Paperless Office

Convert Real Estate Files to Searchable Text Files With Google Docs

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Google Docs now converts the text in scanned documents to Google Docs.  This is a great feature, especially if you are a paperless office.  For example, you can upload an appraisal file that is in PDF format and not only store it in Google Docs, but search the text within the PDF file. Upload your [...]

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8 Ways Real Estate Appraisers Can Go Green

Go Green by Bryan McDonald

Image by Ria Dis Earth day celebrated its 40th anniversary last week.  In its honor, REbliss has put together a list of 8 things real estate appraisers can do to go green. 1) Go Paperless a) Convert web pages to PDFs and store them digitally instead of printing.  You can use PDFmyURL to convert web [...]

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Create Your Own Personal Cloud Storage With Pogoplug [Mobile Appraiser]

Pogoplug by Bryan McDonald

Pogoplug might be a good solution for real estate appraisers that need to access their computer files when they are out of  the office.  Pogoplug allows you access to your external hard drive from anywhere, essentially creating your own cloud storage. The term “Cloud” refers to a place on the internet where you can store [...]

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Convert a Web Page to a PDF With One Click [Paperless Office]

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PDFmyURL is an easy way to convert web pages to PDF documents.  I  know it is already easy to convert a web page to a PDF document: go to File > Print. Select Adobe PDF (or what ever PDF writer you have) and Click “Print”.  This process is not long or complicated but what if [...]

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