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January, 2013

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THE APP SPECTRUM FOR PROFESSIONALS ACROSS THE SPECTRUM OF DEFAULT SERVICING, SMARTPHONE ... MagicPlan Homes.com Real estate agents and home inspectors looking to create accurate floor plans of properties should look no further than MagicPlan. This app allows users to measure, draw, and publish interactive floor plans all from photos. And, all of this can be done without moving the furniture in the room. Access the app in five languages and export floor plans in JPG, PDF, XML, or HTML formats. The app is free to download, but a $5 fee is charged per property floor plan. A monthly subscription is also available for those exporting multiple floor plans. An app for those home shoppers on the go, Homes.com allows users to create custom searches of nearby homes that are available for purchase or rent. It also gives detailed maps and is capable of refining searches by price, property type, and desired features. The app gives users access to more than four million MLS listings, provides full-screen photos of each property, puts prospective buyers in direct contact with agents, and provides access to a mortgage calculator so buyers know just how much home they can afford. Available for: 16 Available for: My Measures & Dimensions My Measures & Dimensions is for real estate agents, engineers, auction sellers, or anyone dealing directly with homes. Simply take a picture of a room or space, use the arrows on the app to measure the dimensions, and store them on your mobile device. Users can share stored photos, organize them in folders, convert results to different units of measurement, and more. It also has laser meter Leica Disto support (depending on phone connectivity) and supports both landscape and portrait orientation. Available for: MxCalc 12c – Financial Calculator Spanish Real Estate Dictionary This reprogrammable calculator app is useful for calculating loan payments, interest rates, conversions, standard deviation, percent, time value of money, net present value, internal rate of return, cash flows, bonds, and more. Ideal for real estate, finance, accounting, economics, and business-related work. It also has RPN, algebraic, programming, finance, statistical modes, and more-than 130 built-in functions. It comes with full screen and a Quick Stack display window. This thorough and comprehensive Spanish version of the Dictionary of Real Estate Terms is a convenient and user-friendly reference tool that allows users to communicate effectively with Spanish-speaking clients. Not only does the app help those who need to translate specific real estate terms, it also has quizzes, games, flash cards, and other educational aids to help users master real estate jargon in Spanish. Those interested in improving their language mastery can compare their quiz results to others' using the app's global ranking feature. Available for: Available for:

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