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Received — 19 September 2026 ⏭ CRM - Customer Relationship Managment

Solo property agents: give a CRM one fake buyer before you give it your business

I make Boring CRM for solo property agents. Here's a small test I'd use for any mobile CRM, including mine.

Create a fictional buyer using your own number. Give them one awkward requirement: “Ground floor only. Call next month, after the move.”

Then test four things:

  1. Close the app. Reopen it and find that requirement without digging through unrelated notes.
  2. Set a test reminder for a few minutes ahead. Enable notifications, lock the phone and check what actually appears.
  3. If you need access between viewings, turn on airplane mode and try reading the saved details.
  4. Export or back up the test record. Check whether the notes and dates survive, and whether the file is useful outside that app. A contact list and a restorable backup solve different problems.

One fake buyer won't prove a CRM scales. It can expose a daily annoyance before your real contacts depend on it.

Which has caused you the most trouble: finding context, reminders, offline access or getting data out?

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Received — 16 September 2026 ⏭ CRM - Customer Relationship Managment

Solo real-estate workflow: 5 follow-ups due today, but only 3 people to contact

An overdue counter can make five records look like five calls. The notes can tell a different story.

Context: one independent agent, existing enquiries, manual follow-ups. These are fictional examples. Disclosure: I build Boring CRM.

Record Latest note
A You promised a two-property comparison yesterday. It hasn't been sent.
B A viewing is in two hours. The meeting point has changed.
C The buyer asked you to pause until next month, but an old reminder is due today.
D A new enquiry asked for the brochure 20 minutes ago.
E The person has asked you to stop contacting them. An old follow-up task is still open.

My first step is to fix the queue. Mark E as do-not-contact and remove their pending outreach, keeping the preference recorded. Move C out of today's contact list and set an internal review in the agreed month. Neither needs a sales call today.

For the remaining three, I'd handle B → A → D:

  • B: confirm the changed meeting point through the agreed channel. A time-sensitive appointment could otherwise go wrong.
  • A: deliver the promised comparison. If it isn't ready, acknowledge the delay and give a realistic delivery time. Another generic check-in doesn't fulfil the promise.
  • D: answer the actual request with the brochure. Don't turn a simple inbound request into a qualification interview before sending it.

That order assumes these are short actions. If A needs 30 minutes of preparation, send D the ready brochure while arranging a realistic completion time for A. The queue is a decision aid, not a rule that forbids judgment.

Copyable task format:

Person | What I owe them | Due date/time | Next concrete action | Contact preference/pause

Example: A | Two-property comparison | Yesterday | Send the comparison with the commute trade-off highlighted | Email preferred

A completed task should say what happened and what comes next, even if that next step is to stop. Otherwise the same vague "follow up" reminder just returns next week.

Where would you put the new enquiry relative to the overdue promise? What specific deadline or context would change your order?

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