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How do real estate agencies keep track of their property signs?

I'm seventeen years old and have just been hired by a real estate agency to create a simple system to keep track of their property signs. If you have any experience in real estate your help would be greatly appreciated. I'm thinking about numbering all the signs with a sticker or something.

Public Comments

1. each agent owns their signs and is responsible for them. they cost about $70 so agents are pretty good about keeping track of them.
2. the MLS. every listing will have a sign ans a lock box
3. Normally a real estate agent has a contractor put up and take down their signs. Therefore when a property is listed by a real estate agent this agent would call the contractor they hired, give them an address and tell them to place a sign on the property. The same applies once the property is sold again the real estate agent call the contractor to take the sign down. There might be times when the real estate agent might forget to have a sign taken down. One call from the new buyer normally would solve this problem. I hope this has been of some benefit to you, good luck. "FIGHT ON"
4. Where I am they have third party services. Those things are big, bulkly, and require a post hole digger to put up. most agents are not inclined to either store or post their own signs.
5. I engrave a number on my signs and lock boxes and I keep a database with properties listed by address, I include which sign, and lock box is at each property and if it has a box for fliers and what riders are attached. This way I can quickly look and see how many signs, lock boxes,riders, etc. are available.