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Taro Systems, Inc. Announces Dickson Realty, Inc. of Reno, NV as Newest Client to ProGold i2 and ViewMyListing.com.

12-14-11
Tom Wilkins

ProGold i2 to replace the Lucero Software System in one of the largest independent real estate companies in Nevada..

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Quote start"Dickson Realty recognizes that business must adapt and change or otherwise fall victims of technology and the free access of available property information on the Internet.” said Doug LeeQuote end

Grand Rapids, MI (PRWEB) December 15, 2011

Taro System Inc. has partnered with Dickson Realty to increase inner office efficiency, enhance customer server to their real estate buyers, sellers and their roster of over 200 agents. Reno, NV real estate buyers and sellers can have access to advanced communication tools to track 24/7 transaction activity and easy communication access to the company and agent. These tools address the industry wide problem of providing expected levels of customer communication with ease of use and without data duplication. The Single/Source technology of ProGold i2, can interface with the Northern Nevada Regional MLS to streamline file sharing and minimize data handling—thus saving time and dollars. Prior to ProGold i2, Dickson Realty had been previously using the Lucero system. Dickson Realty was one of the first customers to benefit from a full data transfer from Lucero to ProGold i2, saving staff 100’s of hours of setup time.

"We're delighted to welcome Dickson Realty, one of the largest independent real estate firms in Nevada, as our newest customer and join the thousands of Real Estate companies making a real commitment to true customer service and office efficiency. Dickson Realty recognizes that business must adapt and change or otherwise fall victims of technology and the free access of available property information on the Internet, to avoid the similar outcome of the travel industry many years ago.” said Doug Lee CEO of Taro Systems, Inc.. With the Taro technical programming that handled the data transfer from the old software to the ProGold i2 real estate software; Dickson Realty will save time but also be able to manage data for historical comparisons.

Buyers searching for Reno real estate and surrounding areas homes for sale will find the local services of a local based real estate company that can offer real live customer service to Nevada and California with its’ seven (7) offices.

About Taro Systems, Inc.: Taro Systems, Inc., headquartered in Grand Rapids, Michigan, with over twenty nine years in operation, possesses the knowledge needed to develop unique and dynamic solutions to address industry-wide problems. The proof of Taro's dedication can be found in the successes of Taro Systems' clients - real estate companies of all sizes - including some of the largest in the industry. Taro Systems is technology aligned with relationships, providing outstanding customer service to the people that count - the customers!

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Real Estate Brokers Can Now Seamlessly Switch Back Office Systems With Taro’s New Data Conversion Wizard and Save With a Competitive Upgrade Credit.

12-05-11
Tom Wilkins

real estate softwareLeading real estate software provider Taro Systems, Inc. today announced a competitive upgrade, allowing real estate owners to have a one-stop-shopping solution with the addition of a full data conversion wizard with the ProGold i2 and ViewMyListing.com for new customers. Additionally, in defining One-Stop-Shopping, Taro Systems offers solutions that cover all areas of the real estate brokerage business from sales leads to SEO and everything in between.

"To Date Taro has integrated over 850 MLS providers as well as full data imports for Century 21 affiliates, Colwell Banker affiliates and ERA Brokerages -- close to 14 million imported listings, 186,000 real estate professional, and 16 million sales prospects have been added to ProGold i2 application with all of our available data import wizards -- on which we've also created top ranking pages for each real estate agent and homeowners with a ViewMyListing.com account created by ProGold i2." said Douglas Lee, Taro’s founder and CEO. "What makes us unique is our customers need only one vendor to connect all the isolated pods of data into one central database. Brokers would literally have to have several software systems to perform the same tasks as ProGold i2, but at a much larger price tag for the same functions."

In addition, any real estate broker that has a qualifying competitor software system, can receive as much as 50% savings off the one-time licensee fee through the end of 2011. Today's changes are consistent with Taro’s mission of providing cutting- edge tools and information to real estate owners so they can provide superior service to their agents, employees, sellers, buyers and even competing agents.

For more information about our Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Real Estate Software and Local Classifieds, visit http://www.taronetwork.com. Read about or comment on updated Taro news and observations on the company blog at http://www.mylistingblog.com or follow us on Twitter at http://www.twitter/#!/tarosystems

About Taro Systems, Inc.: Taro Systems, Inc., headquartered in Grand Rapids, Michigan, with over twenty nine years in operation, possesses the knowledge needed to develop unique and dynamic solutions to address industry-wide problems. The proof of Taro's dedication can be found in the successes of Taro Systems' clients like Century 21 Commonwealth representing the Natick Real Estate market. Taro Systems is technology aligned with relationships, providing outstanding customer service to the people that count - the customers!

Challenges Faced by Realtors

11-02-09
Tom Wilkins

Real estate agents face serious challenges these days in terms of meeting the needs of their highly demanding customers that search real estate for sale properties. Today with the latest technologies and the internet, real estate customers have access to a whole lot of real estate data that were only available to the real estate agents once. Previously homebuyers were dependent just on local classifieds but today they get most of the information they need online. They access craigslist, Trulia and other similar online platforms to both advertise as well as search homes for sale advertisements. So by the time buyers or sellers reach their local realtors, they have already made their searches online and kind of studied the market situation. In other words, customers are better informed today than they used to be.

This trend makes realtors face a serious challenge; they need to be well equipped so that they can project themselves to be an authority in this industry. Winning customers' trust has become all the more difficult because their expectations are too high. Realtors are forced to train themselves in the latest buying and selling strategies, have the right realty tools, etc.

Every realtor today is forced to have a website to promote their services as well as to give good exposure to the properties of the sellers that approach them. It is not enough just to have a website but the website should also be well promoted so that it gets good traffic. A website without the right kind of traffic is dead and one cannot expect any business out of a dead website.

All these leave them with very little time to focus on their core business activities as a realtor. Besides these, they need to keep track of their customer information, which includes buyers as well as sellers, customer follow up, etc. Pressure builds up gradually and the realtors fail to cope with the pressure buckle down to it leading to poor performance. One of the ways of reducing the pressure is by getting organized and to segregate different activities in terms of various categories such as core business functionalities, front office activities, back office activities, marketing efforts and so on.

Again, it is not enough to segregate the tasks but it is very important to make use of the latest tools available to handle these tasks more efficiently. For example, the use of Pro Gold i2 will help realtors save a great deal of time and become more efficient. When efficiency increases, performance gets better. They will have more time for their customers and for customer follow-ups. One of the important ways of succeeding in any business is to make customers feel important. If you do not have time for them in the first place, you will not be able to make them feel important.

Make use of all the help you could get to face the challenges. These are challenges that are very much within the control of the real estate agent so by using the available resources you will be able to meet the challenges effectively.

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