I remember that day in every detail. Even the air in the office seemed different — cold, sterile. As if I had already become a stranger. I approached the manager and said I was leaving. He nodded and replied almost friendly: "Okay. Then today is your last day of access to the database".

That's it. Two years. 48 properties. Owner contacts. Deals in progress. Notes, statuses, documents. Everything I collected with my own hands. During the meetings, showings, through calls. Just disappeared.

I opened the CRM — and realized: no more access. The agency said: "This is our system. You are no longer with us. Good luck." That’s when I first understood who I really was:

I had experience, but nothing of my own. And most importantly — no future. I was looking for a way not to fall into this trap again. Something that would allow me to keep my work. Without depending on the office. Without the risk of losing everything in one day.

And when I found it — I understood why no agency can "switch me off" now.

At first, I just wanted to regain control. My database. My business. Contacts, deals, properties — everything is in my phone now. Regardless of office, country, company. This is my asset. It’s always with me. But then I realized it’s not just about the database.

Before, every client request was like a quest: — Photos in WhatsApp — Square footage in my head — Description somewhere in notes — Documents at home on my computer. And no unified picture. I tried to collect something, but often just sent things "as it is": a few photos, a voice message, a link to a map. No structure. No trust. No impression. And then — a meeting. A client from abroad. I was in my car, without a laptop, without access to the old CRM. Before, I would have apologized.

But now — I just opened the app. One click — and artificial intelligence assembled a presentation. In the right currency. With the correct measurement system. And — in the client’s language. Out of 37 available. I sent the link. She opened it — and said: "This is legit. You’re all business." At that moment I realized:

At first I thought: well, maybe I just got lucky. But then other agents started reaching out. Different countries. Different markets. The same conclusion: "This is what we’ve been missing." I saved a couple of screenshots. I think you’ll understand everything yourself.

There's an old joke among agents: "CRM — it's not Customer Relationship Management. It's Control, Retain, Manipulate." Well, there's a grain of truth in every joke. Everything is designed so that you depend: on the office, on their technologies, on their decisions. The market has changed, though. But the system remained the same.

Now you can promote a property on WhatsApp, find clients through Instagram, conduct deals on your phone. But your database — is still with them. And as long as it's not with you — you will repeat the same pattern: work, accumulate assets... lose.

It’s not that someone wanted to set you up. It's just how the market works. Agencies build businesses around CRM. CRM = database. Database = asset. But this asset — is not yours.

You enter the system as a professional. But you leave it — as if you did nothing. Not because you made a mistake. But because the system wasn't geared for individual freedom. There simply wasn't another choice before. Now there is.

Knocknock — is a mobile application that replaces CRM, Excel, photos in the gallery, and chaos in messages. Everything in one place:

✔ Contacts, notes, documents, deals.

✔ Presentations in 37 languages — in 10 seconds, using AI.

✔ Internal market for collaboration with other agents.

✔ And most importantly — everything belongs to you. Not to the agency. Not to the system. Only to you.