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Printing with Vista


Windows Vista is the latest version of the Windows family to hit the shelves. It’s been out for nearly a year now, but there are still a few issues completing common tasks such as setting up a printer. Surprisingly, there are still a large number of printers that are not “officially” supported by their manufacturers to run on Windows Vista. This walkthrough will guide you step-by-step on how to setup one of these tricky network printer installs that even the manufacturers say shouldn’t work…

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Create Your Own PDFs


Thanks to a few individuals, I have become aware of a handy little program that will allow you to create your own PDF documents for FREE. Usually this is only accomplished with the FULL versions of Adobe Acrobat that retail for around $300. So… free compared to $300 is definitely a good deal in my opinion! (more…)

Add Photos to the MOMLS


MCAR MLSI have been made aware that some agents out there are not familiar with uploading property photos to Listings on the Monmouth MLS. This article is a step by step walkthrough on how to do this… (more…)

Resize Your Pictures in 3 Easy Steps!


VSO WebsiteI finally found it! The little program I have been looking for for over a year now. An easy to use, free, image resizing tool to help real estate agents upload to the MLS. The main MLS in our area (Monmouth MLS) has size limit on the photos you can upload to their system. If you can not easily resize your photos and upload them quickly, they will not be appearing as soon as they should on the 100’s of websites that pull from the MLS directly.

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How to Make a Video Slideshow


If you have Windows XP (which most people do at the time of this article), then you have the Windows Movie Maker. It has probably been sitting on your computer for years without you really knowing it’s potential. Especially for Real Estate agents, this will become a very handy feature to put videos of your listings onto YouTube.com and Realtor.com (more…)