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The Best Mobile Hotspots for 2019

When you’re out with clients checking out homes and touring neighborhoods, you don’t want to get caught without a speedy internet connection. Don’t rely on coffee shop WiFi for a scroll through photos or research on new listings– protect your privacy and impress your clients with your own mobile hotspot. PC Magazine recently put together [...]

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Learn How to Say it Sideways

If you feel you’re at all tech-challenged when it comes to understanding concepts like “two-factor authentication,” “APIs,” or “Blockchain,” you might appreciate the Sideways Dictionary, created by The Washington Post and Jigsaw. From the website: “Sideways dictionary is like a dictionary, but using analogies instead of definitions. Use it as a tool for finding and sharing [...]

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Meet the Low-cost House 3D Printed in a Day

Is this the future of affordable housing? In this fascinating video featured on Mashable.com, you’ll see a fully-functioning house constructed in 24-hours using revolutionary 3D-printing technology. The cost? A mere $10,134. According to the piece, “The company, Apis Cor, hopes that this can provide an alternative to traditional construction methods and create affordable housing.” Regardless [...]

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Re-thinking Tech Choices

An ongoing feature in Tuesday Tactics is our “Great Read Roundup” in which we highlight some of the best pieces we’ve read recently and why they might expand your mind or help with your real estate career Alexa and Google Home Record What You Say. But What Happens to That Data? (10 minute read) Why [...]

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Keep an Eye on Open Door

The real estate industry often claims to be wide open to experimentation with new technology. Twenty years ago, in the earliest days of the mainstream internet, real estate pros were interested how VR tours, “web listings,” and how text-for-info riders might be leveraged to reach buyers and serve sellers. In the past five years, the [...]

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HelpScout.net: A Top Tool for Customer Happiness

If you’ve ever contacted a help desk for support, you know the experience feels decidedly… inhuman. You get a support “ticket” and “a representative” will “respond to your needs shortly.” It’s a lot like dealing with a phone tree. All you really want is a little human help, right? But there’s a reason why help [...]

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Scott’s Thoughts: The Young Mind

“Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at 2 or 8. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.” -Moshe Arens (born 1925); Israeli aeronautical engineer, researcher and former diplomat   One of the great perils of complacency during aging can be an increased resistance to learning. [...]

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Clever Tech Gift: Chargecard & Chargekey

Here’s a nifty device that will help ensure you never run out of juice-on-the-go.

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