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Marketing toolkit for realtors

"Digital marketing toolkit for real estate professionals."

coffeecontracts.com · Popularity 37

$200K /mo Reported

WordPress client project portal

Client portal plugin for managing client projects.

client-portal.io · Popularity 29

$3K /mo Reported

Online pdf editor platform

Cloud-based PDF editor and form filler.

pdfliner.com · Popularity 22

$40K /mo Reported

Idea	Revenue	Popularity Score ⓘ The popularity score is calculated based on the number of views and upvotes across all stories in our database	Model	Growth	Customers	Tools	Details	Solo score A 0–100 estimate of how well-suited a business is to being run solo (or very lean). It blends team leanness, business model, growth channels, capital intensity, revenue per operator, tooling leverage and recency into one score. Higher = more solopreneur-friendly.
Marketing toolkit for realtors coffeecontracts.com "Digital marketing toolkit for real estate professionals."	$200K /mo Reported	37 out of 1000	Subscription +2	Word of mouth Advertising on social media +1	Real Estate Agents +1	+17	Founded 2021 · 3 people · $500 to start	76	Build this
WordPress client project portal client-portal.io Client portal plugin for managing client projects.	$3K /mo Reported	29 out of 1000	Software license +2	Email marketing SEO	Freelancers +5		Founded 2016 · Solo founder · $5K to start	72	Build this
Online pdf editor platform pdfliner.com Cloud-based PDF editor and form filler.	$40K /mo Reported	22 out of 1000	Subscription +2	Affiliate program Advertising on social media +1	Real Estate Agents +5	+70	Founded 2020 · 20 people · $1K to start	62	Build this

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