Internet Real Estate Center Web Sites and Blogs Links Directory

The following links are sites that I have used periodically to assist me in my Internet Real Estate Research. There are hundreds of sites listes, and more to be included so check back often.

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• Advertising - Free Sites
• Free sites for advertising real estate related classifieds.
  
• Affiliate Programs
• Real Estate Investing Affiliate Program
  Check out our real estate investing affiliate program. We offer a fantastic conversion rate and very fair percentage payouts.
  
• Aggregators
• Real estate search engines and aggregators help buyers find homes for sale or rent by collecting (or aggregating) listings from multiple sources into a single location. By crawling, indexing and then conveniently organizing and mapping listings, aggregators simplify and speed up the search process for online buyers. Trulia and PropSmart focus on homes, while HotPads focuses on apartments and rentals and MyNextDeal on commercial properties.
  
• Auctions
• Sources of online real estate and property auctions.
  
• Blogs
• Blogs originally started as personal journal sites but have evolved into powerful marketing and business tools. Real estate blogs allow real estate investors and other professionals to market their services and presence on the internet
  
• Communities
• Real estate Communities allow real estate professionals to connect with each other on the Web. Second generation communities like ActiveRain allow users to collaborate and share information online through blogs, forums, and other forms of interactive communication. Others with an eye on building online real estate communities include Zillow, which has added Home Q&A as a community feature aimed at home buyers, owners, and sellers to its site, and is continuing to move in that direction. Inman’s Real Estate Connect is credited with where the online real estate community started and still thrives.
  
• Credit Cards - Debt Management
• Get ouf of debt, manage credit cards, debt consolidation, credit cards
  
• Email and Instant Messaging
• Communication offerings range from instant messaging (IM) service aggregators like Meebo to click-to-call service providers like Jaxtr and ZiffTalk. These services make it easier for prospective sellers or buyers to contact real estate investors and professionals via IM, phone or email. Most offer widgets that can be embedded on websites or blogs to facilitate the communication process.
  
• Finding Commercial Deals
• Use these links to find commercial real estate deals. Here is just a sampling of the many sites you can go to look for and research commercial properties like strip malls, apartments, etc.
  
• Foreclosures
• Sites and Blogs related to foreclosures
  
• Foreclosure Articles
• Investors can find additional information about how to invest in foreclosures by reading recent articles on this topic. The following articles were chosen because of their relevance in content and to current market conditions. If you would like your article included here please send it to me along with your author information so I can give you credit.
  
• Foreclosure Auctions
• Real estate foreclosure auctions sites. Also check out the regular Auctions category.
  
• Foreclosure Blogs
• Despite the hundreds of thousands of real estate blogs, very few blogs focus solely on the foreclosure market from the investor’s perspective. These blogs contain a lot of info of on the various aspects of foreclosures.
  
• Foreclosure Listings
• Foreclosure listing sites - sites that list properties that have distressed owners.
  
• Foreclosure Tutorials
• Not many tutorials on how to purchase pre-foreclosure and foreclosed properties as an investment exist online. However, the basics are all anyone needs to hunt for further information. Remember that each state carries specific laws that relate to purchasing foreclosures and these laws are changing every day. Be sure to check with local resources before you make a decision to invest in a foreclosure.
  
• Foreclosure Websites
• The following foreclosure links will take you to web sites that focus exclusively on foreclosure investment opportunities, or to investment sites that have reserved entire sections for foreclosures. Some sites may also have blogs, discussion boards, tutorials and more. Real estate links and resources for Internet Real Estate. You will find many links to other helpful real estate related web sites and blogs
  
• Forums
• Real estate forums related to Real Estate.
  
• Government Seized Properties
• U.S. Department of the Treasury Seized Real Estate
  
  
• International Real Estate
• International Real estate and investing links and resources for Internet Real Estate.
  
• Internet Marketing
• Internet Marketing is an important aspect of real estate investing and marketing
  
• Investing - Real Estate
• real estate investment web sites and blogs, how-to articles, real estate investing sites, real estate investing directory, creative real estate articles, real estate investor articles
  
• Listing Sites
• Sites that will let you list properties for sale on their Internet Real Estate sites. Tips and articles on how to Sell Your House, Apartment, Commercial Property or Land
  
• Lending - Loans - Private - Hard Money - Commercial etc
• Money sources including private money, hard money, commercial and residential loans and lenders. Mortgage rates, lending news, loan rates, quotes
  
• Mapping Services
• These companies build value-added service on top of mapping technology to deliver innovative, interactive or unique information that is interesting or important to prospective home buyers. Zillow maps home valuations on satellite maps, Neighboroo visualizes area demographics using color-coded “Information Maps”, Trulia uses “Heat Maps” to show pricing trends. Hotpads also uses heat maps to display census data for neighborhoods.
  
• Probate
• Finding, buying and selling probate real estate and propery
  
• Property Searches
• Internet Sites that let you search for properties and buying and selling houses, homes, apartments on line.
  
• Realtor Reviews
• These sites either allow online real estate buyers to review or rate real estate agents or provide other metrics (such as homes sold, i.e.) to help home buyers find, evaluate and select a REALTOR®. Homethinking provides customer reviews, as well as current and past listings as indicators of performance.
  
• Real Estate Agents and Realtors
• Real estate links and resources for Internet Real Estate. You will find many links to other helpful real estate related web sites and blogs
  
• Real Estate Education
• Web Sites related to providing real estate investment training and education
  
• REOs - Bank Owned
• REO (Real Estate Owned) is a property that goes back to the mortgage company after an unsuccessful foreclosure auction
  
• Research
• Property research, trends, charts, maps, pricing
  
• Short Sales
• Many lenders will agree to accept the proceeds of a short sale and forgive the rest of what is owed on the mortgage when the owner cannot make the mortgage payments.
  
• Social Bookmarking
• Social bookmarking allows users to store, organize, share, search and most importantly rank bookmarks or links. Real Estate Voices is a real estate social bookmarking site that help users discover the most interesting articles of the day, as voted and suggested by fellow users, saving users time and exposing valuable knowledge quickly.
  
• Social Networking
• Citizen journalism, social networking and user-generated content are transforming the real estate industry. Social networking is lifting real estate and in the next 12 months it's going to overwhelm real estate. It's been happening since Craig's List started but it's only now coming to a head.
  
  Citizen journalism, social networking and user-generated content are transforming the real estate industry.
  
• Syndicators
• Distributors and syndicators enable real estate professionals and online sellers to distribute their listings and classified ads to leading online marketplaces like Google Base, Oodle, Vast, Trulia, Edgeio, Propsmart, Hotpads, Vflyer and others. Point2 also has distribution tools for property ads, but vFlyer supports significantly more “delivery endpoints” including email, widgets, mobile and PDFs for offline use.
  
• Valuation - Appraisal
• These companies allow home buyers, sellers or real estate investors to get, provide or understand real estate property valuation information. Zillow, eppraisals.com and HomeGain provide property valuation information. My-currency.com provides community-driven price predictions for homes, while others like Altos Research provides real-time market trend analysis.
  
• Video Marketing
• These companies provide services that allow real estate professionals and online sellers to upload, manage and host video tours or other business videos. YouTube simply provides hosting (and in some cases, marketing exposure), while others like TurnHere and WellcomeMat provide other value-added services, including the ability to locate videographers or help with product.
  
• Web Site Tools
• Tools you can use to develop your Internet Real Estate websites and blogs
  
• Wholesaling
• The great thing about wholesaling real estate is that you don't take ownership of that property. Once you have the property under contract, you assign the contract to another buyer who will close on the property in your place. There is no risk, and you can do it with little or no money down!
  
  Some investors call it "wholesaling real estate." Others refer to it as "flipping properties."
  
• Widgets - Technology
• Widgets allow real estate bloggers and web site authors to embed elements of core functionality directly on their websites, social networking sites, or blogs by simply copying and pasting HTML code.
  
• Wikis
• Real Estate Wikis feature shared, central sources of knowledge and information that usually anyone can contribute to. By allowing contributors to collaborate and by combining knowledge from diverse resources, the goal of a real estate wiki is to become an authoritative source of real estate information.
  
  
  

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Mark Schwartz
The Internet Real Estate Center
Washington Real Estate