Compare RealeSeller Features With TP7i/8i

Top Producer 7i/8i^® vs. RealeSeller^™
    This page was put together in order to give you some idea of the differences between the current top selling real estate contact manager, TP7i/8i, and RealeSeller (TP8i features are similar to TP7i). While the "other guy" has had a 10 year head start on us, we are catching up fast. By the time 2009 ends, we should have almost every feature we may currently be lacking available. Our goal is to actually be the best, and not just say we are. While there might be some advantages to having your contact manager available on the internet, there are a number of reasons why it isn't a good idea and with RealeSeller, you can actually have both if you use a Microsoft Exchange Server.

    The first, and foremost 'problem' is "your data is held hostage" if you can't connect, don't pay, or anything goes wrong on the provider side. While the internet is a fairly dependable place, it only requires one issue to cost you a lot of money. Can you pull out your laptop and pull up your data anywhere... not if an internet connection is required. Using a Microsoft Exchange server and RealeSeller you can be anywhere at any time and have your data available. You don't have to have an internet connection. While it is true that you have to have access to an Exchange server in order to keep your data synchronized with other team members, this only applies to those that have team members. Try adding something to your TP8i database and mark it as "private" ... that can't be done. You share everything or nothing... not so with RealeSeller. Anything can be marked as "private" so that isn't an issue.

    Free program updates? What is free about something that requires you to pay a monthly fee, and you have to commit to a year of service in order to do that. Stop using it in six months and you still have six more months of paying for something you aren't using. The cost? At a bare minimum, TP7i will cost you about $420 every year (TP8i is $479), and that is if you don't buy anything but the contact management portion of the software, and you can't even have an assistant without paying more. Use the TP7i software for 1 year and stop. You just tossed out at least $420 (TP7i) and have nothing, $479 with TP8i. About once every 12 to 18 months we do a major update. It does cost between $50 and $100 dollars to upgrade, and when you do upgrade, you also get a 1 year service contract for FREE. But, if the software is currently doing everything you want, you don't have to buy anything... just keep using what you have because you aren't forced to buy anything more or pay and pay and pay some more.

    Online training for RealeSeller is FREE! With TP8i the cost is $34.95 a class, with 10 available classes. That's $349 to train, on top of the $479 you just spent for a year of TP8i... Total: $828 We are working on a DVD so that you can watch the classes over and over. The DVD is scheduled for release in December 2009.

    While we have tried very hard to be as accurate as possible, and we believe that everything listed below is accurate, we don't guarantee it to be perfect and without error. This comparison (119 items / features) is based on RealeSeller version 3.0 or newer and the version of TP7i available as of March 31, 2006. If you see something that isn't accurate, please let us know and we will attempt to find out exactly what the facts are about the discrepancy found. If you don't give us any facts and just send us an email without details, we will not make any attempt to change anything or figure out what the discrepancy actually is. So, if you find something incorrect, be specific about your error report or it will be ignored. We want to be accurate, but we don't have time to chase down undocumented error reports. As with anything there are also some exceptions. We have noted some exceptions and some things that can change the interpretation of the compared feature. These are generally noted with either small asterisks or numbers. This list and this page is copyrighted, and is not to be reproduced, reposted, or modified in any way without our written permission.

Feature Legend

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= Features are the same or have similar function

= Feature RealeSeller has that TP7i doesn't

= Feature TP7i has that RealeSeller doesn't
* Items in Bold are exclusive to RealeSeller

Feature List	ReS	TP7i
FREE online training
Software installation required
Easy contact entry
Sort and View all contacts
Address ZipCode Engine - Enters City & State Info when you enter the ZipCode
Sync contacts, notes, calendar, tasks, and appointments to ANY PDA
Keep personal contacts completely separate from business
Works with Microsoft Outlook
Works with Microsoft Word
Works with Microsoft Publisher
Works with Microsoft Excel
Open Multiple Work Windows Side by Side
Database is on your computer
Database is remote
Detailed individual notes
Multiple note colors
Detailed property statistics
Rental Property Investment Calculator
10 Completely Customizable Fields
19 different real estate calculators
Forward (Email) calculations to clients
Unlimited properties
Unlimited property photos
Dream Home / Future Home details
Archive anything to contact or property
Set contact type
Set contact priority
Easily apply an activity
Easily apply an action plan
Choose any or all plan items to use
Put contacts into "Groups"
Schedule appointments from contact record
Schedule tasks from contact record
Schedule calls from contact record
Softphone Support for IP phones (also includes magicJack as of version 3.6)
Dial contact phone number from contact record
Send letter from contact record
Send email from contact record
Assign automated action plans from contact
Have direct access to Letter templates
Have direct access to Email templates
Have direct access to Flyer templates
Have direct access to Presentation templates
Create new letters, emails, flyers
View contact listing and closing records
Over 8 different ways to view a contact record
Customize the contact record view
Assign different categories to contacts
Filter contacts by any field
Sort contacts by any field
One click sorting
Generous assortment of sample plans
Create your own custom plans
Referral manager
Mass Update (add, remove, change data in multiple records)
Show total number of contacts
Show total number of contacts selected
Show total number of properties
Show total number of properties selected
Schedule appointments, calls, emails, letters, etc.
Link activities with contacts
Delegate any task to an assistant
Monitor task status assigned to assistant
View your schedule by day, week, month, year
View other team member calendar / schedule
Drag & Drop any activity to another day to reschedule
Show Today's Business (date range selectable)
Instant access to actual activity
Review, add to, or modify activity details
Complete the activity
View un-completed activities
Complete or reschedule un-completed activities
Monitor activities assigned to assistants
Print daily, weekly, monthly activity reports
Choose any folder (view) to start with when program starts
Comes with a Letter and Email Library
Print Envelopes and Labels
Flyer Publisher
Custom flyer templates
Postcard Publisher
Custom build your own flyers
Mass Email Manager
Automatic link to Outgoing email
Automatic Link to Incoming email
Web Publisher
Income and Expense Tracker
Seller Net Sheet
Buyer Net Sheet
Listing and Buyer Presentations
CMA (Basic)
CMA (Detailed for listing presentation)
Auto process web lead forms
Auto response and follow-up to web forms
Auto send cell phone text message alerts based on incoming email
Print Listing and Closing Reports
Seller and Buyer Service Reports
Client has web access to service reports
Download MLS data directly into database
Import exported MLS data into database
Copy MLS pictures into database
Track Agents who show properties
Send a new listing flyer to all interested agents
Access your data from anywhere (Internet Connection Required)
Access your data while off-line
Internet connection required
Can be networked
Synchronize Contacts outside team **
Synchronize Properties outside team **
Team can share a single calendar
Mark synchronizable items as "private"
Automatic Software Updates
Single or Multi-User capable
Wizards for complicated tasks
Free Technical Support
Built in email help request
Export reports in multiple formats
Automatic daily backups
FREE "Try before you buy"
Pay one price
* TP7i information is downloaded and used every time a user logs in to TP7i. No software? A Java Applet is running every time you start TP7i. Turn Java off and try running TP7i. Claim of "no software to install" is misleading and not true. If you want to import something you also have to download software and install it on your computer. If for any reason your internet connection is broken, you can't do business. If you pay more, TP7i can be run on your desktop... another software installation and extra cost. Data is then synchronized when you log back in to your internet database. Depending on the internet connection, the download can be very, very slow. With a DSL connection, it might require between 15 and 45 seconds, maybe more before the program starts. A broadband connection is "strongly recommended" according to the TP web site. Trying to use this software with a MODEM would be a waste of time. "Team" - TP7i requires team member to log into a single data source where separate data can not be kept. RealeSeller allows team members to have their own private as well as public database. ***** In order to sync data to a PDA, it has to be running the Palm OS and you have to pay for and install extra software. While you can purchase this feature in a bundled charge paying monthly, it is listed at $9.95 a month.
¹ Some TP features require additional software and/or purchase ² Requires Microsoft Exchange Server ³ Requires One Year Commitment ⁴ Free for first 6 months, $100 per year afterward ⁵ Requires TP7i Remote ($14.95 month) ⁶ Currently user is notified; Soon to be completely automatic ⁷ You commit to a 1 year subscription & can cancel within 30 days
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There was a discussion in the RealTalk group about moving data from one CRM to another. I thought I would re-post my comment here in case anyone has questions about this issue. The discussion was centered on the TP data export... and its associated problems to those that want as much of their data as they can get. You are going to have data loss, some because TP doesn't export everything, and some because the exported data doesn't fit into some field in another program.

I've been importing Top Producer data exports for customers since Version 5. Outlook can't handle most TP data exports unless you severely limit the fields you export... notes? Forget about it! Strange non-standard CSV characters show up in many places and Outlook, and most other systems will just puke when they get to that part. I've also seen many, many exported TP databases that have corrupted sections in the export. I could obviously go on and on since I've been dealing with this problem for years, but you get the picture.

You can get a simplified export to import into Outlook or just about any contact manager, but you lose a lot of information that you don't have to lose. Some "experts" even suggest that loss option is "Ok" ... or not really a big deal. Saying that a list of names and telephone numbers is acceptable after someone has been using something for years is wrong, and I disagree with those kind of statements completely. While you can't save everything that TP exports, the majority of it can be recovered.

Our product, RealeSeller, will recover the vast majority of exported TP data, and that even includes the properties! and their associated notes! If you want your TP data, give me a call and I'll show you that you can get more of what you want... not just some names, telephone numbers, and email addresses.

Call and sign up for our FREE 2 hour "Introduction to RealeSeller" class I teach live every Tuesday from 10AM to Noon CST.

Larry Perry
RealeSeller - Transforms Outlook Into a "Genuine Real Estate CRM Application"
web: www.realeseller.com
phone: (972) 514-3218
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