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Ditch the PC and Switch to a Mac

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As a former PC technician with over 20 years experience in distribution, retail, networking, and repair, I abandoned the world of Windows and PC’s in 2010 with the purchase of a new MacBook Pro and my efficiency has gone through the roof.  Short of a few hardware issues here and there, the most maintenance I’ve had to do on my Mac involved backing up my data and replacing the batteries in my Bluetooth wireless keyboard.

I don’t use a PC for anything, and I don’t print documents.  All of my business is done digitally between my MacBook Pro, my iPad, an Android Nexus 7 (non-Apple) mobile tablet, and my iPhone.  That’s it.  That’s all I need to conduct every form of business I encounter.

If you’re looking for someone to help you solve your PC problems, you may want to check out Data Doctors.  I’m in the efficiency business, and the most efficient and problem-free path to getting more homes sold and more business done, will be found on a MacBook.

There’s an initial investment, but count the cost of your time, and the initial start-up costs to owning a MacBook are well worth it.

Stop Using Paper Altogether

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I’ve been a REALTOR for 3 different brokerages.  I’ve closed dozens of real estate transactions.  I’ve also trained and coached some of the top producing agents in the Valley of the Sun, Phoenix, AZ.

In every one of the environments that I’ve been a part of, there wasn’t a single day that passed where someone didn’t have an issue printing a document. It didn’t matter how well the office computers and network were designed, the problem still persisted.  Even after building a 9-office network, following industry standard practices, I was unable to prevent printer related problems, no matter how hard I tried.

Some of these problems at times were due to standard maintenance issues.  Some of them were due to the computer that the user was printing from, often owned by that person, and almost ALL of the problems occurred on Windows based computers.  The only actual reason I found that was causing the issue was the expectation the REALTOR had of the technology tools that the brokerage had put into place.

Brokers do NOT educate REALTORS in basic computer literacy says http://www.workbootsnerd.com, and 99% of the printer problems I’ve witnessed on a day to day basis have been directly related to what the agent expects the printer’s capabilities to be contrasted by the level of computer literacy that particular agent possesses.

I have been closing sales for 5 years without needing to print a single page.

 

Have I printed?  Yes.  Have I needed to?  No.  Today’s digital tools empower you and eliminate the headache associated with printing paper documents.  Let go of the printer.  It is a cost center.  Not only does it cost in materials, it costs you in time.  Your competition is paperless.  I can teach you how to be paperless too.