I am creating a website and need to add specific search capabilities?

October 262009

I am creating a realestate website. My firm has 54 listings and i want to add a way for people to search these on the site much like you can do on remax.com or century21.com. Any software or anything out there?

It needs to be done in php/javascript, may be you can ask someone to code it for you. Check http://k.aplis.net/

I am creating a website and need to add specific search capabilities?

October 262009

I am creating a realestate website. My firm has 54 listings and i want to add a way for people to search these on the site much like you can do on remax.com or century21.com. Any software or anything out there?

It needs to be done in php/javascript, may be you can ask someone to code it for you. Check http://k.aplis.net/

What do you think of the new Yahoo! Real Estate site?

October 242009

I just noticed that Yahoo! Real Estate redesigned their site with a lot of maps and cool tools. I especially like the home values and the local market research section that shows you the number of listings and average price in any area. What do you think?

http://realestate.yahoo.com

It’s not bad, there is another one called www.zillow.com (just increase the values by 10-15 percent)

Yahoo Realestate?

October 222009

I am an Agent. My Listings are advertised. Thanks. It says see this Agents Home page and directs one to another Agents Home page and it should be my home page.

Get ontop of the job right now. Call the guy up and you guys need to meet becasue he’s using ur page.

question about investing in a real estate company>?

October 202009

just wondering, i know there is alot of people who wish they could invest in real estate as it is a great investment market. I wish wondering if you would invest in a company that invests in real estate for you?
So like lets say the company has all these listings of different real estate projects they are going to buy and you can pick from one. So maybe there is 100 acres they are going to buy at 100,000 dollars. you would be able to invest 1000 dollars in this property threw this company, so realisticly you would on 1 percent of the propety threw the company. then maybe in a year the company would sell the property and get 200,000 for it. you would then get back 2000 dollars. 1000 for the investment and 1000 dollars profit.
would this be something you would do to invest in real estate or you think others would do? of course it would be a legal corporation not like some side business.
I am just wondering as myself would love to invest in realestate but dont have the money.
Thanks!

They’re called REIT’s.

Theyr’e like mutual funds for real estate.

Often times, minimum investment is $1,000.

Need Rental Help in Westside of Los Angeles?

October 182009

I have been on craigslist and all the other sites, I am looking for a reasonably priced studio in West LA. Are there realestate agencies who have rental listings? I would prefer to live in a smaller complex or a guest house if possible.

Try the UCLA housing office. Good luck!

what is the difference between a "cottage" and a "bungalow"?

October 182009

I’m looking for the current, popular meanings of the words as they are used in North America, Great Britain, and in the Repuplic of Ireland. In architecture and in realestate there seems to be some distinction. For examples: an architecural photographer has two seperate books; 500 Cottages , and 500 Bungalows; and IOL realestate has "cottages" and "bungalows" under seperate listings. What is a modest one family home… a cottage, a bungalow or something different ….???
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North American perspective:
There is a good degree of overlap but some distinctions. A bungalow is usually from the 1870-1930 period. It would have a general horizontal feeling to it, would almost always have a covered porch and overhanging roof as a major design element. It would feature natural, native, low-tech material choices.
A cottage I think of perhaps as a bit smaller, perhaps part of an older tradition for its location. Example: a rural 16th century small house in England or Ireland could be a cottage but never a bungalow. A cottage could be in the 1950s modernist style, for example but a bungalow could not. Any home built in the 30 years could not be a bungalow, unless it strongly referenced the architecture of the pre-1930 period. Bacically: Bungalow is a style, Cottage is a detached smaller home of many, if not any, styles.
Note: in 19th and early 20th century usage, "cottage" was often used as a synonym for "rental house" or a smaller house on the same grounds as a larger one (example: guest house) of any size.

Do foreclosures affect my asking price?

October 162009

I have heard conflicting opinions on this. I am looking at selling my house and when I begin to pull comps of the houses sold in the area, how are foreclosures going to affect that price? I heard from a realestate agent that foreclosures are not suppose to affect active listings, while my bank (when I was going to refinance) used foreclosure listings when they pulled comps, which doesn’t seem exactly fair to me. Any info would be great. Thanks.

Your real estate agent is wrong. Foreclosures of similar properties in your area definitely affect your valuation and selling price. Stop to think about it. Why would a buyer pay YOUR asking price when he can go down the road and purchase a foreclosure for perhaps $20,000 less ?

Foreclosures which sell below the former (pre-foreclosure era) pricing definitely bring down the values of other properties in the area.

looking to get into realestate?

October 122009

i wana buy a tax distressed home and fix it up. i want free listings, evefry one wants money. ne way to find a free website or homes w/ distressed for low pay?

http://www.firstpreston.com/

This is the Realtor HUD and Bank Repo site..You can even set up the site to e-mail you with listings in your area as they become available…

www.Realtor.com

May also be a place for you to start and you can look for the key words…ie…fixer-upper, handyman special, needs TLC…Or you can call a local Realtor and ask them to e-mail you information on homes like that in your area..ss

Our realestate agent does not take us around to see houses. We went out on our own so far. Is this normal?

October 102009

We were recommended to this agent who seems to have good track record and reputation. However, we have been out on our own for the past two weeks to look at houses. This agent just email us listings and gives us some additional info over the phone. Although we have 4-5 months window for shopping around, we feel we need to start looking right now rather than waiting till last month then make a hasty decision. Is it considered normal practice for agents to not taking clients around to see houses? We thought it otherwise.

Let me let you in on a little secret about realtors or agents. They have a system that most of them are taught which is as follows…………..

Buyers fall into three catagories –

A – Buyers will buy now

B – Buyers will buy in 2 to 4 weeks

C – Buyers will buy in 6 months

Now given the above, who do you want to work with and be available for?

I’m not saying that B & C are not as important, on the contrary situations change quickly and a good agent or Realtor knows this and keeps all options open.

Call and tell him that you have the time now to look and that you want him to show you the houses available. He is aware of those listings (sellers) who may wait a little longer if they know that their house was wanted. If he says no, I don’t want you to find something you like now and it won’t be available when you are actually ready to buy, then he does care enough to give you service later down the road. If his answer is well you don’t seem to be ready…………………get another agent or realtor. This guy might have a good reputation but those agents usually come with egos once they pass a certain point in their careers (2 to 3 years).