IRED Top Ten Web Sites

IRED's Top 10 Hot Picks for November, 1996

In Alphabetical Order
Bibi Dooman, Coldwell Banker, Santa Monica, CA
http://www.dooman.com/
Bibi is an agent who really puts her heart into her web site! She provides information and most of all she offers her own personality and perspective. Don't miss her newsletter: from fun to food to finance, Bibi has raised the standard for realty sites.

Cindi Sells Buy the Seashore, Florida's Gulf CoastResidential
Do you have a secret desire to vacation or live on a Gulf Coast beach? Cindi furnishes insider information and a broad range of living opportunities for your fantasies and she does so with flair.

Corporate Housing ConnectionRental
http://www.corporatehousing.com/
Temporary housing doesn't have to mean a cramped hotel room and living out of a suitcase. Corporate housing may be the ideal solution if you are one of the millions on temporary assignment. Need housing while your new home is under construction, or while on a home search? This may be a cheaper alternative to hotels or unnecessary leases.

Countrywide Home Loans, Inc.
http://www.countrywide.com/
Can the internet furnish new ways to handle Real Estate transactions that will speed up the process of buying a home and save the buyer some hard cash? Countrywide ushers in a new era with its Gold Credit Home Loans.

Designs Plus, 1000's of house plans
http://www.designsplus.com/
If you are fixing up a home, planning a vacation cabin, or building a new home, you'll need plans, building materials, accessories, and even contractors. This site can furnish the plans and direct you to the rest. Very straight forward, educational, with lots of help.

HUD Homes Fort WorthResidential
Gone Away
Can a federal agency operate at a profit? Can it pioneer new approaches for running its business using a high tech tool, an internet web site? The Fort Worth, TX, HUD office is out to prove it can as it moves the HUD Housing bidding process from paper to electronic communications. Look beyond the surface to find the real meat here. It's worth the effort...and if you're a North Texas broker it's essential. Time consuming paper bids are no longer accepted!

International Real Estate Council link removed
http://www.boardplace.com/boardplace/intl/intl.shtml
Through communications, including the internet and its World Wide Web, the world is getting smaller. Travel is becoming less expensive. Political boundaries are becoming easier to cross. The International Real Estate Council is leading the way in making real estate agents knowledgable in handling international transactions. IREC offers news from around the world, from local viewpoints.

Kansas City's Guide to New HomesResidential
http://www.kcnewhomes.com/
The World Wide Web offers many services that help both agents and buyers to find available existing homes. There are fewer services that provide the same function for new homes. This site brings the "New Homes" magazine on line along with "Homesearch", "Builders Search", and "Realtors®, Search" giving the visitor a full set of tools for home searches.

RE/MAX Real Estate Network
http://www.remax.com/
Most corporate real estate sites, particularly franchise sites, provide the online equivalent to the 50 second TV commercial. All hype, no hope. Here is a franchise that delivers content. This is a community tool providing service to agents and customers. We particularly enjoy reading "RE/MAX Times" the in-house periodical.

Virtual Real Estate Tours, Inc., Seattle, WAResidential
Gone
Virtual Walkthrus of mostly Washington area properties. Lots of photos and information. but most of all this is a great model for how homes can and should be presented on the web, by any seller or agent who is serious about marketing homes online.

BONUS: Web Tool of the Month

Webmaster's Guide to Search Engines and Directories
http://www.searchenginewatch.com/

Stop spamming search engines and see how they really work.. Tips on how to use the various search tools online to make your web site more visible. Which ones use metatags?
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