Real estate professionals are taking advantage of the power of CyberSpace. Members of the Real Estate CyberSpace Society,share their tips and tricks for using thesetools to leverage their effectiveness and profitability. I'm a quarterback receiving those tips and it is one of my joys to pass these Cyber tips and tricks along with pointers to special Internet places of special interest to real estate owners, investors and related professionals.

Now you can go to http://www.recyber.com/reintelligence and link directly to any of the Great Places appearing here or in any previous Real Estate CyberTips Columns.

TRICK#1 HAVE YOUR DESKTOP TALK TO YOU!

http://www.shadisoft.com

This one blew us away! Here is a little free trial gremlin that will enable your computer to "talk to you". You can listen to your e-mails, web pages, documents, help files or anything else you copy to the clipboard! You just click and your desktop comes to life. This little gremlin will even remind you of your appointments! It won't make lunch ---but what do you expect for $13.99!

TRICK#2 PRIVATE CYBER-SECRETARY ANSWERS YOUR MAIL!

http://www.webmailstation.com/turn.html

Wow! How about a secretary that will answer your incoming e-mail without missing a beat! Ever want the people who e-mailed you to know that you were on vacation? Ever want to advertise something you were promoting, and have the prospects receive your sales letter by return email, within minutes? Ever want to follow-up on people who e-mailed you in the past, without having to manually email them back?

Now you can turn your own, regular email account into an automatic answering system. This neat service was designed so you can automatically answer your incoming email, within minutes, whenever you are not around to personally reply. No software is needed, or special download required. Just create a free online account, and you are on your way!

No coffee breaks either--and it's free!

GREAT PLACE #1 YOUR MAGIC DESK ON THE WEB!

http://www.magicaldesk.com

How about a complete magic desk top on the Web --for you to access from anywhere? How about a place to post your photos or your other files to get from anywhere --or to share with others if you choose?

This magic desk provides all the tools you need to communicate with other people, while still maintaining your personal workspace. This personal desk on the Web provides e-mail services with your own e-mail account, a filing system, bookmark storage, a scheduling system, address book --in short all of the tools you need on the road or at home! Since your magic desk is stored on a Central Server, you can check your mail and do your business anytime from anywhere in the world!

Oh, did we mention? The service is FREE!

GREAT PLACE #2 FIND DIRTY LITTLE SECRETS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD!

http://www.epa.gov/epahome/comm.htm

Just about every neighborhood has them---Dirty little secrets! Some neighborhoods have big ones!

Thanks to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency you can dig up all the dirt by just typing in your Zip code at this great place. With one click you can get a list of all the areas of pollution, hazardous waste sites, and other regulatory information for your area.

You can access all sorts of additional environmental information right here. Try it --you paid for it!

Copies of all previous “Real Estate CyberTips” columns complete with all direct links are available at http://www.recyber.com/reintelligence/cybertips.html

Published: May 2, 2000

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John M. "Jack" Peckham is the Executive Director of REcyber.com (the Real Estate CyberSpace Society). In that capacity he oversees the development and delivery of the latest up to the minute Real Estate Cyberspace tools, strategies, networking structures and services that the Society provides its members to leverage their effectiveness, visibility, professionalism and earnings. As host of Real Estate CyberSpace Radio, he provides over 40 hours of programming to help listeners integrate the power of the Internet into their daily business lives. He is the author of several real estate books published by Prentice Hall and Harcourt Brace Jovanovich including his latest Master Guide to Income Property Brokerage from Wiley Publishing. A columnist for the Boston Herald for nine years, his syndicated columns have appeared in over 100 papers nationwide. Jack loves to sell real estate has been involved directly in the sale of over one billion dollars in Real Estate. Today he sells in his jeans and fuzzy slippers as a one-man shop and has closed over $40,000,000 in sales on the Internet recently in 20% of his working time. The balance he spends directing the affairs of the 10,000 member Real Estate CyberSpace Society. The Society awards the RECS (Real Estate CyberSpace Specialist) Designation to members based on the current criteria. He served as Chairman of the Strategic Planning Committee for the National Association of Realtors (NAR), is a Past President of the Massachusetts Association of Realtors and has been honored as the Massachusetts State Realtor of the Year. You can reach Jack at or by calling 617-523-4441.