@Troy Bevans I would imagine that having something like that with everything right at your fingertips saves a lot of time, and keeps everything in order, all of which gives helps free up time for deals. 

I know it is going to be hard to do after 5 years of being under the thumps of a brokerage.Take a look at your commission structure - what do you get after selling another agent's listing - that sold for $100,000 - the standard is at 6%, of that 50/50 for the brokerage and of that you may get 25% or $1,500.Now represent yourself - how much would you make if you controlled a property for $50,000 and sold it for $60,000 (maybe to your investor's list, by private treaty or public auction) you'd walk away from the deal with $10,000 - yep that's lots better than $1,500.Arpan Patel is correct, you've got all those listing on the MLS at your finger tips - new listings - ready to expire listings, expired listings, REO listings - commercial listings - land - lots and even non-conforming properties and businesses with real estate.All you need to do now is learn how to make offers (oh, forget abut your Realtor contract) you don't need 30 pages anymore - now that you are representing yourself!

There are plenty of great resources at your finger tips, the problem you'll run into is quieting the noise.

@Nicholas Brady with the internet and how everything is at your fingertips, is say a degree isn’t important at all.

I have a lot of data at my fingertips if you would like to connect.

Email, Phone,Scanner, Maps, MLS, all at my fingertips.

With so many ideas and plans of attack at my finger tips now, i feel it won’t be long until I’m swimming laps.

If you link up with a bigger brokerage, you will have even more knowledge and experience at your fingertips!

and though we were off to a good start, we let victory slip through our fingertips last Saturday in a 2 point loss to SMU.

But if you can’t afford the cost of pursuing a higher level of education (not to mention the painfully increasing costs of tuition), thankfully we live in a time where we have access to so much information/knowledge at our finger tips.