You may want to print this out now.

This is another information tool from ICIWorld

To  Download the Complete Database To Your Computer

You literally can have all the Haves and Wants from a complete industry at your fingertips on your computer!

While you are on the phone you can pull up Haves and Wants within 2 seconds and start talking to prospects about them.

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You can download the whole database or just the portion that interests you. For a Powerful Listing Presentation use a list of Wants in your listing presentations. 

REQUIREMENTS:

20 megs of hard disk space
An uncompression program like winzip
You can get this program from www.tucows.com or winzip.com
Files are compressed for transfer purposes and you have to unzip them to uncompress them.  You will find this is the case for many programs on the internet.  Once it is set up all you have to do is double click on the file that you transferred and the winzip will come up providing you with choices of where to place the unzipped files.  This way it only takes 3-10 minutes to transfer a file instead of 1-3 hours.  This is a common procedure and is something advanced users may want to learn.  

Keep in mind we are still at the beginning of the information revolution.  The internet is like an old highway, slow, crowded, bumpy, etc.

Long ago we new there would be problems with the internet, the connection, the services, etc.  So we have designed two other major ways for you to receive the information.  1. download the database and view it offline  2. mailing list services and receive your information by email.  You should become familiar with them and use them as needed.  Particularly the mailing list service.   It is not necessary to receive categories and areas that do not interest you.  It is not necessary to always get on the internet open a web browser to gather information.

Much like an electrician has tools like a green, red and black handled screwdriver, the ideas in this instruction file are like tools for your information tool box.

There are three ways to gather information, use your browser to search while on the internet, download the complete database and use your browser to read the file offline, use the mailing list services and use your email program to read, sort and categorize the industries haves and wants.  The following explains how to download the complete database.

Download Instructions to Download the Complete Database and View It Offline

Benefits

Read information offline.
Speed.  You operate at the speed of your CPU.
No waiting for the internet.
Names, contacts, phone numbers are all in the files.
You can show these files to your prospects and clients.
Great for listing presentations.
Great for laptops.
Use your browser (Netscape or Explorer) to read the information on your computer.
It is not necessary to be on the internet.

Please note:  These files are created daily at 6am in the morning.  Check the number of the latest listing in the backup file that you download.  In a day or two search listings for the latest.  Note the number and compare it to the number in the backup file and that way you will be aware of everything on the service.  Perhaps downloading once a week is enough. Your thoughts appreciated.

Instructions

  1. Make a directory called iciworld on your computer.  If you do not know how to do this you may want to ask someone that you know how to do this.  Print out and show them these instructions.
  2. Download the complete database to the iciworld directory or folder on your computer.
  3. It is in the backup file at www.iciworld.net in the left frame. (go into backup file to the bottom)
  4. Choose save this file to disk.
  5. Download it to a directory called iciworld that you should set up before you download this file.
  6. Using your file manager (or windows explorer) find iciDbase.zip on your compuer.
  7. Unzip the file by double clicking on it. (It is called iciDbase.zip)  About 700 files will appear.
  8. iciDbase.zip is one file of about 3 megs.  It is compressed for transfer purposes.  You can not read this file.  You have to uncompress it or unzip it as the term applies.  It will open up into about 700 files of about 15 megs in total.
  9. Open up the index.html file with your browser.  (Open up netscape or internet explorer, click on file, click on open, find index.html in the iciworld directory on your computer that you have previously set up)
  10. Click on File and you will be able to send this to your desktop so that it appears as an icon on your desktop.  
  11. What you will see is exactly what you see when you click on backups live on the internet except that the files will be on your computer.
  12. There will be no delay and it is instant access to over $20 billion worth of haves and wants.
  13. Total space needed is about 3 meg to download the iciDbase.zip file and about 15 megs for all the files.
  14. See the side frame and look for backups.
  15. I have reports of brokers using these files in London England, Hong Kong showing properties to their clients in airports.
  16. Also they are used in listing presentations where you can show a list of 80 buyers of apartment buildings, 40 buyers of shopping centers, etc.
  17. Pictures and links do not work since you will not be on the internet.
  18. However if you are on the internet they will work.
  19. You can actually view the database on your computer while on the internet.   The speed you operate at is the speed of your CPU!  Not the internet speed which today still leaves something to be desired.
  20. Any questions call 416-214-4875.