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Dec 2018
27m 40s

Brad & Grayson’s Favorite Investing Tool...

BRAD JOHNSON
About this episode

In today’s episode we thought it would be fun if we did something a little bit different! We want to share with you some of our favorite tools that we use in our jobs everyday — from software and technology, to resources and newsletters.


A lot of these tools can be used in many different industries and we hope we can help streamline some of what you do everyday by sharing a few of our most-used tools and giving you the inside deets on how much they cost per month, our favorite attributes and features about each one, and how we utilize them within our business.


Key Takeaways:

[:11] About today’s episode: our favorite everyday tools.

[:33] A quick refresher on what it is that we do day-to-day.

[1:33] Brad kicks it off with the most important software he uses in his day job.

[3:00] Brad’s favorite software, tools, tips, and tricks that uses in real estate.

[18:54] My favorite software and tools that I use in private equity.

 

Mentioned in this Episode:

Rent Manager

Juniper Square

Dropbox

Google Earth

Microsoft Excel

Squarespace

Upwork

Fiverr

Mailchimp

Bond

Magic

Grasshopper

Burner

Unbounce

Salesforce

Reply.io

LinkedIn Sales Navigator

Clearbit

G Suite

Google Sheets

Crunchbase

Axios Newsletter

Stratechery Newsletter


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