A new form of sightseeing is catching on in the Washington suburbs, offering investment advice, free cookies and some eye-opening discoveries among the empty ramblers and forsaken townhouses of the region.
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Real Estate Road Trips Scout Troubled Market
Zoltan of RealBird clued me in to Google’s release of their new Street View API Thursday. Meaning developers can now integrate street view maps with ease. You can bet this API’s popularity will surely explode in real estate websites as buyers will appreciate the convenience of previewing neighborhoods from remote locations.
Realbird has already begun taking advantage. You may remember we talked about manually embedding these maps. Well not anymore, Zoltan has integrated the new API in with RealBird’s Listing Websites.
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RealBird Integrates with Street View API
It was cold and gray outside Chicago’s McCormick Place convention center last week. But you wouldn’t know it from all the color inside.
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Makers of Housewares Ready to Put a Lot of Color Into Kitchens
In 1968, deep-seated anger over the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. led to rioting, looting and arson in neighborhoods including Columbia Heights, the area flanking 14th Street north of downtown Washington.
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New Mixes Well With Old In Columbia Heights
Q: My then-husband and I bought a house in 1995. We divorced in 1999, and, pursuant to our divorce decree, he kept the house and I moved out. We both remarried in 2000. My new husband and I have a new mortgage on our home, after fighting to prove to the lender that my ex has the previous house.
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Divorced From the Man but Not From the Mortgage
With spring upon us, many plants are already in full bloom and will soon require attention.
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The Good, the Bad and the Untidy: Thoughts on Early Spring
Home buyers sometimes get into trouble because they don’t understand the steps involved in financing their purchases. These steps are qualification, preapproval, approval and lock.
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Steps in Financing a Home, From Qualification to Lock
Q: DEAR TIM: Can you tell me how to caulk baseboards? I thought my new paint job looked great until black lines showed up where there were gaps between the baseboard woodwork and the walls. I don’t remember seeing that in other houses, so I must be doing something wrong. What caulk should I use?
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Filling in the Gaps on Competent Caulking
Your tax rebate check won’t arrive until May, but the economic stimulus plan’s new super-size loans for buyers in high-cost housing areas have hit the market.
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Jumbo Loans Are Reborn, But Terms Are Stiffer
Where do you store your lawn mower, gardening implements and other tools? If the answer is the garage or the basement, odds are that your gear is hard to get to or tough to find when you need it.
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Outdoor Shed Can Answer Your Storage Problems
With its attractive entrances, well-maintained yards and appealing homes, the Lakes at Red Rock appears at first glance to be just one of many pleasant eastern Loudoun County neighborhoods.
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Communing With Nature and Neighbors
Real Estate is very much a photo-dependant business. That’s why I’m excited to share the news about Adobe Systems launching their beta Adobe Photoshop Express. This new addition strengthens Adobe’s online offerings by adding a photo editing tool for the “average user”-not the professional designer. Adobe is also taking advantage of the growing popularity of social networks and communities with ability to connect and share photos from Facebook, Photobucket & Picasa. They also built in public galleries for you to showcase these photos. Perfect for real estate agents looking to store listing photos online and present them in animated slideshows. Adobe will give users 2 gigs of photo storage; and all albums will have a direct link and embed code supplied.
I must say that I was impressed with the features available in this beta. It’s nothing like Photoshop but it does have some useful features for real estate agents looking to quickly edit a photo on the fly. Users can apply sketch effects, remove red eye, touch-up, sharpen, and re-color with a single click of the mouse. Don’t like what you just applied, revert back to the original. Users can also download their edited photos in a few sizes, or link to them in the Adobe Gallery. This may work well for those of you that have a tough time resizing those photos for blog posts.
For a detailed list of the photo editing features, see below:
Gallery example:
or just take it for a test drive.
If you’re wondering if your computer will support this application, here are their posted requirements:
Windows XP or Vista, or Mac OS 10.4 or later; a minimum screen resolution of 1024×768; 512 MB of RAM; Internet Explorer 6 or 7 on a Windows machine, Safari 3.0.4 or later on a Mac, or Firefox 2 or later on either platform. You also need Flash Player 9, but if you don’t already have it, we’ll let you know and point you to a free download.
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Adobe Photoshop Express Goes Live
Contact Connie Kim at 310.619.0780 — Built in 2006, this spacious one-level Harbor City condo sits on the top-floor sharing only one common wall. Located in a quiet location in the back of the complex, this unit is the largest two-bedroom at 1320 sq ft. Unit is in pristine condition with gorgeous hardwood floors, ceiling fans and crown molding throughout living area. Kitchen boasts granite countertops, recessed lighting and stainless steel appliances. Sellers installed additional storage cabinets set against the wall in the dining area. Huge master bedroom has its own bathroom with travertine floors and walk-in closet with additional storage shelves installed by the sellers. Central heating and AC. Two side by side parking spaces plus one extra space. Other units have tandem parking. This is not a short sale or REO. Quick response time on all offers. Call agent Connie Kim to show. (310)619-0780. Easy to show, seller always home.
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1437 LOMITA BLVD. NO.320, HARBOR CITY, CA — 2bed/2bath — $459,900
Contact Connie Kim at 310.619.0780 — Built in 2006, this spacious one-level Harbor City condo sits on the top-floor sharing only one common wall. Located in a quiet location in the back of the complex, this unit is the largest two-bedroom at 1320 sq ft. Unit is in pristine condition with gorgeous hardwood floors, ceiling fans and crown molding throughout living area. Kitchen boasts granite countertops, recessed lighting and stainless steel appliances. Sellers installed additional storage cabinets set against the wall in the dining area. Huge master bedroom has its own bathroom with travertine floors and walk-in closet with additional storage shelves installed by the sellers. Central heating and AC. Two side by side parking spaces plus one extra space. Other units have tandem parking. This is not a short sale or REO. Quick response time on all offers. Call agent Connie Kim to show. (310)619-0780. Easy to show, seller always home.
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1437 LOMITA BLVD. NO.320, LOMITA, CA — 2bed/2bath — $459,900
