You can now officially open lockboxes on real estate listings in Colorado Springs with your iPhone! This is a great enhancement to arguably the best smart phone on the market for real estate professionals. Here is a video of REALTORS who reviewed the eKey for the iPhone. According to Supra's … [Read more...]
Part deux: 20 iPhone Apps That Every Real Estate Professional Should Have
Here is part 2 of our iPhone app series and we have some great ones in store for you Colorado Springs Real Estate agents out there. If you missed the first part of the series, here is the link. 20 iPhone Apps That Every Real Estate Professional Should Have (part 1) Also, below you will see … [Read more...]
10 Ways to Avoid a Bad Closing in Colorado Springs… A Title Company’s Perspective.
We have all worked so hard to get our clients and then to close those transactions... Why mess it up with a bad closing? At Legacy Title, we try to avoid bad closings (surprise, surprise) and we want the transactions be as smooth as possible. When they go smooth, it makes both you and us … [Read more...]
20 iPhone Apps That Every Real Estate Professional Should Have (part 1)

No, there is no iPhone app that can fill out your contracts for you; however, here are some that can be of value to you and different steps along the way in real estate. Here are 10 of 20 apps that will help you to find, calculate, compare, figure out, simplify and have fun. Also, below you will … [Read more...]
15 Tools to be More Efficient with Your Real Estate Business by Using the Cloud
Do you ever want to be more efficient? Yeah, that's a stupid question. Of course you do!! Here are some great cloud computing services that can help you do just that: be more efficient with your Colorado Springs real estate business. If you have any questions about anything here or would like to … [Read more...]
10 articles you may have missed this week that can help your business

We will start to have a 10 articles you may have missed every week. If you have an awesome article you found or wrote regarding real estate, submit it here! Local Articles: 7 Reasons to Never Buy a Short Sale - from Colorado Springs REALTOR® Kathy Torline's Real Estate Blog How to Change the … [Read more...]
What is a Real Estate Tech Idea Share Forum anyway?

Technology, marketing, great systems and great ideas in the world of real estate, mortgage, title (and any other service provider in the real estate world in Colorado Springs) can be awesome to have, but more often times quite overwhelming to get them in place and implemented. Our goal with the … [Read more...]
Warning! Step away from the non-branded email addresses! 3.5 reasons to brand yourself through your email address.

I did a rough study on real estate agents in Colorado Springs to see how many of them have what I call, "Non-Branded" email addresses. Around 60% of them have these type of email addresses. These email addresses are like the following. (I'll use my name as an … [Read more...]
Mortgage Rates Testing All Time Lows

Recipe for low mortgage rates: A pinch of Greece, a dash of Spain, stir in some Portugal and Germany. Add China, North Korea, Iran, a heaping scoop of Financial Reform and combine all ingredients with a large oil spill. Give or take a few basis points, we can officially say mortgage rates are … [Read more...]
What to look for in an O&E or Ownership and Encumberance Report

What is an O&E? First we must define what an O&E is. O&E stands for an Ownership and Encumbrance report and is defined by the Colorado Division of Insurance as follows: “Ownership and encumbrance report (“O&E”) means information identifying the last recorded owner, legal … [Read more...]