It is a means to turbo-charge our business. If you're not using technology, you're certainly working harder than you have to. If you want to get ahead in life, you have to use tools that make life simpler. First, you have to put those tools in place, and that includes a little low-tech work, like buying and learning to sue this new software, hardware, or gadget. We lamented the demise of the MLS books, but look at the speed with which we can research today.
Computers are everywhere.
Many millions of tiny computers make our lives calmer, rather than making them more hectic. By making sure we can get access to most information any time, searching for plane tickets, stock quotes, use electronic hotel door locks by swiping a card into the lock, lay our finger onto a fingerprint reader, stare into an iris scanner. Real estate agents have an arsenal of tools to use, from digital cameras to global positioning devices in their cars. Pretty slick, too. I've made a few sales I would not have, because I used a digital camera to save the home photos to a diskette to give to a client to take home to spouse.