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BUYER’S GUIDE: Cool Tools

  • Sign off in style
    They’re more fashionable than the typical e-mail signature and sure to impress your tech-savvy customers. E-business cards embed a graphic signature at the end of your e-mail with linkable tabs. The cards can include your photo, business logo, and contact information. $10 per month for customized card design, hot links, and tabs, plus onetime $25 setup fee; bulk pricing for orders of five or more. EmailIdeas.com, Wilmington, N.C.; 910/509-7170; www.emailideas.com.
  • Fabulous floor plans
    SmartDraw software walks you through the design process, providing thousands of graphics so that you can add furniture and plants to help potential buyers visualize a space. The software is also a great tool for landscape design or for creating building layouts to give to commercial or apartment tenants. $129 for SmartDraw 6 Professional, or $198 for SmartDraw 6 Professional Plus, which has a wider collection of graphics. SmartDraw.com, San Diego; 858/225-3300; www.smartdraw.com.
  • Good-bye pet smells
    Sometimes scented candles just won’t do. This nontoxic odor neutralizer destroys strong smells from cigarettes, mildew, and poorly trained pets. Used for years by hotels, AtmosKlear is odorless and comes with a guarantee that bad smells won’t return. $9.99 for a 16-ounce spray bottle, or $149.95 for the real estate professional package, which includes a gallon of AtmosKlear, a minifogger, and a how-to booklet. TwinStar Industries, Minneapolis; 800/977-4145; www.atmosklear.net.

    Prices are the manufacturers' suggested retail prices at the time of publication and are subject to change. NAR doesn't evaluate or endorse these products and isn't responsible for changes in company information.

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