By Teles Properties

It seems like almost every day the world is presented with a new form of electronic media that’s dubbed the latest and greatest and will change our lives forever. To be sure, the evolution of the Internet and electronic media is organic and expansive to say the least. But is it possible to integrate these tools into the real estate industry in an effective manner?

Social networking tools like Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, LinkedIn, have made real the very fantastic. For example, a realtor can now stand at their open house listing, take a picture of it with their iPhone, and then post that picture to any number of websites advertising the home.

Electronic media also makes it possible to circumvent the extensive use of paper now pandemic in the real estate industry. With the use of DocuSign, individuals across the globe can sign legal documents over the Internet. It’s not a stretch to say that once Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic launches, you’ll be able to exchange real estate contracts in real time from space. For now, you’ll have to keep your feet planted on the ground, but the information is free to move around without paper cuts or deforestation.

Individual agent websites, a hallmark of Teles Properties, ensures that every single agent has a dedicated Internet presence from which to gain new clients and to refer people. All of a particular agent’s listings, sold listings and other helpful information are easy to navigate and provide great insight into the agent themselves. Specific property websites, such as 123FakeStreet.com, link directly to the property for sale to provide photos, a virtual tour, links to other properties and of course, a link back to Teles’ home page.

Teles Properties’ integration of the program Transaction Point allows our agents a very quick turnaround time in listing a home. In a matter of hours, a home listed with an agent has an website and is itself linked to sites all over the net such as Trulia.com, Realtor.com, the LATimes .com and more.

With such expedient materials at our fingertips, Teles firmly believes it’s about time the industry took full advantage of all that electronic media has to offer.

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Filed under: Teles Weekly Activity, Uncategorized on July 23rd, 2009