Work with a Smart Agent
Technology is rapidly changing the way sellers sell, buyers buy and agents work.
Heidi Hines, a local Charlotte, NC/Lake Norman/Highland Creek real estate expert, says, “The rapid pace of technology has given us a greater opportunity than ever before to reach potential buyers throughout the world!”
When asked if advances in technology have made her job as a real estate agent easier, this is how Heidi replied; “Yes and no, because it has created an atmosphere whereby it is not unusual to find several agents attempting to work with the same buyer, therefore we have to work even harder to become the agent that the buyer chooses.”
Devices like smart phones and ipads are staking their claim as essential tools used by both real estate agents and consumers. The myriad of apps available to download to these smart devices provide the ability to do things that last decade, one could only dream about.
Most smart phones will allow you to download the Realtor.com App, giving the consumer an opportunity to pull up pictures and information for multiple listings, while they are physically in front of the property.
In addition, another great app that can be downloaded is for reading a QR code, which more and more agents are placing on their signs, flyers, etc.. The QR code contains information about the property, or perhaps will point to the agent’s web site for other useful information.
Ipads also have capacity of numerous apps that are helpful in so many ways! Presentations, information and basically the world at your fingertips!
When you are in the market to buy or sell, gain the advantage by using a “Smart” agent.
And here is your morning coffee...
INSPIRATION FOR TODAY:
AGE DOESN"T MATTER!
Whether you're 23, 43 or 73, ask yourself this wonderfully refreshing question: "What do I want to be when I grow up?" Regardless of our age, it's so easy to lose sight of the specific "somebody" we always wanted to be. What's more, the "somebody" we had in mind in our 20's may be someone different in our 50's.
Worse yet, maybe we grew up to be the "somebody" someone else had in mind - like our mother or father. The influence of those around us often prevents us from even asking the question "What do I want to be . . . ?" We try so hard to be their somebody that we don't allow ourselves to grow up at all.
So . . . going back to the matter of age, it doesn't matter WHEN we decide who we want to be so much as that we DO decide. It is at that moment that a catharsis takes place, and we rid ourselves of everyone else's determination of our identity. We are free . . . free to become the person of our dreams.
Is it easy to develop and maintain our new identity? No. Our day-to-day activities will still attempt to distract us from our new persona. Nevertheless, as artist D. Morgan points out in one of her paintings, "The impossible dream - isn't!" Take a quiet moment today, just for yourself, and ask, "Am I the somebody I wanted to be?"
