Don’t Be an Agentasaurus Rex (Real Estate Agent Dinosaur)

An Agentasaurus Rex is a real estate agent that has failed to embrace modern technology and is living in the past. This real estate agent is a dinosaur that is wasting their time using old methods instead of taking a couple of minutes to learn the newer and more efficient ways to run their business.

The topic for today is the replacement of the standalone fax machine. Everyday I have contact with agents that refuse to learn how to use a document scanner and email to replace their old fax machines. First of all, most modern document scanners are much faster than a fax machine. It just takes a minute to scan a multi-page document in your scanner. Using a standalone fax machine is an exhaustively slow process, the may drive you to pull out whatever hair you have let. Second, if you scan your documents, then you will have a pdf copy that will also be stored on your computer for future reference. Next, all you have to do is attach it to an email and send it over to the recipient. Hopefully you can understand the importance and usefulness of a document scanner.

I personally own a few Fujitsu ScanSnap document scanners that we use at the office. I even have one that I can hook up to my laptop on the road that doesn’t require its own power cord. I tell anyone who will listen that a decent document scanner is a critical tool for their real estate business. Buy one, start using it, and you will become just as enthusiastic about this as I am.

So, what happens if your client (or an Agentasaurus Rex) wants you to fax them??? Or, they insist on faxing you something? Due to these issues, it is still necessary to have your own fax number. However, I use an online service that provides me my own local fax number and emails me a pdf of any faxes that I receive. I can also log into the website and upload some files that I want to fax out. The service that I currently recommend for this is www.Fax87.com I have used a couple different fax services like this over the years, but I currently pay less than $10 a month (paid in one annual payment) for this service that has worked really well for me. Keep in mind that there are many similar companies and services that you can find on the internet, so do a little research and sign up for the best plan for you!

I hope I haven’t offended anyone out there. If I did, you can let me have it in the comment section!!

Pete Reese, Broker/President
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