System Offers Customers the First Free, Customized Relocation Analysis
PORTLAND, Oregon, January 4, 1999 - Virtual Relocation.com, Inc. announced the availability of Virtual Relocation's ReloSmart program, which
will allow consumers and businesses to compare the costs of relocation free of charge. This signifies a dramatic change in the model for providing relocation data to consumers and companies.
"Making this tool available supports our mission of providing non-intrusive,
free information to our users. This will help us retain our leadership
position as the Internet's best and most comprehensive moving and relocation
portal", said B. Scott Taylor, President of Virtual Relocation. "In the
past, individuals and companies have paid a premium for this kind of data."
ReloSmart is a software program that performs sophisticated individualized
analysis of the financial impact of relocation. ReloSmart is a powerful
financial planning tool that performs smart and individualized analyses of
the financial impact of a consumer's decision to relocate from one city to
another. Because each analysis is geared toward the user's specific
financial circumstances, it is much more than a "cost of living calculator"
and includes variables and flexibility not currently found in other similar
products.
"ReloSmart is unique because it allows personal preferences and priorities
to be added to the calculation," said ReloSmart founder James Angelini,
"with our product, there is no author or analyst making individual decisions
for the user."
ReloSmart also provides subjective data such as crime, weather, educational
statistics, and more. Some systems mix objective and subjective data to
yield the "best place to live". These are not as effective because the
authors make decisions on relative tradeoff variables such as weather.
ReloSmart enables the user to prioritize and value such variables. This is
also a very useful tool for human resources executives and search firms to
provide insightful analysis to employees and recruits considering
relocation. The program can tell them how much salary an employee needs, or
how much they will gain, due to differences in their cost of living.
Other firms offer software with similar features, but charge for use of the
products.
Published: January 6, 1999
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