1. MAAR Rookie Resource: Tech Tools for New Agents
By Ashlee Pigford: MAAR Technology Services

2. Tech Tools MLXchange- http://maar.mlxchange.com
Searching, entering new listings, hotsheets, prospecting, CMA’s, client management, marketing materials, reporting

3. Tech Tools MAARdata: http://maardata.org
All sales for Shelby, Tipton, Fayette- and FSBO’s. Property Detail, CMA, CSA, Starting Point, Labels for Marketing, Neighborhood Reports

4. Website Marketing:
Effective Website Marketing: Real Estate Technology Guide by Saul Klein
Web Marketing Essentials offered at MAAR- TRNK 4
Free MLXchange Agent Webpage- template based:
MLXchange Setup and maintenance tutorial
MAAR IDX/Property Search Features: show property search on website:
MAAR IDX Sign up Forms
Domain Names- Go Daddy

5. Laptop/Tablet PC:
System requirements:
NO MACS-Internet Explorer browser!
Windows XP SP2 or higher,
IE 6 or higher,
1024 x 768 resolution or higher and an
Internet connection speed of 56K or higher
Pros: Get facts quickly, Post and review listings, Note taking, Show Online Tours, and Working with Contracts.
Clients today are Tech Savvy! They expect you to have the tech skills and bells and whistles to get their business and close a sale! Using a mobile laptop or tablet pc will impress your clients when using them to present a listing/ marketing presentation!

6. Digital Cameras:
A must- upload 10 free photos to MLS: Tutorial
Cheapest way to market listings
Basic Skills
Wolf Camera
Photo Editing: Web Album- Picasa/Google and Yahoo Flickr- tour
Free photo editing software and photo storage/sharing websites: Google’s Picasa, Yahoo’s Flicker
MAAR Classes!

7. Smartphone- Blackberry, Treo, iphone
Smartphone- Blackberry, Treo, iphone. Enabling access and synch capabilities to contacts, calendar, and internet!
MAAR mobile link for accessing active listings when driving by properties:

8. GPS system:
Magellan, Garmin
Free Google Map downloads for phone:

9. Jump Drive/ Flash Drive
Compact moveable storage devices for transferring data and media files
Space (64MB to 64GB!) LOTS OF SPACE!

10. Video Recording- Flip Ultra: About the Flip Camera- Video

11. Social Networking- Blogging, Utube, Video Recording, Podcasts, Vlog:
Web 2.0: Evolution of web towards creative, interactive, mediums such as blogs, video, podcasts, vlogging, etc.
What is Web 2.0? Video geared to Real Estate
Active Rain- Tech Group blog for agents: