Real Estate Mobility - Mobile Offices for Real Estate » broadband http://functionaltech.com Online Intranet office structure with custom databases to run your brokerage. Tue, 12 Jan 2010 22:36:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Netbooks & Intranets – Office in a Small Box http://functionaltech.com/2009/03/netbooks-intranets-office-in-a-small-box/ http://functionaltech.com/2009/03/netbooks-intranets-office-in-a-small-box/#comments Sun, 01 Mar 2009 01:12:42 +0000 jimkimmons http://functionaltech.com/?p=893 It’s a tough economy for business right now.  And, I can see more hard times for business rental space, even after the economy picks up again.  This mobile world we live in is creating opportunity for business to cut space and overhead costs by going mobile where it’s appropriate:

  • Onsite service
  • Sales not requiring a physical showroom
  • Real estate
  • Mortgage brokerage
  • Insurance

There are many more, and it’s getting easier to take an office mobile, with netbook computers and cellular broadband connections.  Using an online intranet and a netbook over cell broadband, virtually every office management function can be accomplished in the mobile environment.

And, we’re talking about an up-front equipment investment for netbook and printer of less than $500, with ongoing costs under $60/month for cell broadband.  Can you rent office space for that, and keep the utilities on?  I’ll be doing an extensive series on Intranets and the mobile office, so subscribe to my feed or newsletter to keep up.  You’ll be glad you did if a mobile office is something you’d like to do.

With the right Intranet service, and I’ll show you which one, you can create custom databases for your business.  Then you can do everything from billing to inventory right from your netbook in the field.  Ain’t technology great?!

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Basically, I was about to take a trip and found that the hotel where I’d be staying wanted to charge me extra for Internet access.  I had been thinking of checking out using cell service for my Web access for a while, but this forced the issue.  I purchased the broadband modem at a mall kiosk on the way to the airport.  It only took a few minutes to install the software and get online access.

The speed is sufficient for everything I need to do on the road.  And literally, I’m typing this post in the right seat of the Jeep while my wife drives down I25 between Albuquerque and Santa Fe on the way home to Taos, NM.  Be careful though, as the supposedly “unlimited access” isn’t.  The allowance is generous, and probably will not cut you short for all your normal web work.  But, uploading a lot of large files or watching videos incessantly may take you into the overage charges … and you don’t want that.

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