If you were to dumb it down to one single rudimentary difference between "cheap" solutions vs Lead Propeller and Investor Carrot type sites its this: buy it yourself, pick it yourself, build it yourself, maintenance itself, back it up yourself, restore it yourself, patch it yourself, replace plugins that are no longer compatible yourself, become an expert in 3-5 different types of technology that all are "supposed" to work together yourself AND let someone else more effectively do it for you for very little "extra" money than what it would actually cost you.I have built countless websites on Wordpress, countless plugins, recovered from viruses, done some Joomla/WIX, HTML, etc sites and I can tell you: IT SUCKS.

@MichaelQuarles So the one-offs will call you back next year when they have blown half the cash on a new gaming computer  then gave the rest up for a down payment on a new land contract with  a new and improved 2 year balloon technology?   

New technology can make this even better.

And we have landed – I like to think by accident – on a technology that perpetuates it and amplifies it, occasionally productively, but more often to no purpose at all.

I once worked for a real estate technology company where I sold and serviced real estate appraisal software.

I tried the electronic route over and over again, but in this case I have found out I need to stick to writing it down, for me, technology cannot replace everything.

I'd like this post to be primarily about Ringless Voice Drop and other technology that's out now.

Hi Adam - I'm not a programmer but work a lot with marketing technology.

@Mathieu LaquerreThree things I consider when choosing a CRM for myself was...How well does it integrate with other technologies I’m using.

The students are in tune to the area, have great ideas, some unconventional and they are aware of the old stuff and technology.