5.5 iPhone Apps for Real Estate Pros

Posted on 05. Feb, 2009 by Jay OHare in Getting Things Done, Tech

Now that at& t is available in Steamboat I’m getting asked a lot about the iPhone. I’ve been using the iPhone for almost 2 years with no problems & great coverage. One aspect that makes the iPhone so powerful is the App Store. With over 15,000 add-on applications for the iPhone there’s a ton of resources to help you get things done, manage information, communicate and just have fun.

Here are 5.5 apps that I highly recommend for real estate professionals (only one is real estate specific).

1. Evernote – Free (with a paid option)

Evernote for the iPhone is part of a larger system of applications for managing all the digital information in your life. From research to notes to the great bottle of wine you want to remember, Evernote can handle it. You can set up different notebooks in Evernote to organize your stuff. So for example I have a notebook of iphone pics I’ve taken of wines I like and another notebook for some project research. Evernote even has OCR to recognize text in a picture. That means that photos are now searchable via a simple text search. Evernote has a desktop component for Mac or PC and a cloud component so your data is always available. The iPhone app is really well done and allows you to enter data into your account via text, voice notes (that you can listen to later) or by taking a snapshot with the iphone camera. The real benefit with this app is that your data/info is always with you, searchable and you have the ability to add to your stuff at anytime.

www.evernote.com

2. Easy wifi – Free

iPhone users get free wifi access at all at&t wifi hotspots which is great. But logging on at said hotspots is pretty difficult. You have to jump through several hoops and it can take a bit to connect. Easy wifi does all the logging in for you. Just set up your account once and launch the app when you want to get online. In a matter of seconds, you’re in. This isn’t a huge deal but it’s one of those small things that makes your life a little easier.

Easy WiFi (iTunes App Store)

3. Twitterific – Free

If you’re on twitter you know that one of the keys is tweeting in a timely manner. Twitterific has an easy to use interface and allows you to use the iPhone camera to attach photos to your tweets.

Twitterific (via App Store)

4. Camerabag – $1.99

Camerabag is an iPhoto photo enhancer. Snap a photo with the iPhone and you can choose from 9 different filters to jazz up your iPhone photos. You’re iPhone snaps will look better and more unique than just the standard pic.

CameraBag Site

5. Trulia Real Estate Search – Free

Wanna see the future of real estate search? Get the Trulia app. The online real estate portal Trulia has created a great app for the iPhone that allows you to search in a numberof ways including by using the phone’s GPS location. In another city and curious what’s for sale around you? Fire up the app and you’ll get all the listings within a radius you specify. Plus you can save searches and save favorite properties. It has integrated google maps to see your favorites on a map.

Tulia Real Estate Search for the iPhone

5.5 Google Earth for the iPhone - Free

You’ll hold the world in the palm of your hand with this app. It is surprisingly powerful and the resolution is incredible. It even has the ability to tilt just like it’s desktop counterpart. The app takes advantage of the GPS function so you can zoom inn on your exact location.

Google Earth for the iPhone

Have any apps you can’t live without? Post em in the comments!

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3. Search Marketing For Real Estate – Part 2 of 3

Tags: App Store, Google, iTunes App Store, real estate professionals, real estate search, Trulia