Productivity in the field has never been more important than it is today, with homebuying showing no signs of slowing - existing home sales increased at a record pace in the second quarter, the National Association of REALTORS® said.
Refis may dry up - but haven't people been saying that for a year and a half now? - but home sales won't. To keep up, appraisers have armed themselves with technology to complete the most reliable reports as efficiently as possible.
This arsenal includes laptops, notebooks, tablet PCs, PDAs, Internet-enabled cell phones, digital cameras and other hardware. But it's what you're able to do with these tools in the field that make you a trusted vendor of choice to your clients. We're developing several exciting mobile tools in conjunction with the upcoming release of Enterprise XSites. Your XSite is more than your virtual office - it's quickly becoming your office, as faxes and one-hour photos and follow-up phone calls recede into memory. You will be able to manage your XSite from the field in several ways with the upcoming release.
Export orders directly from your XSite to Pocket TOTAL to begin your report, without a single keystroke of retyping. Post status updates on ongoing assignments directly from the field. Take a moment on the porch as you're leaving your inspection to post that the inspection is complete, and your client will know it as it happens. No phone tag, fewer "is it done yet?" calls.
Get an instant notification in the field when a new order has been placed from your XSite. And of course, you will be able to access your XSite's CertMail boxes and send and receive email from anywhere.
The more productive you are in the field, the faster and better you serve your clients. The more quality, reliable appraisal assignment you complete. The less a client will be inclined to use your competition - human or computer.
Get immediate access to detailed location maps and driving directions, flood zone previews, even local weather forecasts from accuweather.com. All the instant information you need to work. When that's not enough, search the Internet using Google™.
Schedule appointments, view appointment details, add and manage contacts, and set up reminders, all on your $200 Pocket PC. Let's be clear: You're doing this once, in the field, not once in the office and then again in your PDA and then again online in your XSite. Everything is interconnected, and your typing time is minimized.
Accept and process credit card payments on site. Send an invoice to your clients, or view transaction reports with items such as pending charges and settled charges by week, month and year. Do business wherever you need to be.
We don't resell hardware, we work hard to develop applications and tools that will make your practice truly mobile. More homes than ever before are being sold and bought, by less and less creditworthy buyers, with less and less money down. You're going to be more important to your clients than ever in the coming years.
But your clients will be less and less patient. Our current mobile tools already give you a boost by reducing the time it takes to complete the report. Now, mobile tools coming in our Enterprise XSites free you from tasks you used to have to perform at the office.
