How Your Real Estate Agency Can Benefit from the Cloud

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Working in real estate can bring long shifts with unsociable hours, constant multi-tasking and networking and spending half your time trying to get in touch with the office. Success in this space depends on contacts and the fast exchange of information between you, the office and your clients. Production costs are high and communication can be tenuous and incomplete. Any way of simplifying the process to cut down wait time should be explored.

Welcome to cloud broker software. Specifically designed for realtors, this cloud-based system allows a much more flexible and straightforward way of working. Here are some of the benefits.

Security

Cloud-based systems are safer than your onsite hardware. Is your business protected from hackers, burglaries, natural disasters? If your business devices go down for any reason, that downtime can cost you thousands of dollars. Having a cloudcentric business means that you automatically have a backup and data recovery plan. Your client’s data and your critical information can be accessed on other devices keeping the loss to a minimum. Automatic updates and backups are carried out so you can be sure your business is safe. Servers used by the software providers will have the latest antiviruses, firewalls and malware available making your company’s information as secure as possible.

Costs

Using cloud broker software through a service means that you won’t have to pay a high price to have the same programs on your business hardware. Software can be extremely expensive, and not all businesses are able to afford to pay for it, no matter how much it could benefit their business. Switching to a cloudcentric business plan can make this more achievable, as there are no initial costs and payments can be spread monthly in line with what you can afford and the package you use. Security costs will also be lower as they are included in the regular payments and the level of protection will be much higher than you could have been able to reach on your previous budget. If you have a full-time IT staff member, their time can be much better spent on more important tasks than carrying out the more mundane work on auditing dark data and checking for viruses as it was before.

Saving Time

Cloud-based services are accessible at any time in any location – and are instantly updated on receiving fresh information.
Real estate brokerage software integrates the functions needed to save you time and make you money. New property instructions, changes or sales can be added to your data, given to clients or posted on your website before you’ve left the property involved. Thanks to the online infrastructure tailored to your firm, everyone you work with will have the new information straight away. Due to the sophisticated nature of the software, several different lots of information can be added from different locations simultaneously, cutting out the trudge back to the office to update the localized systems you keep there.

If your business is looking into cloud storage options, Stratosphere Networks can help. Our experienced IT professionals will help create the safest and most effective plans for your business to function successfully. Call us at (877) 599-3999 or fill out our contact form.

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