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Save Time with Killer Smartphone Shortcuts

What if we said you could spend less time tapping away on your phone and get more done? Well, it’s true. And we didn’t say it, the New York Times did. Covering tips for both Android and Apple devices, this piece will teach you a handful of surprisingly effective methods for leveraging your time through automation [...]

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Learn a New Language with News in Slow

Want to give yourself an instant competitive advantage? Looking for a way to increase the pool of potential leads? Consider learning a second language. There are lots of non-English speaking clients around the world who would love to own a property in the U.S. If you can’t communicate with them, you have zero chance of [...]

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How to Make Any Webpage Print Friendly

The web is an ever-changing place. Content appears and disappears all the time. Have you ever wanted to track down an article later, only to find it’s been placed behind an annoying pay-wall? Have you tried to print information for your clients only to have it come out in a stack of fifty jumbled pages? [...]

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Take Your Privacy on the Road with DuckDuckGo

Did you know Google manipulates your search results based on your personal data? Are you like most Americans who don’t realize Facebook owns WhatsApp and Google owns Waze? Your search queries, browsing history, and even GPS information is routinely harvested by companies providing you with all of those “free” services. “So what?” you might say. “I have [...]

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Reclaim Your Productivity with Freedom.to

You probably don’t fully realize how much time you lose to social media, frivolous apps, and online shopping. In a world where companies make money by keeping you distracted, there’s real power in reclaiming your time and protecting your focus. Freedom is an app which enables you block websites, apps, and other distractions across all of [...]

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Manage Upkeep & Maintenance with Dwellbeing

“Deferred maintenance issues” is a phrase no one loves to see in the description of a listing. While some homeowners legitimately can’t afford to make the upkeep and routine repairs a home requires, others simply forget to stay on top of important tasks to protect their investment. Dwellbeing is an app designed to help homeowners organize [...]

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Major League MLS Upgrade: Cloud Agent Suite

Ah, your MLS. Isn’t it a joy to use? Doesn’t its search work just like Google? Don’t the reports it generates seem modern and appealing? Isn’t it easy to instantly share listings with others, just like you might a funny cat video on Facebook? No, you say? Of course not. Because most MLS look and behave [...]

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Conquer Expense Reporting with Expensify App

Controlling costs and understanding where your money goes is crucial to long-term prosperity. Expense reporting helps you get a grip on where little things are adding up and can illuminate future budgets. Unfortunately, detailed expense reporting is not only a major time drain… it’s deadly boring. For these reasons, most people bail on a tool [...]

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Determine True Home Value with HouseCanary

Automated home valuation is arguably the next wave in streamlining and improving listing pricing and real estate investment analysis. Unfortunately, attempts in the past have often created unrealistic expectations with with homeowners (we’re giving you the side-eye, Zestimate). HouseCanary is a service which aims to deliver results above and beyond the norm. They seek to “utilize [...]

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Spare Your Eyes with EyeReader

It’s a common problem: Low lighting, tiny text, and before you know it, you’re squinting at a menu, unable to make heads or tales of what you’re trying to read. (The same goes for the fine print on contracts, the ingredients on food labels, and more!) Enter a simple solution: EyeReader. Made for iOS, “EyeReader is [...]

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