{"id":1501,"date":"2018-09-12T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-12T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/2018\/09\/12\/no-perfect-software-solution\/"},"modified":"2025-03-13T02:24:20","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T02:24:20","slug":"no-perfect-software-solution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/2018\/09\/12\/no-perfect-software-solution\/","title":{"rendered":"There&#8217;s No Perfect Software Solution"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>The Other Side of Real Estate<\/h1>\n<p>For those of you who know me, I couldn&#8217;t be more excited about my switch from the software side of the industry into the brokerage world.&nbsp; About three months ago, I joined <a href=\"http:\/\/www.peabodysmith.com\">Peabody &amp; Smith Realty<\/a> in New Hampshire as their Vice President of Business Development.&nbsp; I&#8217;ve worked for nearly a decade in this industry in technology consulting, building &amp; selling my own software company, and most recently in marketing\u2014Channel, PR, and Industry Relations \u2013 for one of the largest software companies in the industry.&nbsp; I sit on the board of advisors for several tech companies including <a href=\"terradatum-partners-with-voiceter-pro\/\">VoiceterPro<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/letsbutterfly.com\/\">LetsButterfly<\/a>. (If you don&#8217;t know about these companies, check them out!)<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The most interesting aspect of my new role is breaking the mindset that the software side of the industry instilled.&nbsp; There are a lot of assumptions about the way brokerages operate and how decisions are made by both agents and brokers.<\/p>\n<p>In this article, I&#8217;m going to break down one topic each month where I&#8217;ve found assumptions are wrong, or just misguided or misleading. Let&#8217;s get started.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Assumption:&nbsp; There&#8217;s a perfect software solution for every brokerage<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>There&#8217;s no perfect software solution, especially for a group of agents who have very different skill sets, backgrounds, <a href=\"case-study-kunversion\/\">comfort with technology<\/a>, etc. First, it doesn&#8217;t matter what you&#8217;re trying to sell, there&#8217;s only so much time in a day. Saving money is great, but if you can&#8217;t save time for agents, admins, and brokers, or make the customer&#8217;s experience better, it&#8217;s hard to justify the time spent to onboard a new technology.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-49804 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/01\/software.jpg\" alt=\"perfect software solution\" width=\"5760\" height=\"3840\"><\/p>\n<p>In fact, it&#8217;s become clear that there is no best software solution out there. The best solution is the one that agents will use.&nbsp; What&#8217;s clear is that agents need to know <em>WHY<\/em> they should use that solution over another, and not <em>HOW<\/em>. What are the key advantages and how will our buyers and sellers benefit? It&#8217;s easy to get caught up in the <em>how<\/em>, but when your team knows <em>why<\/em>, they&#8217;ll be much more engaged in making sure the system is used to its fullest.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, vendors that offer training in 1 to 2-hour segments don&#8217;t understand that agents and staff have a never-ending to-do list.&nbsp; Dedicating that much time in one sitting is next to impossible. And even if it is possible, it&#8217;s difficult to retain that much information when agents are also thinking about their showings, transactions, and buyers &amp; sellers, in addition to the 50 other things they&#8217;re working on.&nbsp; The easiest onboarding will include feature-based training, either live or on-demand videos that are 5-15 minutes, so agents and staff can watch and begin implementing one tool at a time.<\/p>\n<h3>Work in Tandem<\/h3>\n<p>Looking at this from both sides of the fence, I believe brokerages and vendors need to work in tandem and search out opportunities to share ideas, best practices, and have a true understanding of each other&#8217;s business. Sometimes the solution being offered by a vendor doesn&#8217;t address the actual problem the brokerage is experiencing. And sometimes brokerages don&#8217;t know they have a problem or don&#8217;t know how to articulate what the problem is.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Vanilla Ice said it best, &#8220;All right stop. Collaborate and listen.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Working together we can identify the most pertinent challenges and the set of questions that need to be addressed to improve efficiencies and consumer experience.&nbsp; The days of operating in a black box have passed; Transparency and clear communication are the keys to our mutual success.<\/p>\n<p>As a brokerage, we look forward to creating strategic alliances with our current and future vendor partners and those that want to learn more from us. If I can help, please feel free to give me a call!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Author Bio:&nbsp;&nbsp;Warren Dow<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-49805\" src=\"https:\/\/www.realtrends.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/01\/warren-300x300-1-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"Warren Dow - perfect software solution\" width=\"155\" height=\"155\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peabodysmith.com\/employees\/2894-Warren-Dow\">Warren Dow<\/a> is the VP of Business Development at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.peabodysmith.com\">Peabody &amp; Smith Realty<\/a> based in New Hampshire. Warren has over a decade of leadership experience in real estate software and services. 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