Field Guide to Time Management For Real Estate Professionals

(Updated March 2009)

Meetings with clients, open houses, listing presentations, marketing. . . How can a busy REALTOR® squeeze it all in without feeling squeezed? You'll find a few answers in this page of articles, books, and Web pages on time management for real estate professionals. Most items are available full-text online, others can be obtained directly from Information Central. (Victoria Broady, Information Specialist)

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Sales Meeting Tool Kit: Tips for  Using Scraps of Time

Call a potential client.

Go over your "To-Do List".

Send a card to a previous client.

Finish some paperwork.

Prepare for a listing appointment.

Create a new article for your newsletter.

Review a contract before presenting to a client.

Update your contact database.

Practice stress reduction techniques.

Source: Sales Meeting Tool Kit Better Time Management, (REALTOR® Magazine).

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For the Real Estate Professional  

Effective Time Management Key to Agents Success, (RISMedia, n.a.).

Time Management For Real Estate Agents, (The Article Library, Jan. 16, 2009).

Eating the "Elephant" with Time Blocking, (Realty Times, Jan. 15, 2009).

Stop Wasting Time, (Government Executive, Jan. 2009). Q

3 Steps to Shifting Your Mindset, Marketing and Time Management Gears, (Realty Times, Sept. 22, 2008)

Time Mastery, (Realty Times, Aug. 29, 2008).

Running a Business: Balancing Work & Life: Five Tips to Boost Productivity, (Wall Street Journal, Nov. 29, 2007).Q

Hacking Toward Happiness, (Time, July 2, 2007). Q

Scheduling Adulthood One Page at a Time, (Newsweek, June 4, 2007). Q

Management Against Time, (Industrial Management, May/Jun. 2007). Q

Get More Done, (Medical Economics, Apr. 6, 2007). Q

Email: a good servant but a bad master, (Training Journal, Apr. 2007). Q

Time is Money, (The American Salesman, Jan. 2009). Q

time's A-WASTIN'!, (EventDV,Oct. 2008).Q

Make Every Hour Count, (Business Week, Aug. 25, 2008).Q

Getting Serious About Getting Things Done, (Business Week, Aug. 25, 2008).Q

Effectively Manage Your Multi-Tasking Day, (The American Salesman, July 2008). Q

Time Management: How to Stay in Control, (Real Estate Time Management, Mar. 08, 2008)

HOW TO...beat procrastination, (Occupational Health, Dec. 2007). Q

Time to Add a 25th Hour to the Day, (Air Conditioning, Heating &Refrigeration News, Mar. 5, 2007). Q

61 Time Saving Tips: Keeping you, your co-workers, and your family on-time, (Project Management Source, Feb. 23, 2007)

Time Management: Your Secret Weapon in the Year Ahead, (HR Focus, Jan. 2007). Q

Time-Management, Tips For A Successful Life, (Life Organizers.com, 2007).

QUIZ:  OFFICE ORGANIZATION, (REALTOR® Magazine Online Exclusives). 

Organize Your Office and Improve Your Office Design, (About.com).

Quick Tips for Home Office Organization, (HGTV.com, n.a.)

Organize your Office, (Smart Work Like Solutions, n.a.)

Get Organized! Organizing Your Home Office, (WomensMedia.com, n.a.)

Document Management Dos and Don'ts, (The Practical Accountant, Jul. 2008). Q

How to handle the paper glut, (Medical Economics, May 2, 2008). Q

IS IT TIME TO FINE-TUNE YOUR records management PROGRAM?, (Office Solutions, Oct. 2007). Q

Diagnosis: Paper Overload, (CRN, Oct. 15, 2007). Q

THE OFFICE OF THE FUTURE, (The Tax Adviser, Sept. 2007). Q

Low-tech ways to get organized, (Medical Economics, Sept. 7. 2007). Q

A Better Place to Work: Home Office on a Budget, (REALTOR® Magazine Online, Mar. 1, 2007).

Know when to retire your records, (REALTOR® Magazine Online Exclusives, Feb. 2004). 

Personal Time Management Guide, (Time-Management-Guide.com, 2009).

Thirteen Timely Tips for More Effective Personal Time Management, (VIP-Quality Software, 2009).

WORK/LIFE BALANCE, (AgriMarketing, Jun. 2008). Q

GOOD TO GREAT EXPECTATIONS, (Business Week, Aug. 25, 2008). Q

The Dual-Career Balancing Act, (Pennsylvania CPA Journal, Summer 2008). Q

Time Management for the Working Mother, (About.com, 2005).

Home & Family--Family Matters--The Daddy Diaries: Fathers Juggle Work, Kids and Stress, Too, (The Wall Street Journal, May 5. 2005). Q

The Day in the life: How consumers divvy up all the time they have, (Advertising Age: Midwest region edition, May 2. 2005). Q

Transitions Between Working and Home, (University of Illinois Extension).

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eBooks & Other Resources

eBooks.realtor.org

The following ebooks and digital audiobooks are available to NAR members:

Easy Step by Step Guide to Stress and Time Management (Adobe eReader)

Manage Your Time and Double Your Productivity: How to Get Organized, Set Priorities, Save Time and Get More Done Faster - Guaranteed (Adobe eReader)

Time Management (Adobe eReader)

Books, Videos, Research Reports & More

The resources below are available for loan through Information Central.  Up to three books, tapes, CDs and/or DVDs can be borrowed for 30 days from the Library for a nominal fee of $10.  Call Information Central at 800.874.6500 for assistance.

Familytime, (Chicago, IL: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®, 2004). DVD008

Organizing for success, (Paoli, PA: South Western, 2002). HF 5438 J62

Taming the paper tiger at work, (Washington, D.C.: Kiplinger Books, 2002).

The myth of the paperless office, (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2002).

Organizing for dummies, (New York, NY: Hungry Minds, Inc., 2001). HF 5547.15 R74

Stress management for dummies, (New York, NY: Harper Audio, 2000). CD018

Conquering chaos at work, (New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 2000). HF 5547.15 Sch2

Organizing your work space, (Menlo Park, CA, NY: Crisp, 1999).

Organizing your office, (New York, NY: Hyperion, 1998).

The office clutter cure, (Pocatello, ID, NY: Marsh Creek Press, 1994).

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