Some Top websites every Real Estate Investor should be aware of and be using

Nov 13th, 2008 | By | Category: Resources

If you have been investing in Real Estate for any period of time I am sure that you have noticed that there are many more resources available to you today then there were several years ago.  The following is a list of some resources that as an investor you may find useful.

Resources for listing your properties

Craigslist – A great FREE advertsing source

Postlets – A Free ad source just for Real Estate

Kajiji.com (free classifieds)

Backpage.com (selling houses)

www.mynextrehab.com – A Site to post your wholesale deals

Marketing Tools

Photoshow.com (Create photoshow for property)
SalesTeamLive.com (Direct Marketing)

ContinentalMessage.com (Answering Service)

RingCentral.com (800 numbers & prerecorded Msg)

Kall8.com (Cheap 800 numbers)

http://www.crazycheapsigns.com

http://www.gotvmail.com – voice mail system

http://www.patlive.com – voicemail and answering service

Tools to Map out the location

Google Maps

Earth Point

Map Trot – Let’s you create a map

MutiMap

Real Bird – Designed for Real Estate Professionals

Comps and Market Research Tools

http://www.city-data.com (great for market research and demographics)

http://www.cyberhomes.com (kinda like zillow… but a bit different)

http://www.cyberhomes.com (free comps, last sale info, neighborhood info)

http://www.netronline.com – comps

http://RedfishEmergingMarkets.com – Research Emerging Markets

http://www.houseamerica.com – Check Values in your neighboorhood

http://www.propertyshark.com – Detailed info on your property

Tools for Closing your deals

SeasonedFunds.com

http://www.bluefieldscapital.com – hard money lender

Tools For Landlords

http://www.rentometer.com – A rental market “comp” site. Plug in an address, and some other apartment info, and it will give you the median rents for that market

http://www.mortgageexpo.com – can get tenant’s credit history

http://hotpads.com/ – Post your rentals here

http://www.rentalsource.com/ Post rentals here

http://www.rentmineonline.com/ – great tool for property managers and a way to refer other renters

Resources for locating REO’s

http://www.premierereo.com (cool site for searching REO properties)

Bank Of America REO

IndyMac Bank REO:
http://apps.indymacbank.com/individuals/realestate/search.asp

Ocwen Financial REO:
http://www.ocwen.com/reo/home.cfm

JP Morgan Chase Bank REO:
http://mortgage.chase.com/pages/other/co_properties_landing.jsp

M&T Bank REO:
http://services.mandtbank.com/personal/bank_owned_prop.cfm

Wells Fargo REO:
https://www.pasreo.com/reo/

American Home Mortgage REO:
They aren’t taking mortgage applications anymore but they are selling real estate, go figure. ;)
http://www.ahmhomes.com

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If you have any additional resources please feel free to add them as a comment to the post.
I hope you find these helpful

Stefanie

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    Hi Greg –

    There are many reasons that you may see a lot of these great deals set empty for so long:

    * If they are pre-forclosure properties and not yet owned by the bank it may take the bank months to approve the short sale

    * The banks are often backed up and it takes a long time for them to accept an offer

    * It is harder for buyers to get the needed financing to purchase properties due to the stricter lending requirements

    * Many investors are afraid to buy even though now is the best time to grab some great deals.

    I hope this gives you some ideas as to why you may see a lot of great deals just sitting there.

    -Stefanie

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  • http://www.thecustomhomebuilders.com Greg

    As a Modesto CA Contractor, I Recently did some Repairs on some Bank owned Homes Purchased by an LA Investor. After Bragging what a Profit he was making on Flipping Distressed Homes in the Valley, I Curiously Researched Listings of Bank Owned Homes
    & Noticed Very Low Prices (Compared to Comp. Sales) on the Homes Needing Some Minor
    Repair Work. The Homes I worked on were: 2 under 7500. in Repair cost, 1 only 4800.
    My Question is: “Why do these Investment Opportunities sit empty for so long?

    From: Greg at “Custom Home Builders” Lic#630271 209-595-1513
    customhomebuilders@comcast.net

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  • http://www.Cyberhomes.com Reggie from Cyberhomes

    Hi Stefanie-
    Great list! I’ve added it to my delicious bookmarks. Since you went to the effort of compiling this list, I thought I would help you extend it with some basic tips for investor using Cyberhomes.

    Here are a few:

    1.Start on the Cyberhomes homepage by adding a few of the tracking widgets. There you can Track a Home, Foreclosures, Homes for Sale, Neighborhoods and Schools. Activate by selecting a widget and entering the required details. Now each time you visit the Cyberhomes homepage you’ll see your customized dashboard with a current snapshot of the data.

    2.Use the advanced search to eliminate homes outside of your desired property characteristics.

    3.Print out a Property/Market Report for take-away. This report is found on any home’s detail page. Look right above the address on the black toolbar for the item titled “Report.” A few of the items we included in this report: comparable properties, neighborhood and local economic stats.

    4.Track current or potential investment properties by email with Cyberhomes Alerts. For this also visit any homes detail page and look above the address for the “Alert” button.

    Best regards,
    Reggie from Cyberhomes

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  • http://www.realquest.com Shel, the real estate investor

    RealQuest.com also consolidates all of the data from many of these websites into one—good stuff for real estate investors who are trying to find their way for the first time.

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