Iphone Apps

How To View Google Maps Street View On Your iPhone

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View Larger Map Google Maps Street view lets you navigate street level level images of different areas. It is a powerful tool for not only real estate professionals, but anyone buying and selling real estate. Street View in Google Maps lets you explore places through 360-degree street-level imagery, whether you’re looking at locations in your [...]

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14 Tools For Creating Your Own Real Estate iPhone & Android App

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With the explosion of smartphones, more and more real estate businesses are moving beyond websites and social media and creating smartphone apps. But creating a native iPhone or Android app can seem like a complicated task. You will need to find a reputable developer, create a mockup, supplying data and social media links, test the [...]

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How Many Calories Do You Burn During A Real Estate Appraisal? [Just for fun]

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Real estate appraisers commonly walk long distances, whether it is appraising a large tract of land or measuring a big house.  Have you ever wondered how many calories you burned during a real estate appraisal?  You can easily find out by using the free iPhone app by Jillian Michaels. Click HERE if you can not [...]

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Easily Sync Your Real Estate Files To The Cloud With ZumoDrive

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It is becoming increasingly important to be able to access your data and files from anywhere.  One solution is to sync all of you files to all of your devices (desktop, laptops, smartphone, tablet, and even an iPad.  Unfortunately all of these devices have a limited amount of internal storage. ZumoDrive can help solve this [...]

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Yahoo’s Sketch-a-Search Could Change the Way You Search for Real Estate on Your iPhone

YahooSketchASearch by Bryan McDonald

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 [...]

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ZipRealty’s iPhone App is Not Just For Homebuyers

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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 [...]

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Search for Commercial Real Estate on Your iPhone With LoopNet

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LoopNet, Inc released an iPhone app on Jan 8th for anyone looking to buy or lease commercial real estate.  The app is free and does not require you to register to use it. I downloaded the app and was searching for commercial real estate within seconds.  You can search for properties for sale or lease [...]

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