Yes – you could blow them away with looking cool – but not with your efficiency. If you had a slate (PC comparable to iPad) you could run the MLS, show them a home, sit IN THAT HOME and have them digitally sign their docs, fax/ email the docs immediately after signature digitally to the sellers Realtor and be done leaving the property. No going back to the office to print and scan. THATS WHAT I WANT FROM IPAD!

Lets face it… MAC for fun/ PC for business.

@ Josh

What a great thing you have going there! Can you send me an email with info on that? I’d love to get my agents on board with that. With the tough market we are facing – efficiency is KEY to success.

At the risk of repeating myself – it’s my belief your MLS should be working for its membership. If you want an MLS system that works on an iPad or iPhone, demand it. Write a letter to the CEO. Get your coworkers to sign the letter. Put the pressure on.

We can make this happen, if we want it bad enough.

@Josh

Very cool what you guy are doing with iTap.. never had considered doing it that way. Nice work!

I totally agree, it would be great if our MLS’ would get a system running on a browser agnostic platform and let us use some of the great browsers out there other than Internet Explorer.

What we have done for our agents is allowed them to remotely connect into our office computer system using an app like iTap RDP which is available through the App Store and it allows them connect into a windows session on our internal network. Our agents love having access to the MLS on their iPhone through this and it will work on their iPad as well. They also use our website which has all the listings on it and most of the critical data they need to access on the road. This way, they get the best of both worlds while are MLS is working to put a system in place that works on both the MAC and PC platform.

My dream is to have a set of apps for the iPad that completely integrates with our office operations from submitting deals, listings and other documents to having a slick electronic listing presentation as well as to see where in the overall transaction process their deal sits right at that moment. Kind of a timeline approach. The increased communication we could provide back to our clients would be outstanding and sure opens a whole new era of communications.