DSNews delivers stories, ideas, links, companies, people, events, and videos impacting the mortgage default servicing industry.
Issue link: http://digital.dsnews.com/i/85814
THE APP SPECTRUM Twist Knowing you're running late is stressful. So is calling your colleagues to tell them when you'll be there—why not let your phone do that for you? GPS and real-time traffic data allow the app to estimate your ETA and give selected recipients updates on your trip. If you're the kind of person who's always waiting on others, Twist can send a request for an ETA to the latecomer's phone. The app also supports public transportation in many larger metros. Available on iPhone and iPad, and an Android version is on the way. Available for: The LandlordApp rental properties efficiently? The LandlordApp gives you tools to track payments, edit past and future rents, keep up with monthly bills, and advertise rentals via Craigslist. You can also enter rental expenses and repairs (categorized in the same fashion the IRS requires) and send a mass email or text to your tenants. You can access all of your property management records from the palm of your hand. Available on iPhone, iPad, and Android devices for a fee of $9.99. Are you managing your Available for: Concur Designed for businesses of all sizes, Concur allows users to track expenses on business trips and manage expense reports anywhere, anytime. Import credit card data, photograph receipts, and submit expense reports—all on your portable device. You can also use it to manage your travel by booking flights and hotels and keeping up with your itinerary. Get those paper receipts out of your wallet and start managing your business expenses with Concur. Available for free through Apple, Android, and BlackBerry. Available for: For professionals across the spectrum of default servicing, smartphone technology is a way of life. From productivity apps for execs at their desks to property evaluation apps for those in the field, here are our favorites for October. SignMyPad No more scanning, no more faxing, no more wasting paper with "dead tree" documents. With SignMyPad, you can open up a document on your smartphone or tablet, read it, add text notations, and sign it without ever touching a pen. Files can be uploaded from your email or from a DropBox account. If you have to do paperwork, at least save a tree while you do it. Available for $3.99 on the iPad and Android tablet devices, or go "Pro" with extra features for $19.99. Available for: React Mobile From agents, who spend hours at open house events with strangers, to investors working to rehab abandoned REO homes, real estate professionals sometimes face risky situations. React Mobile is an app you'll hopefully never need but will always be glad to have. It allows you to send an SOS with your GPS coordinates to preselected emergency contacts and quickly call 911 if necessary. All that's required is an Internet signal or cell coverage and a location signal to provide coordinates. It's just $0.99 from the iTunes App Store and Google Play. Available for: 24