Top 7 Must Have & FREE iPhone Applications for Busy Real Estate Agents

Chrystie Corns | Real Estate Social Marketing (Thirteen Thirty Marketing) — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:12:23 -0700

Let me preface this by saying, I am an iPhone evangelist. Love Love Love it. I love finding apps that make my life easier, and as a real estate agent and social marketer, I'm always looking for ways to stay connected and multi-task effortlessly. The release of the iPhone 3G and robust app store have launched real estate agents and brokers into a whole new realm of connectivity.
Here are 7 iPhone applications (according to me :) that can make your life substantially easier.

Trulia Real Estate Search
What it does: Find homes for sale using built-in location finder.
Why it's cool: Tap quick links to see nearby Open Houes today or this weekend.
Find out More: www.trulia.com
Download: Trulia iPhone Application

Where(TM)
What it does: WHERE delivers essential information about what's around you right to your cell phone.
Why it's cool: Partnerships with Starbucks, Gas Buddy and Yelp make this a great tool to help you show off your knowledge of the local area.
Find out More: www.where.com
Download: WHERE iPhone Application

Evernote
What it does: Lets you remember anything and everything that goes on in your real estate career. From notes to ideas to snapshots, put them all into evernote and have them instantly availale from your phone to the web to your desktop.
Why it's cool: Allows you to snap a photo of a business card and it makes the text in those images searchable. Brilliant.
Find out More: www.evernote.com
Download: Evernote iPhone Application

Envirian Mortgage Calculator
What it does: Designed to make quick mortgage calculations based on amount to be borrowed, your monthly income and other expenses
Why it's cool: Allows you to look like a math genius on the fly!
Find out More: http://envirian.com/
Download: 3in1 Mortgage Calculator iPhone Application

Puluwai Real Estate Search
What it does: Quickly search for homes near you or in the town of your choice. View search results in a list on a map, or in a photo gallery.
Why it's cool: Ability to save your favorite properties and share them with your clients via email and contact the seller directly.
Find out More: http://puluwai.com/
Download: Puluwai Real Estate iPhone Application

RulerPhone Lite
What it does: Ever been at a house showing and forgot your tape measure? Now you can use your iPhone as a ruler. You can measure anything.
Why it's cool: Take a picture of an object, measure it up against a credit card and RulerPhone will give you the dimensions!
Find out More: www.benkamens.com
Download: RulerPhone Lite iPhone Application

Expense2Go for Salesforce users
What it does: Allows you to create and sync expense reports from your iPhone
Why it's cool: You have the ability to use your iPhone camera to capture receipts and attach them to the expense record. How cool is that?
Find out More: www.modelmetrics.com
Download: Expense2Go iPhone Application

This of course, is a list of my top 7, however if you have an application that you want to add, leave it in the comments section!

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Chrystie Corns is a real estate agent in Portland, Maine specializing in first time home buyers. She also is a social marketing manager for uLocate Communications (WHERE.com) and full time mother to two darling children.

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Top 7 Must Have & FREE iPhone Applications for Busy Real Estate Agents