How Home Buyers are Finding Homes Via Their iPhones

A person thinking about buying a home in San Leandro, who is driving around the neighborhood he likes, stops by the curb, activates his mobile phone and touches the Realtor application on the screen.

The built-in GPS in his phone identifies his location and within a few minutes he has very detailed information about all available homes for sale or for rent around him — even those houses that do not have a for sale sign in front of them.

If he sees something he likes, not only can he access all the pictures associated with the listing, this home buyer can touch the screen and it dials the listing agent of the house he is interest in.

Those people without the free Realtor application on their phones have to drive around the neighborhoods they like and write down the phone numbers of the homes for sale they see and like, and then call all the real estate agents to get the basic information. This might take a few days. They might miss the best home simply because they did not know the app was available.

This free Realtor.com application is by far one of the most useful tools available today to a person searching for homes to buy. It offers the home buyer the ability to know on the spot what is available via an interactive map.

It provides instant access to over 4 million homes, and is available for the iPhone, Android and Windows Phone 7.

There are other free applications that provide the same data, however Realtor.com has more up-to-the-minute, and more accurate, information.

Here is one more reason home sellers should insist on having their houses listed by their agent on the MLS (multiple listing service), from which the app draws. Smart home buyers will save time and money, plus get better results in their searh for their dream home with this free application.

Download one now! Follow these simple steps: from an Android main screen go to "Applications" then find the "Market" folder. Click on the magnifier symbol (search button), type "realtor" and click "install." This is the closest we can get to the "Beam me up Scotty" technology when buying a house.

As a professional real estate agent, I use this application all the time, I also show my clients how their home looks online compared to other listings.

Having this app in my phone is like having the entire MLS with me at all times, it allows me to check for brand new listings while I am out with home buyers, and often times we can show that new listing on the spot.

The early bird always catches the worm. Both real estate agents and home buyers benefit tremendously from this application. Happy, and smart, house hunting!