If you ever thought that it is impossible to have an “international” real estate website, think again. Athand24.com is attempting to do just that. Currently website has only 15 real estate listings, although the website was registered in July 2006.

One of the of the problems to attract advertisers to such a website is the complexity of real estate transaction. Here in the United States, regulation on selling and buying real estate are quiet complex and may differ significantly from one state to another, and often a real estate agent moving from one state to another may be required to take a real estate test or even go to school in order to be permitted to practice real estate in that respective state.

In the attempt to feature international real estate listings, much legal details should be considered. For example, in order to advertise real estate property in the United States the listings need to comply with Non-discrimination Act. While this is not news to a real estate agent, any one else outside the real estate professionals may not be familiar with this detail and potentially find legal problems I they do not comply.

Athand24.com offers their services to real estate agent as well as to private owners. In theory any one can register and list a property with Athand24.com, however those listings found for the United States may not stand some scrutiny in regards to local laws, which may very from state to state and range from compliance to “the truth in advertising” to “non-discrimination act”.

As more and more consumers begin their search for real estate-related information on the Internet, it is critical that real estate professionals are well educated in the use of technology to the benefit of both the consumer and the agent and/or broker.

Realizing the importance of technology training, the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) now offers its members the e-PRO certification course — the only technology certification program offered by NAR. The program is designed to prepare real estate professionals to make the most of Internet technology and to identify, evaluate, and implement new Internet business models. The elite group of course graduates represents only one percent of all REALTORS in the country including Nathan Thomas of John L. Scott Real Estate.

“The real estate industry has undergone a fundamental change over the past five years,” Nathan Thomas said. “Today, more than 70% of all buyers and sellers begin their search online. As an e-PRO certified agent, I have knowledge and tools needed to provide my clients with the information they need and the customer service they demand. It’s both hi-tech and hi-touch.”

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Portland, Oregon, Real Estate Agent Earns REALTOR e-PRO® Certification

Searching for a property in Hawaii? Than you should consider take a closer look at Hawaii Life- a real estate search engine that maps properties in Hawaii MLS with the help of Google Maps. Any visitors can search for Hawaii Real Estate property, but there are benefits to register an account so you can save the properties you are interested in for the future review.

At the moment Hawaii Life offers your an opportunity to search for Kauai Real Estate and Big Island real estate. Hawaii Life is promising to also include Maui and Oahu real estate listings some time this months.

Hawaii Life provides a unique way for a potential buyer to find their home in Hawaii Real Estate Market. In the snapshot below you can see that after performing your search for the properties, hovering with the cursor over the property picture will match the location of the property on integrated Google map an vice versa, if you point your cursor to a property on the map it will match with the picture of the property on the right of your screen:

With just one click you can save the properties you are interested in for a later review or even if you need to find out more information about properties, send a request to Hawaii Life:

Named by the Illinois Realtor Magazine a Prower Tool and by the Realtor Magazine as “Cool Tool”, House4Cell offers unique and revolutionary opportunity for real estate agents to deliver instant information on their listings, while capturing lead information.

The new tool is designed to provide prospective buyers with information about listings via “text messages”, a capability found on most cell phones. All that a prospective buyer needs to do is to send a 1-word code to a special number. Within seconds a text message is send to the buyers cell phone with property description along with several photos of the property, while the homebuyer’s number is captured and sent immediately to the agent for follow up.

At the present time the website offers following plans to real estate agents:

1. $29.99/month- this plan allows to send up to 3 listings at one time and offers 10 additional free inquiries.
2. $39.99/month- this plan allows to send up to 6 listings at one time and offers 20 additional free inquiries.
3. $49.99/month- this plan allows to send up to 10 listings at one time and offers 30 addition free inquiries.

Each additional inquiry, beyond what is included in a plan are just 20 cents. A one time charges $10 per code applies to all new orders.

The cost effectiveness of this tool speaks for itself. With the lowest plan, a real estate agent will pay $8 per one property delivered to a potential buyer which in turn can generate a valuable lead!

Homes4Cell was developed as a result of branching out of Cellit Mobile Marketing- a leading provider of mobile marketing solutions.

Traveling2Florida.com, which connects hundreds of owners of vacation rentals in Florida with interested renters, has extended its free listing offer for an additional three months. Owners of rental properties can now apply to the site for a free listing for their Florida vacation rentals, and free listings will remain active until October 8, 2007. Current participants in the free listing program will also have their expiration date extended. As before, there are no charges associated with this offer and owners are not obligated to renew when the free listing expires.

The free listings for rental properties are comprised of the same information as paid listings, including an extended description, a link to the home’s website or to a virtual tour created by the owner, and up to 12 images of the home. Visitors to Traveling2Florida.com who are interested in renting any of the listed rental properties are connected directly with the homeowners by filling out a simple form.

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Traveling2Florida.com Extends Free Listing Offer for Owners of Vacation Rentals