No, not at all. We're showing you what we do on a daily basis, which means we are showing you the tools we use to process data. We have tried many, many systems and processes, and the ones shown in this course have produced the best results for us. You can use the techniques discussed with different systems, but you may find it easier to use what we use.

One of the quirks in real estate is every county in the country can set up its own method for storing and accessing data. Fortunately most, particularly larger counties, are providing data in downloadable data files or online. You may need to adjust your process to fit the format of the data you can obtain. Another option may be to employ a Virtual Assistant (VA) to prep the data so that you can import it into your system.

Sometimes you have more time than you do money to put into your business. That's how most of us start out. Simply pay attention to the process used to sift through data and duplicate it as best as you can. We encourage you to implement software as soon as you can, because the efficiencies obtained are huge. For example, you would be better off buying software than hiring a VA to manually process data. In our experience, software is exponentially faster than people, and software makes far fewer errors.