by Bryan McDonald
Most real estate appraisers probably carry a flashlight with them. You might need a flashlight when doing a head and shoulders inspection of an attic or crawl space and definitely need a flashlight when appraising a bank owned property that does not have the power turned on.
You might not need your flashlight anymore if you [...]
by Bryan McDonald
With the release of iOS 4, AT&T finally allows internet tethering on the iPhone. This lets you share your iPhone’s internet connection so you can surf the web wherever you have a cell phone signal. This will definitely be useful for any mobile real estate professionals that need internet access but are not close to [...]
by Bryan McDonald
Apple released an update to its iPhone software today.
With over 100 new features, the free iOS 4 Software Update lets you do some amazing things.
What does this mean for the real estate industry?
1. Multitasking
Now you can run your favorite third-party apps — and switch between them instantly — without slowing down the performance of the [...]
by Bryan McDonald
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 problem.
Zumodrive [...]
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 screen [...]
by Bryan McDonald
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.
Click HERE if you can not see the [...]
by Bryan McDonald
I used RingCentral for several years to manage the stream of business calls I receive. Now I use Google Voice as my main business line, it is cheaper (free) and has all of the features my small real estate appraisal company needs.
With Google Voice, you can easily mange your calls and voicemail, people can reach [...]
by Bryan McDonald
The iPhone 3GS has a built in digital compass. The digital compass app works just like a magnetic needle compass and shows you the position you are facing. I have never had the need to use it and really did not care about it, until now. Did you know you can integrate the iPhone’s compass [...]
I have always carried two cameras with me while doing real estate appraisals. I had my main camera and carried and older camera for backup. The backup camera was just in case my main camera broke or if I forgot my main camera. Well, I carried two cameras with me until I got my iPhone.
The [...]
Yesterday I posted how you can use Twitter to track your gas mileage. Today I am going to give you a list of 3 more websites that you can use to track your gas mileage.
1) Fuelly.com
The website I use to track my gas mileage and fuel economy is Fuelly.com. I have been using the [...]