The real estate business requires communicating with clients, accessing important data on the go, and constantly moving to new locations without wasting time. That’s why an agent without his phone is like a photographer without his camera. However, the full potential of your smartphone isn’t reached without a solid set of mobile apps.
We broke down this app selection into several categories to cover every single aspect of a real estate professional’s work. It will hopefully provide you with a complete toolbox!
For realtors to better manage the listings
Zillow
This app is a guarantee for quality. It offers tons of listings to browse through with your clients and useful services you shouldn’t miss out on (Zestimate, Premier Agent, Mortgage by Zillow).
Free to install / free to use (some features are paying)
Homesnap
This app collects 5-star reviews and became the best real estate app on iOS. Realtors can connect with leads fast and find useful data about their area. It allows for a smooth search both for professionals and private individuals.
Free to install / starting at $49/month
LoopNet
This app specializes in commercial real estate. It provides hundreds of listings and comprehensive research filters to target the needs of your clients.
Free to install / starting at $69,95/month
Champions of productivity for photographers and realtors
Those take care of time-consuming tasks and let you focus on your priorities.
CubiCasa
According to Zillow, floor plans are the 2nd most important feature on a listing. Unfortunately, producing them with traditional floor plan creators can be a hassle. With the CubiCasa app, you only need 5 min to take a video of a property. Then, the floor plan is delivered to you on the next day, with the option of editing it.
Available on iOS (soon on Android)
Free to install / $34,90/scan
Zapier
This is not an app, but a web service that helps you manage all the apps on your phone. With Zapier, you can connect two or more apps and easily automate repetitive tasks. According to Zapier.com, a realtor can connect with leads 90% faster by using their app, thanks to the total time savings.
Available here
From $0/month to $125/month
Evernote
This will be your go-to app whenever you need to take notes. It supports multiple media (text, drawing, photos, web-content) which can be exported, annotated, and searched for keywords. With these organized digital notebooks, you can find important notes back in no time.
Free to install / from 0$/month to 14,99$/month
Document organization
The real estate apps that make paperwork and transaction management easier for you.
Dotloop
This one is dedicated to the digitalization of real estate transactions. All your necessary paperwork is centralized in a single app. It allows you and your clients to edit, sign, complete, and share important documents whenever you need to.
Free to install / free plan or $29/month plan
CamScanner
This document-scanner fits in your pocket. Although it is quick to use, you will get a sharp and clean result in PDF. You will never need to scan the same paper twice.
Free to install / from $0/month to $9,99/month
Dropbox
Carry important documents with you at all times with this cloud storage app. Not only can you access them on the go, but they are also safely stored in case you encounter a problem with your device.
Free to install / from $0/month to $16,58/month
Real estate data tools for real estate professionals
RPR Mobile
Designed by the NAR, this app is available exclusively for real estate professionals. It will provide you with comprehensive data, thorough reports, analytics, and market statistics. Your clients will be delighted by how quick you can answer their questions about a property.
Free to install / free to use
CRM tools
CRM apps (Customer Relationship Management) helps realtors to deal with current customers while also converting leads.
Contactually
This CRM is best suited for realtors who already have a large contact base. It helps you to organize and balance your clients and leads, and optimize your contact strategy.
Free to install / starting at $69/month
Social media management
A good set of real estate apps isn’t complete without social media to promote your business.
Those apps will let you establish a clear and effective social media strategy without spending too much of your time on it.
Later
With this app, you can schedule your social media posts. They will be organized on a helpful visual planner and you’ll get a notification every time you need to upload. Its affordable price makes it a favorite for many agents. It pairs especially well with Instagram.
Free to install / starting at $9/month
HootSuite
The principle of the app is similar to Later, but HootSuite also supports Linkedin and Youtube. It is more complete and therefore a bit more pricey.
Free to install / starting at $25/month
Hotjar
This app is an analytic tool that will help you understand the behavior of users that visit your pages. With the help of heatmaps, surveys and session recording, you will be able to improve your online presence.
Available on Android
Free to install / from $0/month to $29/month
Marketing content creation
With these apps, you can design eye-catching content to fuel your social media.
Canva
With Canva, designing eye-pleasing content is accessible to anyone. The app gives you access to a large selection of templates (Instagram post, Facebook ads, infographics…), stock photos and graphic elements.
Free to install / from $0 to $12,95/month
BombBomb
Videos are real attention grabbers. BombBomb lets you record and edit video messages that can be sent by email, social media or texts. Moreover, the app helps you to manage your emailing campaign. You will notice true results on your conversion rates.
Free to install / starting from $468/year
Open house
With these real estate apps, you will make sure every open house event is a success.
Open Home Pro
The app provides you with digital sign-in sheets, customizable questions, and marketing tools that visitors will respond well to. Open Home Pro will get you more contacts from leads than the traditional sign-in sheet.
Free to install / free to use, optional $25/month premium plan
Miscellaneous
A few extras to make your smartphone even more useful.
