Greater Rochester Association of REALTORS®
MLS & Technology e-Newsletter
March 2, 2015
GRAR 2015 Major Sponsors
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SupraGRAR & WCR Agents Fair and Exhibit Show
This year's featured speaker Craig Grant, Real Estate Technology Institute Founder & Instructor, will be presenting several sessions that deal with helping today's REALTORS® use all facets of technology, the Internet, websites, social media & more in their business & daily lives.

$ 20 Ticket includes: Continental Breakfast, Exhibitors, Educational Sessions, Lunch & Door Prizes, and Free Parking at Convention Center Garage. One Stop Shopping!
Ticket Order Form/More Info About Event         GRAR Members Register/Pay Online

ARTICLE1Customize the Cover Photo of Your Next RPR Report
As of January, REALTORS® can now customize the cover photo of their Property, Mini-Property and Seller's reports using either the RPR website or RPR Mobile™.

FAVORITESOur Favorite Apps & Tech
We've been sharing some of the most useful apps that members of our Technology Committee use and have recommend over the past  year.  Here is the next group (in no particular order):
  • AppSaga:  Apps Gone Free  Find all of today's best limited-time FREE iPhone and iPad apps.  http://appsaga.com/category/apps-gone-free/
  • aWallet Password Manager an Android app for keeping your passwords and other secret data safe. It organizes your data in categories. Categories can be created and customized anytime using the Category editor. (Android)  http://www.awallet.org/home
  • Diptic  Quickly and easily combine multiple photos to create a new image. (IOS) http://www.dipticapp.com/
  • Dropbox Put your stuff in Dropbox and get to it from your computer, phone or tablet. https://www.dropbox.com/
  • Dwellr  Powers your phone with neighborhood-level statistics on topics such as home values, education, and how people get to work so that you can explore where you want to dwell.  http://www.census.gov/mobile

ARTICLE3March Tech Tuesday: Basic Photo Editing with Picasa

GRAR's Technology Committee runs a Tech Tuesday session once a month! Join us from 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM the first Tuesday of each month for an informal session about various topics to help you get a better handle on some of our Technology benefits and other Tech topics. We'll have a brief presentation to kick things off and then lots of Q & A. Bring your questions, tips to share and or learn from others.

 

Tuesday, March 3 session: Basic Photo Editing With Picasa 

TECHHELPLINETech Helpline Lifeline

Mac Users: Protect Your Data with Time Machine

All modern Mac computers come with a built in backup solution that many Mac users do not utilize. This utility is known as Time Machine; it is very simple to use, and, most importantly, it's FREE (external hard drive not included.)   

Read more on the Tech Helpline Blog

CEUpcoming Tech CE, Training & Tech Tuesdays
Tech Tuesdays (0 CE) 
Topic: Basic Photo Editing with Picasa
Instructor: Christine Whites
CE Credit: 0 hrs
Cost: FREE (GRAR members only)

Fusion One
THU | Mar. 19 | 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

THU | Apr. 2 | 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Instructor: Bill Roesser
CE Credit: 3 hrs
Cost: $35 members / $75 non-members
Fusion Two (Advanced Fusion)
THU | Mar. 5 | 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Instructor: Bill Roesser 
CE Credit: 3 hrs
Cost: $35 members / $75 non-members

Fusion CMA

Instructor: Bill Roesser 
CE Credit: 3 hrs 
Cost: $35 members / $75 non-members

For more information on all GRAR courses, go to: www.GRAR.org 

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DISCLOSURE: RATES OF COMMISSIONS AND OTHER FEES FOR THE SALE, EXCHANGE, RENTAL, LEASE, MANAGEMENT, OR MORTGAGE OF REAL ESTATE SHALL BE NEGOTIABLE BETWEEN A BROKER AND HIS/HER CLIENT.

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