Real estate professionals are taking advantage of the power of CyberSpace. Members of the Real Estate CyberSpace Society, REcyber.com , 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 to REcyber.com/reintelligence/cybertips.html and link directly to any of the Great Places appearing here or in any previous Real Estate CyberTips Columns.
Trick #1: Try this Internet Clipboard
Here's a neat trick that will allow you to copy text from one computer to another -- even if they are half way around the world. You simply get on the Web, go to the URL provided and add your descriptive word. Then copy/paste the text and send the URL to your intended recipient. That's it. They simply click on the link and Shazam -- there's your text ready to paste into their application.
You can also use this neat trick to jot down notes for later review. The only limitation on ways to use this trick is your own imagination.
Trick #2: Never Type Again
Well maybe type a little -- but a heck of a lot less with this neat one trick pony.
This little program is simple to use and will save you from typing phrases you commonly use over and over again. It organizes your frequently used text phrases and pastes them into any application with a click. And you can save pages of information for one click typing.
To make it even better, this handy program comes with an excellent on-line manual and the price is right -- it's on the house.
Great Place #1: World's Largest Buildings Datebase
This place bills itself as the world's largest publicly available database on architectural and building data. Their goal is to index and provide the most comprehensive and reliable technical data on all buildings and structures in order to compare cities and regions instantly. In short they want to gather and present everything in the world which is of public or commercial interest.
This place is fascinating and their collection of building photographs around the world is a must see before traveling. They also have it set up so you can become an official reporter or photographer with all of the appropriate recognition.
And yes -- there is no cost for this great service.
Great Place #2: Sign Your Paychecks Over to Uncle Sam
Some taxpayers figure that the easiest way to handle taxes is to just sign their paychecks and send them to Uncle Sam. They had better co-endorse them to their State too.
If you are thinking about moving, here's a great place to get a good thumbnail sketch of how taxes stack up on a state to state basis. You can get a quick run down on each state's income, sales, gas, cigarette, property and inheritance taxes.
Painful subject -- but sometimes it pays to compare the degree of pain when planning a move.
