How Notion Scales with your Real Estate business

Where do you see your business in 12 months time? How about 5 years…?

Knowing where your business is going is key when making decisions and this is no different when thinking about what tech to use…

You don’t want to pick a tool and then find out you’ve outgrown it or it’s too expensive for what you need.

That’s why this week I’m going to share with you five ways Notion grows as your company grows, to get you thinking about your future needs…

Don’t spend ages climbing a ladder just to realise it’s leaning against the wrong wall…

So why do people choose tools that don’t fit their actual needs?

• Unclear about their business direction / goals
• Pick tools based on feeling and enjoyment, rather than features / scalability
• Don’t do enough research / due diligence before choosing a tool

As a champion of Notion, here are FIVE ways it scales with your business.

#1: Flexible Structure

Notion doesn’t tie you to a rigid structure and although this can be intimidating at first, it provides more options later on.

As your business grows, you can build a workspace that meets your needs.

• pages can expand to include subpages
• basic functionality like a checkbox to do list can become a database
• create Notion Teamspaces to group pages together, like departments or projects
• advanced features like databases, synced blocks and automations improve efficiency and productivity

Notion’s functionality expands as you need it in your business.

#2: Collaboration

Working with others is easy in Notion.

Collaborate together on projects, assign tasks to team members and get feedback on proposals.

For example:

• your virtual assistant pulls together due diligence information on a property and asks you for feedback before they create a draft investor pack
• review work quotes from your property manager before you give the go ahead
• share a meeting page and get input from other team members for agenda items ahead of time

#3: Embeds & Integrations

For ‘richer” Notion setups, you can embed other tools into pages such as Slack messages, Whimsical diagrams, Loom videos, Dropbox files and more…

And for bespoke set ups, the Notion API enables custom workflows with other tools.

#4: Permissions and Controls

As your property business grows Notion helps you control who can view and edit information.

For example…

Share 1-2-1 meeting notes with the person involved, not the whole company.

Circulate confidential company strategy with just your management team

List property management tasks with the appropriate team members

Notion’s sharing and permission control make managing information within your business a lot easier.

#5: Central Location

Storing business information and functionality in one place comes into it’s own as your business grows.

• The learning curve is shallower since team members don’t need to understand several tools.
• Efficiency improves since people don’t have to go hunting in lots of different places.
• Administration gets easier, since there are fewer tools to manage
• Visibility improves since people don’t have to seek out information so much - rather it's front and centre.

Thanks for reading!