Foreclosure software programs?

[Lynda]

I guess you got the message, but to broaden it even further I would NOT buy anything from foreclosure wolrd - they do not keep their return policies, etc.

[bobcooltx]

ACT! is a fairly populat contact manager that you can purchase at Costco or just about any other software retailer.  You might also want to look into Goldmine or the Business Contact Manager that comes with Outlook.  Microsoft makes a product to compete with Act!, but you have to run MS Small Business Server, and most of us investors dont have the time and $ to support running a server.  

Actually, if you have Office 2003 Small Business or Professional you already have Business Contact Manager.  Also, you don't have to have Small Business Server - BCM runs inside Outlook and has it's own MSDE standalone database that resides on the hard drive.  I and another fellow RE Investor use this software to track our opportunities, leads, existing customers and business contacts.  We also can do mass marketing using mail merge to MS Word.  Check out this link to learn more about BCM:

http://www.microsoft.com/office/outlook/contactmanager/prodinfo/default.mspx

It's all about using what you already have to the fullest, so if you already have Office 2003 Professional or Small Business Edition you should check it out...

[trocho]

I have been using Sharkbait foreclosure software for more than two years now. I believe it is a great training tool for new investors and gives seasoned pro's a "organizational advantage" over other investors who can't database and track properties efficiently. One or two extra properties/year in our biz is a lot of money!

In the beginning, it was difficult to find people to talk to that were using it successfully, and actually the first two investors that I did finally speak with got refunds from the company!

The keys to Sharkbait are: having an accurate and timely data source, including comps...I formed a partnership with a local data compiler here in Arizona so we have a daily feed for data and another monthly for  comps...and learning to utilize the program every day.

I have lots of students and customers that use the program successfully, but it's not for everyone...the posts are correct...it's a PITA to figure out how to get it running...and it is a program that you have to feed data into either daily or weekly...but we teach our folks to work the biz everyday anyway.

I have Goldmine, ACT! and Outlook too, but
if you can get familiar with Sharkbait (and most folks that use it successfully won't teach you) you'll be amazed how much you can get from the program. You can't estimate rehabs, print property reports, pitch investors with profit estimates, do mapping or other RE specific stuff that's available in SB.

Tim Rocho

[Partridge]

Has anyone tried the Millionaire Mindset by Dwan Bent?  She has an infomercial and set sells for $150.

[Coolpal39]

www.foreclosurewizard.com seems to not come up correctly

[ForeclosureGuru]

Well looks like people finally wised to up to SharkBait. They are gone.

You might want to check out QwikView
www.foreclosureQwikView.com

They have been around for years and just get better and better.
Data is transfered into the viewer automatically every day over the internet and it can shoot a sorted/filtered list of properties to your GPS. We swear by it.

The free version does more than SharkBait could ever dream of and the deluxe version has many cool features including calling with Skype!

[ShortSaleArtisan]

That's a helluva bump!