Now e-mail tracking reaches a new plateau! ReadNotify.com allows you to track the e-mail you send and find out bits of strategic information like:

• Exactly when your email was opened

• How long it was open and read

• How many times it was re-opened and re-read

• If it was forwarded -- where it was forwarded to, and sometimes who subsequently reads it!

The service is easy to use and so valuable that you wonder how long this one will stay free!

An Internet Time Machine

Archive.org is a fascinating place - like an Internet time machine! These folks have archived a virtual history of the Internet so you can “rewind the Web”. You simply enter your favorite Web Site address and see how it looked “way back” in 1996 (or whenever) and in all the years in between. This place is a researcher’s intelligence gathering dream!

In addition you will find special collections so you can revisit major historic events and news viewing archived historical TV newscasts -- many in their entirety!

This resource is a virtual page-by-page history of the Web---and it’s free!

Realty Investor Rate Heaven INVESTOR RATE HEAVEN!

Investors will revel in the data at Realtyrates.com. A quick visit will reveal just about every real estate rate today’s investor, broker or appraiser might seek. With current and historical cap rates along with various interest rate indices right on down to a comprehensive mortgage matrix --there is data here for everyone!

Although there is also a subscription service here that is fee-based, these folks provide a plethora of rate information without any cost! A great place certainly worth visiting and bookmaking!

Published: April 11, 2002

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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.