Windows Phone Thoughts: Wireless Technologies Will Transform The Practice Of Real Estate

"For the past decade, the advances in technology that have transformed the way Realtors do business may have served as a warm-up act to what's just around the corner: a wireless technology revolution that may change the real estate industry like nothing before it. You couldn't avoid the topic at the recent National Association of Realtors conference in November, 2003. Everywhere you turned, attendees were discussing which wireless device to buy and how it can immediately help their business.

Nor do you have to look far in the industry to see its fast-growing impact. Around the nation, Realtors motivated both by a desire to provide better customer service and reap the financial rewards that follow, are tapping into wireless technology. Armed with handheld, unobtrusive, carry-anywhere Blackberry devices and Pocket PC's, they're using sophisticated new software that enables them to instantly call up home listing and other crucial data for their customers. Anywhere. Anytime. Far from the confines of their office or home computer."

Mobility is a cornerstone of being an effective Realtor, so if any industry is poised to take full advantage of what wireless data has to offer, it's this one. I know there are Realtors reading this site - how does your Pocket PC help you to do your job better?