Technology for Real Estate
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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 [...]
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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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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 [...]
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Yahoo released the Sketch-a-Search iPhone app that lets you search with your finger. Say you are searching for a restaurant within 5 blocks of your current location but want to avoid a certain area, just draw a shape on the map and that area becomes your search area.
No keywords, or typing—just draw on your screen [...]
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You can map multiple addresses on you iPhone using Google Maps in three easy steps. First create a Google Map on your desktop or laptop. Second, email that map to yourself. Third, check your email on your iPhone and click on the link for the map you created.
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ZipRealty released an updated version of their iPhone app on February 18th. The updated version includes an augmented reality feature that enables the user to look through their iPhone to see what homes have sold recently and what homes are currently listed for sale.
ZipRealty’s new HomeScanTM feature gives users the opportunity to look through their [...]
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The pressure for a quick turn time has always been present but has increased significantly in the past few months.
Real Estate Appraisal Turn Time is the time between when an appraisal order is received and the time the appraisal is turned in to the client.
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JotNot is an iPhone app that converts a photo into a document. You simply take a picture of a document, receipt, etc, tell JotNot where the corners are, and it will process the image. The document does not have to be straight and the picture can be taken from an angle.
JotNot is more than just [...]
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Evernote is a “Remember Everything” application that works on a desktop (Mac and PC), a mobile phone (Android, Blackberry, Palm Pre, and iPhone), and over the web. Evernote is great for taking notes but two of its best features are that 1) it processes each image so you can search for text inside of photographs [...]
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It is a new year. This is the time when many of us make a list of things we want to change or work on. Maybe you want to change yourself or maybe even change the world.
About half of all American adults (48%, according to a Marist poll taken in December) say they are at [...]
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