April 2010

MapQuest Has A Free iPhone App. And It Is Awesome!

MapQuest by Bryan McDonald

MapQuest released a FREE iPhone app that includes voice navigation.  Not only does the app work extremely well, but it also includes features such as auto reroute and the ability to map multiple addresses. MapQuest® 4 Mobile brings over a decade of digital mapping experience to your iPhone® with unique features to help you get [...]

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How to Create Your Own Search Story in 2 Easy Steps

Search Story by Bryan McDonald

Did you see Google’s video Parisian Love during the Super Bowl?  It received good reviews and has been viewed almost 5,000,000 on YouTube. Now you can create your own search story for free with YouTube’s Search Stories Video Director!  It is fun and really easy to use. Click HERE if you can not see the [...]

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8 Ways Real Estate Appraisers Can Go Green

Go Green by Bryan McDonald

Image by Ria Dis Earth day celebrated its 40th anniversary last week.  In its honor, REbliss has put together a list of 8 things real estate appraisers can do to go green. 1) Go Paperless a) Convert web pages to PDFs and store them digitally instead of printing.  You can use PDFmyURL to convert web [...]

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Create Your Own Personal Cloud Storage With Pogoplug [Mobile Appraiser]

Pogoplug by Bryan McDonald

Pogoplug might be a good solution for real estate appraisers that need to access their computer files when they are out of  the office.  Pogoplug allows you access to your external hard drive from anywhere, essentially creating your own cloud storage. The term “Cloud” refers to a place on the internet where you can store [...]

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How To Use Google Maps to Show Your Geographic Competency

Geographic Competence by Bryan McDonald

Geographical competency has become a hot topic for real estate appraisers.  There have been a lot of complaints about real estate appraisers appraising properties in an area they are unfamiliar with. The video below shows how you can use Google Maps to show your geographic competency.  All you need is a list of property addresses [...]

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Check.in Takes The Hassle Out of Checking.in

Check.in by Bryan McDonald

Do you play FourSquare or Gowalla?  As a real estate appraiser you might not think playing location based games could help your business.  These games might not directly affect your bottom line, but you can use Facebook, Twitter, and even FourSquare or Gowalla to connect and build relationships with not only others in your industry, [...]

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A GeoFence Might Help You Find Your Next Home

GeoFence by Bryan McDonald

Imagine driving through a neighborhood looking at houses for sale.  You drive by a house and are immediately alerted via a text message that the house in front of you meets your requirements; square feet, bedroom count, etc.  What if you drive into a subdivision and are sent a text messages that tells you there [...]

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