10 Questions To Ask An Appointment Center Vendor

Figuring out all the ins and outs of hiring an Appointment Center service - to handle your very important listings - can be a challenge. As you prepare to talk to vendors and see a demo, consider putting together a list of questions. These 10 can help get you started:

Amarillo, Northern Kentucky MLS Select ShowingTime

We're pleased to announce that two more Associations/MLSs selected ShowingTime to provide showing management services to members.

3 Reasons Text Messaging Works For Real Estate

Did you know that every day, six billion text messages are sent in the U.S.? And that the first one - it said, 'Merry Christmas' - was sent more than 20 years ago?

But is it compatible with residential real estate? How?

Real Estate Showing Requests Occurring Online More And More

Imagine if 1,000 online showing requests occurred every month from interested buyers in your residential real estate market. That's exactly what's happening in some areas through an online process that connects interested buyers with listing agents/offices at just the right time.

The Inside Scoop on 'Life Of The Listing' Plans

Let's say you're a residential real estate professional with 7 listings and are extremely busy. So, you're considering outsourcing the showing scheduling process so you can focus on all the things you want to do to market your listings.

With all that on your plate, you may feel like you don't have time even to research the various appointment center services available and who offers what, so you may go with what someone else in your office uses. That can be a winning strategy ...

5 Reasons Your Sellers Will Love You For Using An Appointment Center

Residential real rstate agents sometimes say they prefer handling the showing appointment scheduling process themselves. That they prefer a personal touch vs. outsourcing the work to an Appointment Center or Call Center that specializes in scheduling showings. Here's a question worth asking yourself: What do your sellers say?

How Do I Get Real Estate Agents To Give Me Showing Feedback?

Sometimes, getting feedback after a showing appointment is the most difficult task residential real estate listing agents face. What can you do?

What Service Level Should You Expect From Your Real Estate Appointment Center?

Like thousands of real estate listing agents and offices, if you use a service to manage showing appointment requests or to generate showing feedback on your behalf, you should demand excellent service. You are paying that showing and feedback service provider to represent you, so you should expect professionalism, expertise and speed.

If you get that, and are delighted with the level of service you're receiving, you might write something like this:

Which Is Better: ShowingTime, ABC Co., or XYZ Co.?

If you're a real estate listing agent or listing office, you may go to Google in search of showing software or an appointment setting service and type something like, 'Which is better, ShowingTime, ABC Co., or XYZ Co.' or 'Why use ShowingTime' or 'Agent reviews of ShowingTime vs. ABC Co. vs. XYZ Co.'.

Searches for products and services often begin at Google. Listing agents and offices seeking help to get showings scheduled on their listings have to start somewhere. What do you do?

What Traits Do Buyers (And Sellers) Desire In Their Agents

This article caught my eye, "6 Traits Buyers Desire in Their Agents", as my family is preparing to sell a condo owned by my parents in Roswell, GA. So, I thought it might be helpful to think about what sellers desire, too. And, having not been on the selling side for several years now, I thought, "What do I want right now from our listing agent?" Here's my quick hit list: