Please use your NOW Realty (necklenoakland.com) email account for all Real Estate related communication. Here you'll find everything you need to start using Google Workspace apps like Gmail, Docs, and Drive. You'll also find business-focused training, tips, and more.
To get started with your new NOW Realty email account please Click Here and complete the task list.
You can access all of the Google Workspace apps directly from mobile devices, such as your phone or tablet.
What you'll need:
Your mobile phone
Your N&O email account login info
You can schedule your emails to send at a later time. Scheduled emails may be sent a few minutes after the scheduled time.
On your computer, go to Gmail.
At the top left, click Compose.
Type your email.
At the bottom left next to "Send," click the Down arrow.
Click Schedule send.
Note: You can have up to 100 scheduled emails.
On your computer, go to Gmail .
At the left panel, click Scheduled.
Select the email you want to change.
At the top right of your email, click Cancel send.
Make your changes.
At the bottom left next to "Send," click the Down arrow.
Click Schedule send and select a new date and time.
On your computer, go to Gmail .
At the left panel, click Scheduled.
Select the email you want to cancel.
At the top right of your email, click Cancel send.
Note: When you cancel a scheduled email, it becomes a draft.
Need to use different signatures for email within your company or externally? With Gmail, you can use templates to create different signatures. The next time you compose an email, just choose the template with the signature you’d like to use.
You can use up to 10,000 characters in your signature. An email signature is text that includes information like your contact info or a favorite quote, website links, social media etc. that’s automatically added at the end of Gmail messages as a footer.
Open Gmail.
At the top right, click Settings > See all settings.
In the General tab, scroll to Signature and click Create new.
Name your signature, then click Create.
*This name is not your actual signature it's just a name for the signature template.
In the text box at the right, add your signature text.
Use the format bar to add text colors, links, and images.
At the bottom, click Save Changes.
You can use different signatures for your emails. For example, you can set a signature default for new emails you compose or reply to. You can also choose a different signature with each email you send. Click here for instructions on how to edit or remove a saved signature.
Tip: If you want to change your signature while you write an email, at the bottom of the email, click the pen icon to select and Insert signature.
Make a typo in your email? Forget to add a recipient? Change your mind about sending a message? Take back a message you just sent up to 30 seconds later by enabling Gmail’s Undo Send feature.
In the bottom left, you'll see "Message sent" and the option to "Undo" or "View message".
Click Undo.
On your computer, go to Gmail.
In the top right, click Settings > See all settings.
Next to "Undo Send," select a send cancellation period of 5, 10, 20, or 30 seconds.
At the bottom, click Save changes.
Click here to go to the Google Learning Center for more help.
Tired of typing the same reply every time someone sends you email with a common question? Compose your reply once and save the email as a template. You can also include your signature. Later, you can open the template and send it again with just a few clicks.
Note: Email templates are available only in Gmail on the web. Templates aren't available in Gmail mobile apps.
Open Gmail.
At the top right, click Settings > See all settings.
At the top, click Advanced.
In the Templates section, select Enable.
At the bottom, click Save Changes.
Open Gmail and click Compose to start a new email.
In the Compose window, enter the text for your email.
Click More Templates.
Choose an option:
To create a new template, click Save draft as template > Save as new template.
To change a previously saved template, click Save draft as template and under Overwrite Template, choose a template and click Save to overwrite it.
Open Gmail and click Compose to start a new email.
Click More > Templates.
To insert a template, under Insert template, choose a saved template to insert in your email.
Compose the rest of your message and click Send.
Click here to go to the Google learning center for more help
How to update your N&O email settings to show that your emails are being sent from your new NOW address instead of your Necklen & Oakland address. Click to Learn How
If you own another email address, you can also send mail as that address from your "N&O" account. For example:
Yahoo, Outlook, or other non-Gmail address
Your work, school, or business domain or alias, like @yourschool.edu or youralias@gmail.com
Another Gmail address
IMPORTANT: To access the Google Drive with your Real Estate transaction files and the N&O Store you must be directly logged into your Necklen & Oakland gmail account.
Login to your Necklen & Oakland email account
Click on the apps icon (looks like a block of 9 squares) in the upper right corner and select Drive from the drop down menu.
The folder with your name on it is where your transactions are stored. Please DO NOT change the name of this file.
When saving transaction documents or creating new sub-folders inside of your transaction folder make sure ALL items include the property address. * Please note that anything saved inside of your transaction folder is viewable and accessible by office staff.
The file labeled “NOW Store” is where you will find the required transaction docs, the N&O Marketing Center and more.
Click Here to Download the Google Drive Cheat Sheet.
Need to keep your Drive information updated across your personal computer, or need easier access locally to your files?
In this video, you will learn how to install Drive for Desktop. You can also find more details in this Help Center article: https://goo.gle/3RjW36N