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THE APP SPECTRUM LoanApps LoanApps uses the Working Business Card from UBIX Communications to help mortgage professionals keep the lines of communication open. Direct clients and referrals to your own personalized app where they can access real-time rate quotes, an affordability calculator, and all of your contact info from a digital "card." LoanApps is free to download, but a validation code is required. Mortgage professionals who subscribe to the Working Business Card receive a code, which they can share with clients and referrals for easy access. Available for: 18 Real Estate Investing Analyst The free Real Estate Investing Analyst app is a sophisticated—but user-friendly— financial model for evaluating single-family, multifamily, and commercial real estate investments. It includes a Financing Likelihood Indicator and gives you the ability to adjust an offer price based on a target rate of return. Input property data and receive potential returns without dealing with complex spreadsheets. It will even project income taxes, including the benefits associated with building depreciation. Available on Apple devices. Available for: AppBreeder Design, build, and manage your own app with AppBreeder. For a monthly fee, you can make your app available on the iPhone. Invest just a little more to publish your app on the iPad, Android, BlackBerry, or other smartphones. There's a DIY kit for realty apps to let you manage listings and open house dates, or you can choose to publish your own custom kit. When your clients think of you, they'll think of the convenience you provide in your very own app. Sign up to browse app kits and app gadgets for free. Available for: For professionals across the spectrum of default servicing, smartphone technology is a way of life. From productivity apps for execs at their desks to property evaluation apps for those in the field, here are our favorites for August. S&P Ratings CreditMatters Available on the iPhone and iPad, Standard & Poor's CreditMatters app gives users access to top headlines, research summaries, commentaries, analyses, videos, and podcasts. The Daily Snapshot provides you with the latest market stats, news, and trends. The app also has a Bank Credit Scenario Builder, which lets you create and compare credit rating scenarios based on S&P's methodology or on your own criteria. On the iPad, the app can map out commercial properties in your vicinity and show loan, property, and deallevel details. Free from the iTunes App Store. Available for: Path More and more real estate professionals are taking advantage of social media to market, inform, and keep in touch with clients and colleagues. Path takes the next step, allowing users to post updates on Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare, and Tumblr—all at once and from a single interface. Reach out to connections, post photos of a listing, or let everyone in your network know about a special open house event. Do it all from one app and break free from managing multiple social networking accounts. Available for:

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