Well, there is a solution – Wisestamp. Wisestamp is an extention/add-on for Google’s Chrome browser and Mozilla’s Firefox (as well as Thunderbird and Flock).

By the way, if you are still using Internet Explorer, I HIGHLY recommend you stop. Chrome is my preferred browser because of its great speed and infrequent crashes and freeze-ups.  However, the MLS still doesn’t support any other browser except IE so you’ll have to use it for that.

With Wisestamp, you install the extension, create your email signature and voila, you’re ready to go! Photo signatures in Gmail. Easy.

No, it doesn’t print pockets (although that would be amazing – who couldn’t use an extra pocket?).

The Polaroid PoGo ($149) is about the size of a deck of cards, and will print photos from your digital camera or Blue-tooth enabled cell phones.

What a handy tool! You may not think you need it but this would definitely help you stand out with your buyers. Out seeing a ton of homes and want to give something to your buyers to help them remember that great Master Spa they love or that not-so-great kitchen sink? Snap a photo and print it right there on the spot. Make a note on the back and hand it over to your buyers for reference later.

You can learn how to create an email signature here. We will be doing the exact same thing for common text in emails. 

In Outlook, go to ‘tools’ – ‘options’ – then click on the ‘mail format’ tab. 
Click on ‘Signatures’ 

To create a new signature (which is what this is) click ‘New’.
Enter a name for your new signature, such as ‘Invoice’. 

Enter in the text you’d like to be included in your form email and hit ‘ok’.

When you are ready to use your form email text, begin a new email and go to ‘insert’ – ‘signature’ – then select the signature you want to use. 

Now, you can only use one signature at a time and the one you select will overwrite any others you’ve used in the same email.

ADD YOUR EMAIL ACCOUNTS TO GMAIL

Maintaining several email accounts? Tired of logging in to each one? Use Gmail to access all of your accounts from one place. Simply create a Gmail account, go to ‘Settings’ then ‘Accounts’. Enter your email address & password. Voila!

Ta Da Lists lets me keep track of all of my lists and prioritize them. An extra special feature for me is the ability to check off tasks and not have them disappear. One of the most fulfilling aspects for me of keeping lists is crossing them off. I feel a huge sense of accomplishment.

Cozi.com is a family calendar management tool that you can share with all members of your family. You can assign family members to tasks and set email reminders. Cozi also has a built-in list organizer but it isn’t one that I felt especially fond of because I couldn’t rename my lists. Probably one of the most unique aspects of Cozi is the ability to create a family journal. Had a really great family day? Want to jot down a particularly funny memory? Write it in your journal and everyone can save that memory for years to come.
Oh, did I mention both of these services are free? Take a few minutes to check them out and see if they might work for you.

Microsoft Office is pretty much the norm in computer world. Microsoft has a monopoly. Until now. OpenOffice.org is a free alternative to Microsoft Office. OpenOffice is made up of 6 basic programs :

Writer - a word processor comparable to Word
Calc - a spreadsheet editor and creator comparable to Excel
Draw – a graphics editor similar to Publisher
Impress – a presentation program rival to PowerPoint
Base – database program comparable to Access

Already have an older version or Microsoft Office or at least have some files others have created in MS Office? The great thing about OpenOffice is that is can easily integrate MS Office’s information into OpenOffice, meaning you can open MS Office docs in Open Office. If you are looking at purchasing MS Office, give OpenOffice.org a try? What do you have to lose? It’s free!