Thursday, April 22, 2010

iPad for Real Estate? Looking to the Apps for Answers.

As I continue my quest for reasons to buy an iPad - yes, for business expenses I've trained myself to have a reason - it occurred to me to consider the App World.  Little function-specific programs that make these tech tools a must-have, iPad Apps could hold the key.

My research began online.  My motive?  How can use this to simplify my creative real estate investing?  What are current users saying about the iPad and whether there are real estate related Apps?  Turns out there ARE iPad Apps for real estate .  Apps count as of this writing is 7, maybe 8 Apps.  An okay start for a newly launched product that was shrouded in secrecy.  One iPad App, by ZipRealty, has modest functionality.  I use ZipRealty to find the address of properties listed on other sites that omit the address. But the scaled down iPad App only shows active listing details.  The sold properties only show on a Google map, but no detail pages are provided.  In my creative real estate investing business, I would only Occasionally use this iPad App.