[jonw118]

Hello all...

We are a rather large team with 10 inside staff members and 14 buyer agents that all work for one agent.

For our CMR system we use Top Producer, which provides headache after headache and just cannot accomodate our needs efficiently.

So- we're looking to switch.

I have searched endlessly and have no found any quality WEB BASED programs... if someone has had a particularly good experience with one, please share!

It seems Top Producer has a strong-hold on this market as there are not many alternatives to it.

Thanks!

[webmaster]

Why not have someone custom code you one? All the features you want, none you don't and full control!

[myreagentmike1]

I use something called Simple Remote...not all the bells and whistles, but easy to use. I do not think it is web based!

[ryduh]

What does CMR stand for? Client Management R______?

[AaronSOLD]

I think they meant CRM Client Relationship Management

[jonw118]

Ha! I meant CRM... my fault, was (and still is) a long day, sorry about that.

I found one company called CompleteCRM.com, but not sure about them since I've never heard of them before... but a maybe a new company isn't a bad thing.

Also thinking about SalesForce for implementation, although they're not built specifically for the RE industry...

[Agent_Tech]

I personally use Agent Office and it too has some limitations. But seems to do pretty well on the multi-user/networking end. I do however agree with webmaster, in that if you want what you want, then the only true solution would be to have it designed specifically for your purposes. Otherwise you're going to have to deal with some built-in limitations imposed because these programs are deisgned to fit and suit the masses.

I sometimes think that even a really good add-on written for Outlook or ,even better, Thunberbird would be an acceptable solution. Any thoughts from anyone?

[kyle422]

Originally Posted by Agent_Tech

I sometimes think that even a really good add-on written for Outlook or ,even better, Thunberbird would be an acceptable solution. Any thoughts from anyone?

Outlook 07 has a ton of CRM features.
I personally use another Outlook (2003) plugin called http://www.eurekaware.com/. I'm happy with the results.

[melhado]

Does Outlook 2007 need an add-on to be effective for real estate or is it good the way that it is?

[Saodavi]

Originally Posted by melhado

Does Outlook 2007 need an add-on to be effective for real estate or is it good the way that it is?

We're using it the way it is out of the box. That works fine for contact databases, calendars, schedules, to-do lists, emails, etc.

The add-ons will likely provide additional features like client/transaction processing, managing marketing campaings, managing followups, contract-to-close and other tasks of this nature.