Have you ever been on a drive and noticed a house that you particularly liked? Yet, you didn’t have a chance to write the Realtor’s number down or maybe they didn’t answer the phone. And, trying to find one particular home in a sea of real estate listing booklets is like find a needle in [...]
Since you can do just about anything on an Android phone, it only makes sense to search for real estate with your phone as well. There are numerous new apps available for Android users; it is just a matter of preference for the user. The following list is purported to be the best apps available [...]
We have all gotten a raw deal in one way or another when it comes to where we live. It used to be that you couldn’t find much information on a neighborhood other than the school or Chamber of Commerce. And, their opinions may be a lot different than yours. A new way of looking [...]
Times are changing! Do you remember about 20 years ago when you had to actually visit a real estate agent to see what homes were for sale in an area that you wanted to live in? It was a time consuming process between working your free time around the free time of the real estate [...]
If you are in the market for a home, especially if you are a first time home buyer, then learning to master what is available online can be of enormous help. Simply finding a real estate agent to represent you can be difficult, however, the Internet, especially social media, can help narrow down your selections [...]
The Internet has become a welcome addition to the real estate industry, and potential home buyers are finding the many home listing services a quick and easy way to find their next home. While finding your next home over the Internet is now much easier, the Internet has become a great tool for researching various [...]
There are a lot of tools around on the web that can help home buyers find their next home. It helps to use a search tool that is dedicated to the region in which you wish to buy, and if you’re looking in either Maryland, Virgina or Washington D.C., then we have the perfect tool [...]
One of the most important contingencies in a real estate sales contract is that of the home inspection. Contracts have been cancelled based on poor home inspection reports while other sellers have had to pay considerable sums to bring their homes up to acceptable standards. In years gone by, while home inspectors were generally trusted, [...]
Can you imagine trying to move house from one side of the country to the other twenty years ago? There was no MLS to preview possible homes to buy, there was no internet to help you find mortgages, or information on potential areas to move to. The only option back then was to personally visit [...]
It had to come at some stage – a real estate agent taking advantage of the group buying power that Groupon and others provide. A report in Inman News highlights a Chicago real estate broker that has used Groupon to offer $1000 cash to sellers and buyers at settlement. Of course, you have to have bought [...]
An interesting article in a recent edition of the Spokesman-Review discusses the use of smart phones and QR Codes. What’s a QR Code? While you’ll read a lot of hype about these codes, they are not new having been invented back in 1994 and used in manufacturing to track parts. The code is about the [...]
Do you know what a ‘digital signature’ is? It should not be confused with digital certificates. Digital signatures are also not scanned images of your written signature. Real estate technology is such now that special digital signatures can be used to ‘sign’ documents and these digital signatures are legally binding – in fact, they can [...]
Technology has proven to be a wonderful boon to those looking to buy a home. You can fire up the laptop (or desktop), load up your favorite browser, and spend hours sifting your way through the MLS. For some, this is great – they do spend hours and often it’s as much curiosity as it [...]
Buying a home is one of those areas in modern society where you can almost do everything online. If not online then by cell phone. Now we have the addition of the iPad and I’m sure it won’t be long before that becomes a popular tool as well. Despite all this technology, the human touch [...]
With technology advances moving so quickly, sometimes it is hard to keep track of what online tools are available for those entering the home buying market. There are a lot of tools available and the following is really only scratching the surface, however, we have identified the most important tools that can help those home [...]
We live in an age where technology is all around us, even in the real estate industry. If you are considering entering the market to buy (or sell) a property, then it makes sense to use every tool available. This includes technology and the internet can be a great source of information on what you [...]
We really are moving into a technology phase in our society considering the recent news that e-signatures are now acceptable for real estate contracts. Inman News has the story and their opening paragraph really says it all: The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development today announced that the Federal Housing Administration will accept e-signatures [...]
Are you looking to buy a new home or perhaps in the market for a few investment properties? Technology is such now that you can view real estate listings from your cell phone – and more. Applications for cell phones are not new, particularly since the arrival of iPhones, so an application that features real [...]
We don’t just live in a busy world, we live in a world where our time is often dictated by others. This is especially true of double income families. Because both partners are working, there is little time to wander through home after home trying to find the one that is ‘just right’. Fortunately, technology [...]
