Roberson acknowledged the online WINForms system makes writing up offers easier and quicker, but doesn’t eliminate the need to make several copies for buyers’ and sellers’ signatures. The plethora of forms can be just as confusing for the agent.
Conrad Vanino, Jr., president, broker owner of Century 21 Park Road, Wyomissing, Pa., has been in the real estate brokerage business since 1965, and agreed that despite computers, paper usage has increased. “One recent change that I believe will be really meaningful is the file storage system in which we download all documents of a file onto a CD after the file is closed. We maintain file rooms filled with thousands of old files, which is a waste of prime space,” he said. Under the new system, the company will be able to backup its network by storing thousands of files in one filing cabinet, and the company providing the software also maintains a backup of the information for several years.
- People:
- Closure Roberson
- Places:
- California
- Philadelphia