Real estate professionals are taking advantage of the power of CyberSpace. Members of the Real Estate CyberSpace Society share their tips and tricks for using these tools to leverage their effectiveness and profitability. I'm a quarterback receiving those tips and it is one of my joys to pass these Cyber tips and tricks along with pointers to special Internet places of special interest to real estate owners, investors and related professionals. Now you can go Here and link directly to any of the Great Places appearing here or in any previous Real Estate CyberTips Columns.

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TRICK#1 SEE YOUR HOUSE FROM SPACE

• http://www.globexplorer.com/gexservlets/gexhtml

Want to see your house and neighborhood from space? Visit this interesting and very comprehensive site and simply type in your address (or any address in the US). You can also roam dozens of major cities around the world from the equivalent of a low flying helicopter!

This commercial site claims to be the only instantaneous supplier of earth imagery over the Internet with the world's largest archive of images captured by aircraft and satellite. Whatever they are, this site certainly provides an instant aerial peek at just about anyplace in the United States. And, until you order high-grade images for your own use from this site, enjoy the views -- free!

TRICK #2 PC TUNE UP PIT STOP

• http://www.pcpitstop.com/

Swing by this neat site for a quick free PC check up. These folks help you get your PC in top form running fast, stable and secure. They run diagnostics on your PC to identify things that might help improve performance. They boast that the process is fully automated and private. They also claim that these tests are passive evaluations of your system and will not change any settings on your PC. Once they look at your system they give you tips for improving all kinds of things.

Best of all, the service is free!

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GREAT PLACE #1 CYBER SAVVY REAL ESTATE SEARCH!

• http://204.181.81.162/members/searchmem.cfm

Finally there is an easy way to track down a Cyber Savvy real estate professional in your area. How do you know that a real estate professional is well versed in using the Internet to help achieve your real estate goals? This search identifies members of the elite Real Estate CyberSpace Society.

The Real Estate CyberSpace Society provides it's real estate professional members with the latest up to the minute real estate cyberspace tools, strategies, services and a networking structure that allows members to leverage their effectiveness, professionalism and service to help get your real estate job done --at internet speed!

GREAT PLACE #2 SEND YOUR VIDEO CLIPS--EASY --AND FREE!

• http://www.iclips.com/

The age of Internet video is upon us! Now these creative folks have come up with an easy, fast and fun way to send a video clip to anyone. You can even set up a video clip to spice up your Web site!

All you need is a PC camera and the free software they give you. If you don't have a color PC camera you can pick one up there for under $40.

Their free "Producer" application gives you the tools you need to start communicating with streaming video today. Whether adding streaming video to email, your homepages, greeting cards or Web communities, these folks have made it easy and fast!

Like the best things in life--this neat service is free!

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Published: November 8, 2000

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John M. "Jack" Peckham is the Executive Director of REcyber.com (the Real Estate CyberSpace Society). In that capacity he oversees the development and delivery of the latest up to the minute Real Estate Cyberspace tools, strategies, networking structures and services that the Society provides its members to leverage their effectiveness, visibility, professionalism and earnings. As host of Real Estate CyberSpace Radio, he provides over 40 hours of programming to help listeners integrate the power of the Internet into their daily business lives. He is the author of several real estate books published by Prentice Hall and Harcourt Brace Jovanovich including his latest Master Guide to Income Property Brokerage from Wiley Publishing. A columnist for the Boston Herald for nine years, his syndicated columns have appeared in over 100 papers nationwide. Jack loves to sell real estate has been involved directly in the sale of over one billion dollars in Real Estate. Today he sells in his jeans and fuzzy slippers as a one-man shop and has closed over $40,000,000 in sales on the Internet recently in 20% of his working time. The balance he spends directing the affairs of the 10,000 member Real Estate CyberSpace Society. The Society awards the RECS (Real Estate CyberSpace Specialist) Designation to members based on the current criteria. He served as Chairman of the Strategic Planning Committee for the National Association of Realtors (NAR), is a Past President of the Massachusetts Association of Realtors and has been honored as the Massachusetts State Realtor of the Year. You can reach Jack at or by calling 617-523-4441.