Real Estate Tech Show

In this episode – the final part of our Virtual Assistant Domination special – we cover the ways your virtual assistant can manage the marketing side of your real estate business. A lot of investors forget all about marketing. We get too busy and focused on our properties that we forget to generate more leads in the meantime. This is where a VA can really pay off.  Virtual assistants can help you market and generate more leads while you run your business. We break down the top three things a virtual assistant can do to help you market your real estate business, including: Using Craigslist and Facebook to find and market to realtors directly Scraping phone numbers effectively Sending mailers and automating your mailing services  Remember, technology is supposed to make your job easier, not harder, and today's tech makes it possible for you and your virtual assistant to work remotely. Just think about it – your VA could be contacting new leads while you're closing on a deal halfway across the globe.

Welcome to Part Two of our Virtual Assistant Domination Series! Last episode we talked about where to find virtual assistants, and today we're going to get into the nitty gritty of training VAs. If you can properly train your VAs, you are going to seriously leverage your time. Whatever you don't have time to do in your business, a VA can easily pick up the slack. They can be the person you pass the ball to when there's just too much on your plate. You just have to prepare them for the job, and that means giving the proper training. For us, proper training is done with what we call a "video training library". We share the tech we use to make these videos and how to share them with virtual assistants across the globe. What's great about these videos is that they give you something you can use over and over again to train new assistants. Training videos also create a line of communication between you and your assistants, which is absolutely necessary if you want to have a successful VA. Communication is critical

Welcome to The Real Estate Tech Show! We are trying a new format with today's episode to be a little more interactive. The podcasts will be on Zoom from now on so we can get likes and comments from our listeners in real time. If you like this new format – and even if you don't – leave us a comment and let us know. Now, on to today's episode – This episode is the first in a series about using virtual assistants in real estate. Joe swears by virtual assistants. He's been using one for nine years now, and he's learned a lot about hiring, firing, and creating what he calls a "standard operating procedure". This procedure is something like a training checklist. It's a way for you to clearly communicate your expectations with your VAs so you can make sure they're doing the job right. We go over a few of our favorite places to find VAs, but that's not the most important takeaway from today's episode. The key to hiring a virtual assistant is you. Your training, your communication, and your ability to build a relation

This episode is going to be a little bit different from our typical fare. Today we're only talking about one tool – Evernote. But there are so many different ways to use Evernote that it deserves its own episode. Using Evernote for CRM (customer relationship management) is probably the easiest and most obvious choice for this tech tool. In fact, it's the only thing Joe uses for CRM. He uses it for a bunch of other things too, which he goes into today, but it's the most efficient tool for managing clients and leads that he's found in this business. The most important thing about Evernote is its simplicity. On this podcast, we are trying to show you how easy tech can be. We don't want to confuse you or complicate your business. And we also don't want to scare you away from technology. Simplifying your life, automating your systems - these are the goals we have when we record this show. And with Evernote, you can share links, save photos, and send emails from an app on your phone. The biggest takeaway from today

You're probably asking yourself – what does a real estate investor need with editing tools? Short answer is closing deals. If you want to close deals faster and make more money in your business, these tools will absolutely get you there. The editing apps we talk about on today's episode do everything to make an investor's life easier. Take screenshots, sign documents, and edit photos right from your phone. The screenshot feature we talk about on today's episode is not available for Android users. Because we both have iPhones, we're going to take advantage of our native features first. But the rest of the tools we discuss today are available across mobile devices and can be integrated your desktop: Droplr: an image editing tool that allows you to share edited photos and videos as links instead of large files Get Stencil: Cory's favorite editing app is this simplified photoshop-esque tool for editing, creating, and re-creating images Canva: This editing tool is free but gives you the option of buying your

Welcome to the tenth episode of the Real Estate Tech Show! If you haven't checked it out already, visit our website www.realestatetechshow.com. We have the domain up and running, and you can download our toolkit of our top ten favorite tech tools. The tech we're talking about today is all about time management. The whole reason we run our own businesses is to have the freedom that comes with working for yourself. But that freedom can also be a curse if you don't know how to manage or your time effectively. Because it's not just about setting aside time to work. It's about using that time wisely. Cory shares two of his favorite time management tricks – the Pomodoro Technique and his own Doctor's Appointment Technique. Both will hold you accountable to your time and how productive you are with it. You can use your own timer to apply these techniques, or take advantage of some of the tools we talk about today, including: Focus@Will, Cory's favorite Pomodoro-style app. It comes with binaural beats to help you st

Welcome to The Real Estate Tech Show! It's official. We officially own the domain: www.realestatetechshow.com so visit our site to access the amazing tech tools we talk about on our podcast. But before you start this episode, be aware: you do not want to spam people. Call broadcasting is an effective marking move, but you have to be cognizant of who you're calling and when. Leaving an automated message in a client's voicemail isn't technically against the law, but make sure you know what's legal in your state before you use the call broadcasting tools we talk about today. That being said, the possibilities you have with call broadcasting tool are endless. The top four we recommend today are – Call Loop: Call Loop lets you blast messages, send invoice texts, and promote webinars, but we use it on our show for the short code. Short codes are the shorter numbers you can use to send out texts or voicemails without using your own phone number. Sly Dial and Sly Broadcasting: This tool is Joe's favorite for sending

The Real Estate Tech Show is all about making technology work for you. And we're talking about some epic timesavers in today's episode. Because you shouldn't be spending more than a couple of minutes looking at comps, not when you're making your initial offer at least. There are apps out there that can give you access to property detail reports and sales history right on your phone or tablet. Being able to do what you do on a mobile device is incredibly important. Anything that saves Joe time and money is automatically at the top of his favorites list, and he really loves RealQuest Express. Joe uses RealQuest to find zoning information, recorded mortgages, and old county records on his properties. It gives him everything he needs in one place, and he can easily share this information with his buyers as a PDF document. For Cory, his ultimate comp tool is House Price Robot. Just like a hotel finder, House Price Robot collects information from all sorts of free realty sources (including Zillow and Redfin) and di

Today's episode is short and sweet and straight to the point because digital signing is one of the easiest things you can do to save you time when you're closing deals. If you aren't using digital signing in your real estate business, then you aren't using technology the way you're supposed to. The tech we talk about on this show is all about saving you time and money, and what better way to save time than to have clients digitally sign all of your contracts? There are tons of apps you can use for digital signing. And most of them are free! Joe loves to use his iPad and his favorite signing tool is Apple's Notability. You can email contracts directly through the app, which is convenient. But Joe's favorite part is that you can sign with a stylus, picking ink color and stroke thickness, to make it feel like you're signing with an actual pen. If you're willing to pay a little extra for a digital signing app, Cory breaks down a few of the perks the investment can give you. He compares his favorite free and paid

The new tech we're talking about on today's episode are two of the coolest tools on the market right now. These tools will make you money and save you time. More than that, they're going to make you more personable when it comes to finding new clients and closing those big deals. We each share a favorite new tool we're using. The first tool is Bonjoro, which just goes above and beyond a typical messenger. Bonjoro will let you know when new clients visit your webpage, sign up for your newsletter, or purchase your products. With the alert, you can then send a video immediately to their email. These videos can be anything from a "thank you" to a quick coaching moment, which is how Cory likes to use this tech. And the videos are great for creating a more personal connection between you and your clients. Our other favorite Bonjoro features include – Completely customizable templates Enough storage space for videos Connects right to our email and task managing apps With Bonjoro, you definitely need to get Storage

Welcome to the fifth episode of The Real Estate Tech Show! It's about time we discussed our favorite task management tools. We use task managers all the time to run our businesses and organize our personal lives. Some of them are easy and intuitive, and others are more detail-oriented. Your business needs will help you decide which of these tools work best for you, but we're breaking down a bunch of our favorites to help you make that decision! Joe loves: Podio – For the more detail-oriented investor, Podio is great for organization and scheduling. And it allows direct messaging between you and your team to keep everyone on task. Things 3 – If you have a Mac, you need Things. The 3 update is sleek, simple, and connects with all of your Apple devices. It's expensive but absolutely worth the investment. Toodledo – This very simple list-making app works for anyone. You can create lists and share them with clients, or track your work habits to avoid missing out on deals. Cory loves: Todoist – An intuitive task

Joe takes time out of his camping trip today to check in on this special episode of The Real Estate Tech Show. It's his turn to drop his own top 5 favorite tech tools! Joe McCall specializes in lease options, with a little bit of wholesale on the side, but you don't have to be a real estate investor to use this tech. Our favorite tech tools are for everyone, and Joe breaks down exactly how he uses each tool to meet the different needs of his business. One of our favorite things about using this tech is the flexibility it gives investors and entrepreneurs. The versatility of some of the tools Joe shares today really makes them accessible to anyone listening to this podcast. The five tools we talk about today are: Podio: Joe's absolute favorite way to manage projects and track his business Slack: an all-in-one communication tool with customizable channels Evernote: a note-keeping app that doubles as a CRM Voxer: the walkie-talkie app that lets you record, transcribe, and send pictures Google Drive: the easiest

On today's episode of The Real Estate Tech Show, we're really focusing on one of the things we're asked about most - What are the top tools that you use? What is the one tool that you can't live without in real estate? Everyone is always shooting us emails or pulling us aside in meetings asking us what kind of tech we use and how we use it. We want to share with you not only the tech tools we're using every day, but how you can basically life hack your way through these tools in order to get the best for your real estate business. Cory is sharing his top five favorite tech tools. He recommends these five to all the real estate investors he coaches and works with. If you don't usually watch our videos, definitely tune in for this episode. Cory is sharing his screen and showing you how to use these tools in real time, and it's going to be really beneficial if you've never used this technology or seen it in action. The five tools Cory breaks down for us today are: vFlyer: an amazing website for creating and sen

It's the second episode of The Real Estate Tech Show and it's time for Joe to interview Cory Boatright! Both of us are total nerds when it comes to tech, but Cory's been tinkering with real estate and technology for almost a decade now.  Cory adopted tech early on, and he's used it to basically transform the real estate investing world for good. Cory started out as a wholesaler, but it was technology that really inspired him to look at real estate in a whole new way. Without technology, Cory never would have discovered short sales. Now he's known as the Oklahoma Short Sale Guy not just because he's an amazing real estate investor but because he used the internet to build his brand and his reputation. He was connecting with investors on message boards back in the day, answering questions on threads and personal emails. Cory embraced technology at a time when it was brand new, and he used these tools to share his expertise. He is one of the first real estate investors to use webinars to help teach other up

Welcome to the first official episode of the Real Estate Tech Show! Last episode we talked about why we decided to come together and do this podcast, and today we're getting into the real nitty gritty of what we do and why we love doing what we do. Cory is interviewing Joe McCall so you can hear about his experience and what really makes him a technology guru. Back in the olden days of real estate investing, there was no such thing as virtual investing or virtual wholesaling. No one ever dreamed of selling an unseen house to unknown buyers. But today technology can connect you with so many flips, deals, and wholesales that working from home (or Prague) in this business is practically commonplace. If you're Joe McCall, you can crush wholesale deals while traveling the country in an RV. That's because Joe used the right kind of tools in the right way in order to make technology work for him. He shares his favorite pieces of tech and talks about the investors who inspired him to start using it. The purpose of te

Welcome to the brand new podcast from top real estate investors Cory Boatright and Joe McCall! The two of us are hosting this – The Real Estate Tech Show – so we can bring you all of our favorite bits of technology. We're sharing our favorite tech tools, tips, and tricks that we use every day to boost our business, and we're bringing on some real estate experts to see what tech they're using right now to enhance their profits. We know that the tech scene is always evolving, and we want to deliver relevant content and technology that you can use today. The Real Estate Tech show is a way for real estate investors like you to find and connect with the kind of technology that's going to work right now in your business. Technology made it possible for both of us to scale our businesses, and sharing our experience and technology toolkit with you is where this podcast is going to start. Whether you're a realtor or an investor, we'll be focusing on the tech that you can start using right now in your business. Cory is