What software do you use to house your real estate database? Among the real estate agents I’ve consulted with, most agents seem to use either Top Producer or Microsoft Outlook. We know that Top Producer is fairly secure; you’re asked for a username and password before even logging in.
What about Microsoft Outlook? Anyone with access to your laptop or computer can simply open Outlook and see your database in it’s full form. Online Tech Tips recently published a nice how-to on securing your Outlook database that deserves a look.
If you are using Microsoft Outlook as your real estate database, keeping your information secure should be a priority near the top of your list!
Thanks goes out to Lifehacker for pointing out this tutorial.
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5 Comments on "Keep Your Outlook Database Secure"
Thanks for the link to my article, I am glad you found it useful!
Absolutely, Aseem!
A question: Does the tutorial you created also work for Outlook 2007? If not, do you currently have a tutorial for that process as well?
Before clicking on the link, I was thinking that i shall have to go through a very long tutorial, MS rocks as alway because it can be done with a few clicks. Thanks for sharing such a nice tutorial.
Great advice Steve. I have been very hesitant to use Top Producer, and instead have been using the database tools that RE/MAX provides, which has drawbacks as well but it does seem very secure.
Jim, why is it that you are so apprehensive to use top producer? Top producer is the very best contact managment system available for real estate. Only problem with it is that it is not very user friendly and takes several hours of just playing with it to learn it’s true powers.