GENERAL
* Don't give out personal information to a prospect.
*Leave a copy of basic personal data at your office or home. Also, you should include the make, model, color, year and license number of your car.
*Establish an emergency phone code with your office.
*Always take your car, not the clients' or customers'.
*Trust your instincts. If you have a "funny feeling," call the office or leave at once.
*Avoid wearing expensive jewelry.
*Since addresses cannot be traced from cellular phones, be sure to give the dispatcher your location immediately if you must call 911 for help.

SHOWING PROPERTIES
*Meet in the office, not at the property.
*Make a copy of the prospect's driver's license.
*Develop an "initial prospect" form that includes spaces for name, address, phone number, vehicle description and tag number. Require it be filled out.
*If in doubt, take a partner with you.
*Don't park where your car could be blocked in.
*If you accompany someone through a property, let the prospect lead the way. This will make you less apt to be cornered in a room or grabbed from behind.

OPEN HOUSES
*Show the home with a partner.
*Be alert for behaviors that don't fit the pattern of a potential buyer, such as checking the alarm system, doors and locks.
*Leave your purse and expensive jewelry at home.
*Arrive early and survey all rooms to determine an escape route.
*Never leave keys in front-door locks.
*Use your cell phone to call in to your office or home on a regular schedule.

Basic Realtor Services
Create and mail closing gifts, scan documents and photos, create .PDF files, laminate signage, business cards and marketing materials. Maintain memberships, licenses and association renewals, monitor and respond to multiple email accounts. Manage realtor programs such as:

Contact Management
Combine, update and maintain a contact management database for programs
such as:

Desktop Publishing
Direct mail can be a cost-effective marketing tool to reach a large audience on an individual basis.  Personalized postcards and e-newsletters can be sent to new and existing clients on a monthly or quarterly basis to keep your name fresh in their mind so they remember you when ready to buy or sell again, as well as refer you to their friends and colleagues!

Marketing & Farming Support
Create and manage email drip and newsletter campaigns, agent packages and relocation packages. Create Buyer and Listing presentations, mail magazines, postcards and monthly letters to your farm, referral base and current clients. Create, strategize and administer a client follow-up program. Create marketing campaigns with Imprev and VisualTour programs. Monthly mailings to FSBO's, FRBO's, Investors & Expired Listings, through various postcards and Dave Benson letters. Provide constant communication with sellers and buyers through flyers and newsletters; mail a monthly neighborhood flyer of properties sold and listed during previous months. Prepare and send welcome packages for new neighbors, mail special articles & news regarding your farming area, organize home-buyer or seller seminars. Research and create a “Competition Analysis” form so you can offer what other Realtors in your area lack. Mail invites and flyers to powerhouse agents in the area for broker opens and new listings. Organize and promote broker and public open houses by creating feature sheets, email announcments and broadcast faxing. Create and broadcast fax “Hot Listings” to realty offices, create an Agent Evaluation Card and cover letter to mail to agents that have shown property.

With a network of virtual assistants we are able to offer an assortment of other services for Montgomery, Frederick and Washington Counties.

Technical Support
With gotomypc we can access your computer and assist with software installations, troubleshoot/debug errors, give software support, and training for various software applications.  Upgrade operating systems with the latest service packs and configure email programs.