If you are a little bit old-school and feel cantankerous about being tied to the web, let me give you three great reasons to consider these particular real estate investing tools: 1) save time 2) save cost 3) easy to use. These are designed to be click-and-go tools anyone can use.

• Signnow – Projects don’t move without signatures, from contracts to work-order authorizations. Signnow allows online legal authorizations without a scrap of paper involved. Signatures are executed by following just a couple of simple “click” steps. The cost is scaleable to the volume you want to do, starting at free for very low volume, all the way up to 100 monthly signatures for just under $50 per month.

• Evernote and Evernote Business – Evernote is more than group-access file-sharing; it is designed to capture thoughts and ideas, quick views of web pages, photos, and even audio recordings grabbed with your mobile device-  that’s in addition to documents and official records. It’s all at a web link where you can view everything, organized as you wish. You can even keep your travel information accessible and organized. Grant permission and your chosen associates can view as much as you want them to see.

Anytime that I see a property that looks interesting, a relevant article, a stat or something else that is useful for my real estate investing I “capture” it with Evernote. It’s a great place to store even personal notes that I take on a job site, so that everything is in one place.

• MLS, county records and other government offices, as well as real estate sites such a Trulia and Zillow, all enable online research. You can even do deed and title searches online once you have the proper permissions with your county recorder. Accessing these sites from your car or a project site with a mobile device, laptop, or tablet is an enormous benefit for enabling prompt decisions, and efficiently using your time and that of your associates.

• GoogleMaps allows you to locate and see a snapshot of a property address and the surrounding neighborhood, as well as satellite views – all from your own home!

If it’s on the web, you can give anyone you wish permission to see for themselves whatever you are looking at (could be an interesting kitchen or perhaps a sales contract) from wherever they are right now, through their mobile device or computer. They can legally sign and authorize with a couple of clicks. At their convenience they can catch up with your thoughts and notations gathered throughout the day, and you can catch up with theirs. Put these web tools to work for you!

Which online app do you use the most for your real estate investing business?

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