricing: Free

Conclusion

The best real estate agents invest in themselves and their business. When it comes to apps, it’s no different. Finding the right apps can be difficult. Thankfully, we’ve compiled the 20 most effective and affordable apps for you already. Simply select a few to start using and watch how your real estate career changes. Feel free to comment and share some of your personal favorites!

Strength and courage,
Wade

2021 Tech Tools For Agents

Wade Webb on April 14, 2021

Speed, contactless connectivity, and safety are the major challenges for the real estate industry. This week we are sharing with you everything from high-tech smart masks to ultra-mobile laptops and even more connected smart-home gear. What’s going to matter for your business moving forward in 2021 and tech? Here, we highlight some of the tech products that could be useful to real estate professionals in 2021.

1. Clear the air. Several companies debuted wearable and portable air purifiers that can be used in the car and office or during showings and open houses. LUFT Duo showed off a portable purifier that uses photocatalytic technology to filter out dust, pollen, cigarette smoke, mold, VOCs, and pathogens. The company’s research also suggests the coronavirus can’t survive for more than one hour in a room with a LUFT Duo compared to the virus’s usual 21-hour airborne lifespan. The device draws air from all angles and has a washable filter. LUFT Duo includes a USB Type-C charging cable and a cup holder for your car. $149/Luftqi.com

2. Keep an open ear as you talk. Keep your ear to your phone while going about your workday. AfterShokz debuted the wireless OpenComm Bone Conduction Stereo Bluetooth Headset, which streams audio through your cheekbone, leaving your ears open to your surroundings. The lightweight open-ear design eliminates a physical in-ear sound barrier. The device also features a DSP noise-canceling boom microphone to eliminate background noise in loud areas. A one-hour charge allows for 16 hours of talk time, and a five-minute “quick charge” feature allows for up to two hours of talk time in a pinch. $159.95/Aftershokz.com

3.Take in case of emergencies. The Portable 5-in-1 Emergency Hub from BodyGuardz can slide in your pocket for use in case of an emergency. It features five emergency tools, such as to help solve power outages or alert authorities when there’s a threat to your personal safety. It includes a power bank, personalized emergency notifications, one-touch alert and siren, flashlight, and emergency radio. It also supports Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant. $99.95/Bodyguardz.com

4. Smarten your mask with Bluetooth. Here’s an easier way to talk while masked: Binatone’s MaskFone is a wireless headphone and mask in one. It includes a built-in microphone with a medical-grade N95 filter. The mask includes built-in wireless earbuds that have environmental noise cancelation features to block out background noise and project your voice. It also enables you take a phone call without having to remove your mask. It features washable twill fabric and a disposable interchangeable N95 filter for 95% virus filtration. It’s compatible with Amazon’s Alexa. $49.99/Maskfone.com

5. Send in a robot to investigate. This compact robot can scout around in tough-to-reach places inside a home for security. Moorebot debuted Scout, an autonomous artificial intelligence robot that helps you or your clients more closely monitor key areas in a home. It features a 1080P FHD mobile camera—which includes night vision—that can be used for better surveillance. With its small size (2.8 inches x 4 inches), Scout can be used to autonomously monitor different spaces and perform inspections in areas that may be difficult to reach. It can integrate with Amazon’s Alexa or Google Home. You can remotely guide Scout, whose batteries will last more than 2 hours between recharges. $179 (available March/April)/Moorebot.com

6. Strengthen your signal. Poor Wi-Fi performance in a remote office can derail your workday. Your home network may be overtaxed if you have multiple smart devices competing for the same bandwidth. CommScope’s SURFboard mAX and SURFboard mAX Express offer hotspot boosts through a mesh Wi-Fi 6 system to help remove dead spots in a home. It’s also compatible with many internet plans. The SURFboard mAX system offers two routers that each deliver 6.6 Gbps speeds and provide coverage for areas up to 5,500 square feet. Starting at $249.99 (available first quarter of 2021)/Commscope.com

7. Flip a switch for the smart lights. Smart plugs can be overridden when someone flips the light switch. Lutron aims to solve that issue with its Aurora Smart Bulb Dimmer, which can be installed over light switches on the wall and lock the toggle switch in position. You’ll be able to turn your smart bulbs on, off, or dim them directly from the wall. You can also use an app on your smartphone for voice control. The dimmer will still work even if the Wi-Fi goes out. The device is compatible with Philips Hue bulbs and other Zigbee-certified smart bulbs. $49.95/Lutron.com/aurora

8. Lighten your laptop. Razor-thin at just a half-inch thick, Lenovo’s ThinkBook 13x is an ultra-portable option for those who work on the go. Weighing just 2.65 pounds, it includes a 13.3-inch touchscreen display, high resolution, 90% screen-to-body ratio, 11th Gen Intel Core i7 processor, and 16GB of RAM and a 1TB SSD. It offers up to 15 hours of battery life. Lenovo is a REALTOR Benefits® Partner. $1,199 (available first quarter of 2021)/Lenovo.com/NAR

9. Upgrade with a smarter webcam, 5G capabilities. Dell Technologies showcased its new Latitude 9420 notebook, which can be purchased as a two-in-one or clamshell model. The notebook includes a 14-inch display, optional support for high-speed 5G or LTE, a built-in speakerphone, and an enhanced webcam (including capabilities for background blur and automatic light correction). It also has ExpressSign-in to enable faster auto-wake and auto-lock. Dell is a REALTOR Benefits® Partner. $1,949 (spring 2021)/Dell.com

10. Try sanitized marketing. Here’s a different way to market your company around town: Bastiyali Inventions’ Smart Sanitizer kiosk allows passersby to sanitize their hands and electronic devices while viewing your digital marketing messages. You can also sell extra video or digital advertising space on the kiosk’s 22-inch LED display. The kiosk can be customized with your logo. It features a UV light tool to disinfect items like cellphones, wallets, and keys within 15 seconds. It also has a body temperature check area and hand sanitizer station. Contact company for pricing/SmartSanitizer.com

11. Ensure better mobile sound. Not everything is handled over video. Sound quality still matters when talking over a phone, particularly in your mobile office. Beyerdynamic’s PHONUM Bluetooth/UCB-C Speakerphone can be used for the home, office, and while on the go. Choose from one of three mic positions: omnidirectional, cardioid, and beamforming (which automatically adjusts to the direction of the person speaking). It operates through Bluetooth with a PC, laptop, or smartphone. It also features noise canceling to eliminate echoes and noisy backgrounds. Powered by a lithium ion battery, it can last up to 12 hours and can be charged through a USB port. $199/Beyerdynamic.com

12. Let there be light. Secure your listings with some added light—no extra wiring needed. MAXSA’s new Linked Motion Activated Anywhere Lights use standard batteries to add light to dark corners around a property. The lights communicate with one another, so when the first light is triggered, all the others activate, too. The lights only come on when they detect motion. If an intruder comes near the house, for example, all the connected lights will automatically flood the yard with light. The lights are powered by 4D cell batteries. The lights can communicate with other MAXSA lights up to 150 feet away. $39.95 per light/MaxsaInnovations.com

There you have some of the latest and newest technology to hit the market this year to assist you with your business during these unprecedented times. Feel free to email me any other great tech tools that you see in 2021. I would be glad to hear from you all about your latest and coolest tech tool.

Strength and courage,
Wade

Real Estate Tech Tools – K.I.S.S. Keeping it Sweet and Simple

kelowna on April 17, 2013

Keeping Abreast of Technology for Realtors Doesn’t Need to Be Costly, Difficult or Time Consuming

Technology is just a tool in real estate to allow us to do what we always have, should and will do every day but now with speed and hopefully ease.

This post is dedicated to some tech tips that should accomplish just that for you and your real estate business.

Statistics say email takes up on average 28% of a person’s day. That is CRAZY! We need to figure out a way to take this time back and use it to build our business.

Why does email control such a large part of our day?

We have all somehow and somewhere subscribed to so many email lists creating something called the Email Monster and our own email overload without even realizing it.

In an attempt to help control the “Email Monster” and to hopefully bring a higher level of efficiency to your work and personal life I want to share some tech tools I have found helpful in my own life.

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One of my personal tools is something called www.unroll.me which does 2 things for you…1. It allows you to pull out and unsubscribe to all the email lists and emails that you always wanted to stop receiving.
2. With the lists you want to stay on, instead of receiving multiple subscription emails throughout the day, you can receive just one. The Rollup combines your selected subscriptions and organizes them into one convenient daily digest email.
Once we have cleaned up our email then you can use www.mailstrom.co that allows us to organize multiple saved emails by categories, topics etc.
Google is and will continue to be the driving force of the online world. Setting up a gmail account has become more and more important.
Once you set up your gmail account with Google you will want to use an application called Xobni (inbox backwards) what Xobni does is find and connect anyone who has emailed you in the past and connect with them in gmail.
I like using Google Documents for sending presentations, spreadsheets and documents to clients and the Google Calendar is a great place for you to share calendars with others like your family and office assistants without the expense of an exchange server.
For most of us, myself included, the days of Internet Explorer are numbered. Google Chrome is the #1 internet browser and the next generation of surfing the internet. Chrome now has cloud applications that help us avoid the times our hard drive crashes and didn’t have time to back everything up. Chrome also allows you to synch across to more than one computer.
Another one of my cloud applications you should check out is www.jolicloud.com and use this as your complete cloud desktop.
For agents who don’t have their own website or don’t like the costs of the website you currently have why not check out www.follr.me and www.about.me and create your new website for free and make it your social business card with QR code links, video, biography and client sections on the site. This is a great way to increase your online presence without a large cost.
For those of you who have put off or can’t imagine the work and effort it would take to connect with your real estate database of clients on the social media realm. Check out www.alternion.com and www.ming.ly for the tools to find and connect with your real estate clients on Facebook, Twitter and Linkedin without too much work at all.
So many agents ask me how and where they can get marketing material for little or no money? Many don’t have the large reserves required to market in a way to compete with the top producers. If this is you then check out www.breakthroughbroker.com for free real estate brochures, presentations, tools and marketing materials to give you and your business a boost without spending the big money that you don’t have (yet).
The Online consumer still represents 94% of point of first contact for agents today. Do you have a vehicle that seamlessly and quickly shares with the online consumer your pre buyer and pre listings presentations? Or your Listing, buyer and pricing presentations? Why not check out www.slideshare.com and keep your online and offline experiences with your consumers consistent and readily available worldwide?
Last but not least did you always wish you could find more information about your clients before you first meet? Some information to connect quicker, deeper and get some commonalities to share with each other rather than just talking about business for the entire appointment. Check out www.pipl.com which is a reverse directory that will provide even more information about your clients than a simple google search.

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Remember these are just tools, don’t get hung up on any of them. A house builder who only spends his time buying and admiring his tools will never actually build a house. Pick the tools you feel will help you be more efficient and effective then get out there and do some “work”.

I hope some of these tech tips will be useful for you and your business.

Wishing you continued success.

Strength and courage,

Wade

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