Top 5 Apps for Home Buyers
When it comes to purchasing a home, no two homebuyers are exactly alike, and each person or family has their own unique needs when entering the market. First-time buyers may need more guidance and advice from their Realtor and mortgage loan officer. People purchasing condos, co-ops, short sales, or foreclosures will have unique facets of their purchasing process that don’t occur in other sales. Investors often need little hand-holding as they are experienced with the process of buying homes. No matter what your unique set of circumstances, after you have found a Realtor you trust, there are many great apps out there that can assist you in your home buying experience. Here are just a few of the most useful and user-friendly options out there:
MagicPlan (www.magicplan.app)
This App is awesome! Using your tablet or smartphone, it guides you step-by-step through creating or modifying floor plans for remodeling when you are out home shopping. By taking guided pictures, you can virtually recreate each room of a home and try out different layouts, adjustments, and changes before ever knocking down a wall. It can even show your plans in 3-D! There are also functions to assist with project cost estimating, ordering materials, and further personalizing the App to work better for you.
AroundMe (www.aroundmeapp.com)
This App is helpful for all, but really comes in handy for people moving into a new area with which they’re not familiar. It works anywhere in the world to provide access to local information. Whether you need to know if your favorite coffee chain has a location near the home you’re checking out, the best rated yoga studio in the area, or how far you’ll need to travel to see your favorite sports team; you can find it all in AroundMe. You can rate establishments and read reviews, and also have access to thousands of restaurant and café menus right from the App!
i-nigma QR and Barcode Scanner (App Store/Google Play)
With the technological advances of the last few decades, you just can’t get by without an effective, quick code scanner that works across all of the various platforms with efficiency. When buying a home there are codes everywhere! In order to access the full details on a listed home or to see more about providers whose services you will need in the process of buying, a good scanner App is essential.
Zillow (www.zillow.com)
Zillow can really come in handy by putting a lot of essential information about a home in one place. Buyers can access tax information, sales history, and estimated monthly payment information directly for each property. Most homes also include data rating neighborhood schools and safety. Data like square footage, year of construction, and lot size can be very helpful for buyers looking for specific parameters in those areas.
Evernote (www.evernote.com)
Evernote is extremely helpful in general for making various apps work together. For home buyers however, it goes to the next level by providing the organization tools to keep information on different homes separate. During the home buying process, details on different properties can start to run together and it’s important to keep them separate. Evernote provides functions for notes, pictures, reminders, etc that can all be organized by the individual home, keeping things streamlined and removing some of the confusion.
This is just a sampling of what is out there in the tech world to assist home buyers. Be sure to always ask others who have recently purchased where they have found successful help as well. With the guidance of your trusted Realtor and these tools in hand, much of the mystery can be replaced with confidence in the home purchase process!
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