by Bryan McDonald
The internet and TV are quickly becoming one. You can download movies from Amazon to your DVR, stream NetFlix on your Wii, and connect your computer to your TV so you can watch Hulu or Boxee on the big screen. Pretty soon you won’t have to decide if you want to watch TV on your [...]
by Bryan McDonald
Google Maps has started to integrate plat maps into their maps. This is an exciting feature because this will anyone to find the approximate location of the property lines for a house.
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This is an exciting feature that can help anyone interested in buying or selling [...]
by Bryan McDonald
LinkedIn announced a new feature that allows individuals to follow a company.
Why would I want to follow a company on LinkedIn when I already follow them on Twitter, subscribe to their blog, and am their fan on Facebook?
Instead of receiving status updates from the companies you follow, you will instead get information such as recent [...]
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 where [...]
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.
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by Bryan McDonald
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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 pages to PDFs [...]
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 that [...]
by Bryan McDonald
Sweet Home 3D is a free interior design application that creates a 3D model of your house plans. You can upload a copy of you house plans or draw the plans yourself. The application is easy to use and there is an online version so there is nothing to download or install. You will need [...]
by Bryan McDonald
Do you multi-task better than anyone you know? Can you email, complete a real estate appraisal, have a phone conversation, and surf the web all at the same time? You might be surprised to know that you are being less productive than you could be. Some kinds of multi-tasking costs you more time than you [...]