Real Estate
Check before you buy or sell your home – zillow.com, – trulia.com, – realtor.com are online residential real estate sites for information about homes and mortgages. They are one stop source for home buyers, sellers, renters and real estate professionals.
Quickly find your new home with photos and virtual tours – homefinder.com makes house shopping and selling easy and fun.
Follow the experts to minimize the risk of your real estate investment – calculatedriskblog.com a top ranked finance and economics blog that focus on real estate market. It is a go to source for Wall Street.
Should you buy now or wait – mgic.com its calculator shows you the cost of buying now versus waiting.
Rent to own your house – divvyhomes.com, – zerodown.com It enable home buyers to bypass big down payments with least to own contracts.
Get real estate deals in auction – bid4assets.com, an online real estate auction web site with listing include bank owned homes and tax foreclosure auctions for over 55 counties nationwide. It has sold over 100,000 properties since 1999.
Find out everything of real estate property – propertyshark.com a go to source for detailed property information in major US cities.
New York real estate info at Street Easy – streeteasy.com a go to source for residential real estate info, listing and data.
To find, to buy and to sell you real estate without an agent – auction.com the nation’s leading online real estate resource and marketplace for buying and selling, to find and bid for foreclosed homes.
I will buy your house if you buy mine, home swapping – goswap.org is a source for online house trading.
For sale by owner – forsalebyowner.com an online sites to help owners with guidance to sell homes without an agent.
Sell your house by yourself and save – fizber.com a real estate website that helping home sellers to market and sell their homes themselves.
Find a qualified home inspector – homeinspector.org American Society of Home inspector is a resource for qualified home inspectors and inspection knowledge.
U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) – hud.gov the U.S. government official web portal.
Insurance Claim Report
Home seller disclosure report – lexisnexis.com provides report of prior home owner insurance loss claim in past 5 years at property.
Insurance claim report – verisk.com the insurance claim report helps you assess and manage the risk of your properties.
Tips
Home insurance premium is based on home address. Prior owners’ claims may increase rates. Check the claim history of the property before you purchase.
foreclosures
Foreclosure deals – foreclosure.com, – realtytrac.com are online information and market places for foreclosures and default properties in the United State.
Distressed properties in South Florida – condovultures.com provides real estate market intelligence on single houses, condos, foreclosures, short sales and bulk deals in South Florida.
Foreclosures from Freddie Mac – homesteps.com the official REO site for Freddie Mac homes for sale and foreclosure listing.
Mortgages
What interest rate should you expect – consumerfinance.gov the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau offers guides and helpful tips on shopping mortgage interest rate.
Compare your options and discover the best mortgage – quickenloans.com lets you get real-time rate updates and compare options to find the best mortgage.
The insight mortgage info – themortgagereports.com covers mortgage rates, mortgage news and mortgage strategies, a trusted resource for unbiased mortage and real estate infomation.
Reverse Mortgages
The guide to reverse mortgages – reversemortgage.org information and education of everything you need to know about reverse mortgage
Find the best reverse mortgage lenders – consumersadvocate.org listed the top ten best reverse mortgage lenders
Tips
You are likely to get a preferred lending rate with a FICO score of 760 or higher and you might have trouble getting a mortgage loan or are likely to get your credit card cancelled if your FICO score falls below 640. A FICO score of 680 is considered average and above 720 is considered good.
Moving
Moving services moving.com offer moving related service and tools online.
How much does it cost to move?homefair.com consumer resources related to moving, relocation calculators, quote and articles on moving and relocation.
File a complaint against moving company in CA – consumers.cpuc.ca.gov
Complaint against interstate mover – nccdb.fmcsa.dot.gov/nccdb
Senior Housing, Assisted living
Senior Housing – seniorhousingnet.com
Rentals
Apartment rentals – apartments.com provides real time availability with up to date pricing on over 150,000 properties.
Apartment finder – hotpads.com a map base rental search engine with price and images of property on spot. It's Apps let you carry your housing search on the road.
Find affordable rentals – rent.com an apartment and house search website with real time listing, apartment guides, inside views of the apartment and reviews.
Rental Business
Rent out an extra room if you are living in a tourist area – airbnb.com a website for people to rent out lodgings.
Advertising your rental property – craigslist.org a classified advertisement website with section devoted to rentals, jobs, services, and sales.
Rental property reporter – rentalpropertyreporter.com a do it yourself landlord resource with tips and how to articles to help owners to manage their rental properties and tenants.
Home Insurance
Free personal property report – personalreports.lexisnexis.com a comprehensive report includes public record, non- public information, type of loss, and the claim status.
Replacement cost of your house – craftsman-book.com online tools helps you to find out the real replacement cost of your house.
Flood insurance – floodsmart.gov the National Flood Insurance Program offers flood insurance to homeowners, renters and business owners.
Official flood map – msc.fema.gov the official public source for flood map and disaster assistance.
Earthquake insurance premium calculator – earthquakeauthority.com helps you to figure out what types of coverage you need with estimated cost.
Home Security
Get the best home security – besthomesecuritycompanys.com with company reviews and comparison to help consumers find the best home security programs.
DIY home security systems – http://simplisafe.com, – blinkforhome.com, – netatmo.com are the easy to use, DIY home security systems without binding contract, save your money.
Save money for alarm monitoring services – alarmrelay.com offers reliable alarm monitoring service for $8.95 per month.
Home Improvement
Get cost vs value report – remodeling.hw.net compares average cost of popular remodeling projects with the value of those projects retain at resale.
Find top rated pros – homeadvisor.com offers free tools and resources for home improvement, get free bids from contractors, and connect with trusted repair professionals.
Trusted Pro and services – proreferral.com
Find a trustworthy and quality contractor – angieslist.com provides rating and trustworthy reviews for local business.
furniture Rental
Home and office furniture rentals – cort.com offers services from home and office furniture rentals and clearance furnitures to relocation.
Tips
When searching rental property on line, never make payment online before having met the landlord or having been allowed entry to the rental property. It is a red flag of rental scam.