Welcome to the fifth episode of The Real Estate Tech Show! It’s about time we discussed our favorite task management tools. We use task managers all the time to run our businesses and organize our personal lives. Some of them are easy and intuitive, and others are more detail-oriented. Your business needs will help you decide which of these tools work best for you, but we’re breaking down a bunch of our favorites to help you make that decision!

Joe loves:

• Podio – For the more detail-oriented investor, Podio is great for organization and scheduling. And it allows direct messaging between you and your team to keep everyone on task.
• Things 3 – If you have a Mac, you need Things. The 3 update is sleek, simple, and connects with all of your Apple devices. It’s expensive but absolutely worth the investment.
• Toodledo – This very simple list-making app works for anyone. You can create lists and share them with clients, or track your work habits to avoid missing out on deals.

Cory loves:

• Todoist – An intuitive task manager that helps you set dates, organize projects, and collaborate with your team or clients through comments.
• Evernote – With this app, you can create and share anything from a text message to a link to a to-do-list. It can even run presentations for you.
• MindMeister – This interactive task manager also works as a mind-mapping tool to inspire some creativity and new ideas.

Those are our top three tools, but we discuss many more in today’s episode, including Trello, InvestorFuse, and Momentum, which is our favorite Google Chrome plug-in.

These task managers are amazing for real estate investors, but you don’t have to be an investor to use them. These apps are what you make them do for your business, and any tool that helps you organize your life is guaranteed to save you time, money, and stress. Mastering these task managers can take your business to the next level, and a lot of the ones we talk about today have free trial periods you need to take advantage of. Don’t settle on the first one you hear us talk about. Test each of them out and let us know what you think. We’d love to hear your feedback, so leave us a comment or a review on iTunes.

MINUTE MARKERS

1:28 Talking about task managers

4:12 Remember the Blackberry days?

5:25 The classic Mac vs. PC debate

7:17 Joe’s first favorite task manager: Toodledo

9:26 Why is Things 3 Joe’s new favorite task manager?

10:25 How Joe uses Podio for team task management

11:09 How Cory uses Evernote for task management

12:23 Tags are a key tool for task management

13:30 Cory’s favorite task manager: Todoist

14:57 If you’re detail-oriented, TeamworkPM is the app for you

15:40 Geolocation and task management

16:18 Pros and cons of MindMeister

17:30 Cory breaks down his top favorite task managers

20:37 Why does Joe love Trello?

23:15 How important is flexibility to you?

24:44 Use YouTube to learn how to use new apps

26:30 Joe’s tricks for managing stress

27:37 Pomodoro Technique and Cory’s trick for stress management

30:21 Momentum is the app for stress management

32:33 Soon we’ll be interviewing these app creators!

35:04 Don’t forget about Google Calendars!

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Cris Chico

Pomodoro Technique

Toodledo

Todoist

Things

Podio

Remember the Milk

Twist

TeamworkPM

MindMeister

InvestorFuse  

Trello

Momentum

Google Calendars