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Office Technology Facts
- Up to 6 Megabits per second internet connection speed in every office
- Over 300 powerful Dell desktops available to our agents 24x7
- Secure wireless (WiFi) hotspot technology in every office
Server/Network Technology
- Two full-size server cabinets co-located in the AT&T/IBM E-Business Center in downtown Atlanta
- 100 Megabits per second internet connection to our web and e-mail servers
- Over 2 Terabytes of disk storage allocated for agent e-mail mailboxes
- All data is stored on high-performance, redundant EMC2 storage area network
- Over 25 firewalls protecting our agents from spam, viruses and spyware
By the Numbers
- Over 148,000 residential and commercial listings searchable on metrobrokers.com
- 14,000,000 hits per week on metrobrokers.com
- 1,350,000 page views per week on metrobrokers.com
- 35,000 unique visitors per week to metrobrokers.com
- The average visitor spends nearly 30 minutes on metrobrokers.com per visit
- 6 servers dedicated to metrobrokers.com web sites
- 6 servers, 2 firewalls dedicated to electronic messaging (e-mail)
- Over 300,000 spam messages blocked daily
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An Industry Leader
For almost thirty years, Metro Brokers has been a leader in implementing new technology to streamline the home buying and selling process. When it comes to the latest in real estate technology, "We’ve got it!"
Connectivity Tools
• Each office equipped with state-of-the-art Dell computers and color printers
• Ultra high-speed, wireless Internet access in every office
• Internet site - www.metrobrokers.com
- URL address for every associate
- Personal profile page with photo, bio, contact info and direct access to
associate’s listings
- All residential listings downloaded from MLS/FMLS and searchable
by school, map location, and proximity
• Company-wide Intranet (private web site for agents only)
- Read company announcements, daily news articles
- E-mail, contact management, and calendaring
- Agent directory
- Edit personal profile page
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution classified advertising input
- Order supplies from the company store
- Software updates
- Marketing documents
- Training schedules
- Register online for Academy classes
- 24 Hour Agent Self Help Area
Market Research Tools
• Win2Data
CD-ROM based on complete tax record information, including plat maps,
market analysis and most listed phone numbers
• eNeighborhoods
Leading software for demographics, statistics
• Red Link
Access to appraisal reports
Productivity Tools
• RE/Xplorer
Access Metro Listing Service (MLS)
• WyldFyre CMA
Accesses First Multiple Listing Service (FMLS) and Metro Listing Service
(MLS)
Produces professional seller Comparative Marketing Analysis and buyer
reports
• Link to National DoNotCall list provided in every office
• Residential contract forms authorized by the Georgia Association of Realtors (GAR) in every office (Metro Brokers provides a personal copy for associates’ home computer.)
• Commercial contract GAR forms authorized by the Atlanta Commercial B.O.R.
Corporate Information Technology Department
• Telephone tech support (Help Desk)
• Technology training in each branch
• Our corporate IT department manages and maintains a host of various
servers, hubs and routers to ensure unmatched performance in data and
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