Field Guide to Time Management For Real Estate Professionals
(Updated July 2005)
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. (V. Broady, Information Specialist)
Contents:
For the Real Estate Professional | Time-Saving Tips | Office Organization | Personal Time Management | Websites | eBooks & Other Resources
Component 7: handout 3, Tips for Using Scrap 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).
For the Real Estate Professional 
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, April 6, 2007). Q
Email: a good servant but a bad master, (Training Journal, April 2007). Q
The role of time wasted in sales force attitudes and intentions to quit, (The International Journal of Banking Marketing, 2006). Q
Make Sure Time Pays, (The American Salesman, Aug. 2006). Q
Ten "Lies" that Eat Away Your Time, (Realtytimes, July 18, 2006).
Managing Your Time and Productivity, (The American Salesman, Feb. 2006). Q
Top 10 Time Tamers, (Machine Design, Oct 7. 2004). Q
HOW TO...beat procrastination, (Occupational Health, Dec. 2007). Q
6 Keys to Respecting Your Time, (Inland Valleys REALTORS®, July 2007).
10 Easy Time Management Tips, (Inland Valleys REALTORS®, May 2007).
Time to Add a 25th Hour to the Day, (Air Conditioning, Heating &Refrigeration News, Mar. 5, 2007). Q
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).
Top Time-Management Tricks, (REALTOR® Magazine, Oct. 1, 2006).
Be a Master of Your E-mail, (Newsweek, May 23. 2005). Q
Effective Scheduling, (Sales and Marketing Management, Apr. 2005). Q
QUIZ: OFFICE ORGANIZATION, (REALTOR® Magazine Online Exclusives, ).
Organize Your Office and Improve Your Office Design, (About.com).
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, Sep. 7. 2007). Q
A Better Place to Work: Home Office on a Budget, (REALTOR® Magazine Online, 03/01/2007).
Organizing Tips for the Office, (Whatta Mess: Professional Organizing, 2006).
Don't Forget the Paper, (AIIM E -Doc Magazine, May/Jun. 2006).Q
The Stress-Free Office, (Office Solutions, Jan/Feb. 2005).Q
Know when to retire your records, (REALTOR® Magazine Online Exclusives, Feb. 2004).
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).
Organized Living
National Association of Professional Organizers (NAPO)
OnlineOrganizing.com
Paperclips eNewsletter
Time Log, (Realtor.org, 2005).
Get More Done, (Pace Productivity).
Time Management & Organization, (Entrepeneur.com, 2005).
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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