Real Estate Mobility - Mobile Offices for Real Estate » Intranet 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 Bringing It All Together In a Mobile Office http://functionaltech.com/2009/05/bringing-it-all-together-in-a-mobile-office/ http://functionaltech.com/2009/05/bringing-it-all-together-in-a-mobile-office/#comments Fri, 08 May 2009 14:24:57 +0000 jimkimmons http://functionaltech.com/?p=1120 I’ve done a great deal of research into Intranets, those online office suites that allow members to share calendars, tasks, appointments, documents and information over a secure Internet connection.

What I found, even almost three years after I started, was that only one allowed me to build custom databases that fit my business and let me operate a completely mobile real estate brokerage office.  Of course, with the custom database capability, mortgage people, attorneys, retail or any type of business can do the same, just creating databases that fit their business practices.

The Webex WebOffice platform

Real Estate Mobile Office Intranet

Real Estate Mobile Office Intranet

is truly amazing and flexible, and I’m now doing multiple brokerage management functions on one platform that before required subscriptions to multiple services.

  • transaction management
  • listing management
  • transaction & listings customized task management
  • bookkeeping
  • customer relationship management
  • vendor and transaction coordination
  • property showings and feedback
  • managing my agent lead accountability

The basic functions of most of the Intranets are great, allowing general sharing of information.  But, it’s the ability to customize databases that sets WebEx WebOffice apart.  Take a tour here.

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]]> http://functionaltech.com/2009/05/bringing-it-all-together-in-a-mobile-office/feed/ 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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