| Since the world is becoming more computer driven | | | | Oik is an app that allows you to stream video from |
| everyday, it should come as no surprise that devices | | | | your iPhone, which will allow you to show lives videos |
| like the iPhone are becoming so popular. This is | | | | of a listing to customers. This is great if a customer |
| because these devices make it much easier than | | | | from another city wants to view a home, as you can |
| ever before to receive the information that you | | | | give a tour in real time, without the customer having |
| need when you need it. These devices are of | | | | to travel. You can even broadcast to multiple people |
| particular importance in the real estate industry, as | | | | or store the video on your blog, which can definitely |
| having access to this information is of the utmost | | | | help you to generate more sales. |
| importance. The following are some of the more | | | | Home Value Pro is an app that provides market data |
| useful iPhone apps for those in the real estate | | | | for home buyers, so that they can find estimated |
| industry. | | | | prices and other information on a nationwide basis. |
| Trulia Real Estate Search is a valuable tool because it | | | | This could be important for realtors who are trying |
| helps users find homes for sale within a certain area. | | | | to show customers that a home is, in fact, priced |
| It also provides access to open houses in the area, | | | | fairly in a certain market. |
| which makes it the only app potential home buyers | | | | Dropbox is an app that will link your iPhone with your |
| will need when tracking down something that they | | | | other computers. That way, you can have access to |
| are interested in. | | | | your desktop and laptop files, while only carrying |
| WHERE is another app that can help you find a | | | | your iPhone around with you, which means that you |
| location that you are looking for, but it goes beyond | | | | will not have to carry around a laptop ever again. |
| just finding homes. This app has a partnership with | | | | WorldCard Mobile is a business card reading app that |
| both Starbucks and Gas Buddy, so it can be used to | | | | will ensure that you do not have to carry anyone's |
| find coffee or gas anywhere in the country. | | | | business card around with you again. This will make |
| Evernote is an app that acts like a virtual notebook, | | | | your life a lot easier because you will never have to |
| as this allows you to keep track of notes, pictures, | | | | worry about losing a potential customer's contact |
| or anything else that can help you with your real | | | | information at any point. |
| estate career. You can even take pictures of | | | | Yelp can be used by realtors because it provides a |
| business cards and store then in Evernote, as this | | | | great deal of information about a certain area. While |
| app allows everything you need to be at your | | | | this mostly applies to local businesses, it can also be |
| fingertips at all times. Best of all, it is completely | | | | used to chart property values in a certain area by |
| searchable, so you will not lose any of this | | | | providing a specialized look at every property. |
| information and will not have to search for it manually | | | | The Zillow iPhone app is a GPS system that shows |
| either. | | | | available homes, cost estimates, and homes for sale, |
| The Envirian Mortgage Calculator is a handy tool to | | | | all on one screen. There is a huge database that is |
| have because it can help you discuss numbers with | | | | associated with this app, which makes it an |
| clients much more easily. In a matter of seconds, you | | | | extremely valuable tool for anyone in the real estate |
| can provide customers with a rough estimate of | | | | industry. |
| what the home will cost them each month, which | | | | Ustream is another streaming app that will allow real |
| could be a very valuable selling feature. | | | | estate professionals to stream live video of a |
| Puluwai Real Estate Search is another tool that can | | | | property. There are a few different ways that this |
| help you search for available homes all over the | | | | can be utilized, depending on who you want to see |
| country. This app gives you a map view and a photo | | | | the video, but many realtors are now making a video |
| gallery, so you can go into great detail when looking | | | | of a tour and then posting it on a website or blog for |
| for available homes and can easily show these listings | | | | all to see. |
| to customers. | | | | Finally, Tweetie 2 is a tool that allows realtors to post |
| RulerPhone Lite is an outstanding app because it acts | | | | updates on Twitter on a constant basis. When used |
| as a ruler. This means that you can measure | | | | from the iPhone, realtors can stay in constant |
| absolutely anything that you are showing and give | | | | communication with potential customers, which can |
| the dimensions to the customer. This can come in | | | | surely bring is more revenue. This is a pretty diverse |
| particularly handy if the customer is wondering about | | | | tool that allows users to post pictures and |
| the size of a room because this could be a very | | | | everything, so it is an all in one tweeting application. |
| important selling feature. | | | | These iPhone applications can definitely make any real |
| Expense2Go for Salesforce users is an iPhone | | | | estate professional's life a lot easier, as they make |
| application that will help users to keep track of their | | | | communicating and keeping track of information a lot |
| expenses. This is very useful for those in the real | | | | easier. Some of these apps are free, while others |
| estate industry because all you will have to do is | | | | cost a small amount of money, but all of them can |
| take pictures of your receipts, rather than keeping | | | | definitely help you out a great deal in this industry. |
| them for days at a time. | | | | |