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The following are some of my favorite websites! You may click on the link, or download this section to your own computer. It will download as an MS Word file. You can then open the file and view the “hot links”. Check back from time to time, as these links are generally updated on a monthly basis.
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| REALTOR ORGANIZATIONS | ||
| National Assoc. of Realtors | www.realtor.org | Tons of searchable info for Realtors only |
| Illinois Assoc. of Realtors | www.illinoisrealtor.org | Education, schedules, and lot of links! |
| REBAC | www.rebac.net | Real Estate Buyer Agency Council |
| CRS | www.crs.com | Certified Residential Specialist |
| CCIM | www.ccim.com | Certified Commercial Investment Member |
| RLI | www.rliland.com | Real Estate Land Institute |
| CPM | www.irem.com | Certified Property Managers |
| CRB | www.crb.com | Certified Real Estate Brokers |
| GRI | http://www.realtor.org/griclear.nsf | Graduate of Realtor Institute |
| All designations | www.realtor.org/RUnivers.nsf/pages/familydesignations | Link to all Realtor designations |
| REAL ESTATE NEWS | ||
| Inman | www.inman.com | Daily news emailed to you |
| Realtor news | www.onerealtorplace.com/orpframe.nsf | News mailed to you from NAR |
| Realty Times | www.realtytimes.com | Lots of stuff for consumers and agents |
| Real Town | www.realtown.com | Lots of stuff, including real estate listservs! |
| NAR | www.realtormag.com | Realtor Magazine Online |
| IRED | www.ired.com | Huge, popular real estate site – they will rate yours! |
| RE Cyber Society | www.recyber.com | Interesting real estate /tech site |
| TECH NEWS | ||
| PC World | www.pcworld.com | Lots of reviews and downloads |
| Allen Hainge | http://afhseminars.com/news/ | Great tech newsletter, can be sent to you (free) |
| Rolf Anderson | www.rolfanderson.com | Sign up for a newsletter (digital camera expert) |
| Stephen Canale | www.canale.com/ | Sign up for Stephen’s Tips and Tricks |
| Kim Komando | www.komando.com | Website for radio show Get the newsletter! |
| GOVERNMENT | ||
| OBRE | www.state.il.us/obr | Real estate licensing information |
| The White House | www.whitehouse.gov | Official White house site |
| HUD | www.hud.gov | Housing info, including repo sales |
| >House of Representatives | www.house.gov/writerep | Write your Congressman |
| State of Illinois | www.state.il.us | State of Illinois site |
| Illinois Treasurer | www.cashdash.net | Do you have money coming |
| DEMOGRAPHICS | ||
| Census Bureau | www.census.gov | Census Bureau information |
| Statistics | www.fedstats.gov | Tons of government statistics |
| NAR stats | www.illinoisrealtor.org/iar/marketstats/survey.htm | Illinois Market stats from NAR Buyer |
| Buyer origins | www.realtor.org/reinsite.nsf | Where do buyers come from? (50 counties/$10 each) |
| Epodunk.com | www.epodunk.com | Tons of stats by town |
| EDUCATION | ||
| Real Estate Educators Assoc. | www.reea.org | REEA.Public & private sides. Good links! |
| AIREE | www.airee.org | Association of IL Real Estate Educators |
| Peter Miller | www.ourbroker.com | Started real estate section on AOL, lots of good links |
| LEGAL / CASE LAW | ||
| Safeshopping | www.safeshopping.org/ | American Bar Assoc. Internet shopping guide |
| National Fair Housing advocates | www.fairhousing.com | Great site for instructors, includes case laws |
| Advertising – Fair housing | www.fairhousing.com/news_archive/advocate/march95/page8.htm | Guidelines for fair housing ads |
| Advertising – FTC | http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/buspubs/creditad/closed.htm | Guidelines for credit terms in ads |
| Law Guru | www.lawguru.com | Tons of legal cases and links; even attorney jokes! |
| David Slachter Homepage | www.slachter.com | Interesting homepage of a real estate attorney |
| Law News Network | www.lawnewsnetwork.com | More interesting legal stuff! |
| Legal reference | www.nolo.com | Tons of good legal stuff for everyday people! |
| Overlawyered | www.overlawyered.com | Are there too many? |
| VIRTUAL TOUR | ||
| IPIX | www.ipix.com | 360 x 360 degree tour, user controlled |
| PHOTOGRAPHY | ||
| Snapfish | www.snapfish.com | Get photos and digital pics cheap! |
| ENVIRONMENTAL / DISCLOSURE | ||
| Sex Offenders | www.sexoffender.com | National website of sex offenders - incomplete |
| National Safety Issues | www.nsc.com | Safety and environmental issues |
| Termites | http://ianrwww.unl.edu/ianr/pat/termwks.htm | Lots of termite info |
| Information Ventures | www.infoventures.com/ | Environmental issues including EMF info |
| Crime Check | www.crimecheck.com/ | Crime stats in some cities |
| Radon | www.state.il.us/idns/ | Radon and nuclear safety information |
| Lead | www.epa.gov/lead/nlic.htm | National Lead Center – download forms |
| Scorecard | www.scorecard.org/ | Toxic sites in your neighborhood |
| EIFS | www.msnbc.com/news/252454.asp | Dateline report on EIFS and several more links |
| HADD | www.hadd.com | Homeowners Against Defective Dwellings |
| Unhealthy Homes | www.unhealthyhomes.com/ | Good research and links for home problems |
| Mold | www.iii.org/media/hottopics/hot/mold | A look at it from the insurance industry view |
| Pressure treated lumber | www.origen.net/arsenic.html | An overview of arsenic in lumber |
| Be Disclosure | www.bedisclosure.com | Buy reports about environmental hazards |
| LISTING SITES | ||
| Homegain | www.homegain.com | A site to help sellers select an agent |
| Chicago Title | www.illinois.ctic.com | Order title work here |
| BUYER SITES | ||
| Realtor.com | www.realtor.com | Largest site for home listings on the Web |
| Homeadvisor | www.homeadvisor.com | Microsoft’s entry into the listing arena |
| VA | www.vba.va.gov/bin/loan/homes.htm | VA Repo list for some states, not all yet |
| Homeseekers.com | www.homeseekers.com | |
| Freddie Mac | www.homesteps.com | Freddie Mac repo’s and other information |
| HUD | www.hud.gov/homesale.html | VA and other repo links. Brokers bid electronically! |
| GoldenFeather | www.goldenfeather.com | Direct link to HUD repo list |
| FIND PEOPLE - SEARCH ENGINES | ||
| Dogpile | www.dogpile.com | Web catalog and search – good resource |
| www.google.com | Unbelievably FAST searching | |
| Supercrawler | www.supercrawler.com | Searches all major search engines |
| Ask Jeeves | www.ask.com | Find things by asking questions |
| Ask Simon | www.asksimon.com | |
| Whowhere | www.whowhere.com/wwphone/phone.html | Finds names, addresses, & phone numbers |
| Infokey | www.infokey.com | Family name origins |
| Lookupusa | www.excite.com/reference/people.html | People finder and reverse directory |
| Anywho | www.anywho.com/ | People finder & reverse directories |
| Switchboard | www.switchboard.com/ | Find a person or business |
| Cyndilist | www.cyndislist.com/ | Genealogy – 100,000 links! |
| Iwon | www.iwon.com | Search and win prizes for your searches! |
| MAPS | ||
| Mapblast | www.mapblast.com | Enter an address and get a map |
| Mapquest | www.mapquest.com | Another good mapping site |
| Yahoo | http://maps.yahoo.com/yahoo | More maps AND driving directions! |
| From space | www.terraserver.microsoft.com | See your house from Outer Space! |
| Color from space | www.spaceimaging.com | $10 for beautiful color photos |
| WEATHER | ||
| Rain or Shine | www.rainorshine.com | National and local weather conditions |
| Weather | http://redrock.ncsa.uiuc.edu/AOS/home_weather.html | Neat weather links |
| Weather 4 u | www.wx4u.com | Weather warning emailed to you! Free linking! |
| Weatherbug | www.weatherbug.com | Get temp and weather on your desktop! |
| FREE E-MAIL | ||
| Hotmail | www.hotmail.com | Free email service |
| Juno | www.juno.com | Another free service |
| AOL IM | www.aol.com/aim/download.html | AOL Instant Messenger – free |
| TECH COMMUNICATION | ||
| E-now | www.enow.com | Hear your e-mail by phone |
| J-fax | www.jfax.com | Faxes and voicemail sent to your email |
| E-fax | www.efax.com/ | Check it out! |
| Dialpad | www.dialpad.com/ | Talk over your computer microphone! |
| Broadcast | www.broadcast.com/ | Listen to almost anything! |
| Hotsend | www.hotsend.com/ | WYSIWYG for email |
| Visitalk | www.visitalk.com | Voice email and online video conferencing |
| Net2 Phone | www.net2phone.com/ | Free phone calls from your PC |
| Callwave | www.callwave.com/ | Internet answering machine |
| Intersend | www.intersend.com/ | Automatically contact clients! |
| Visto | www.briefcase.com | Share files, photos, and bookmarks. |
| @Backup | www.backup.com | Back automatically on the Internet. |
| Content Watch | www.contentwatch.com | Check your computer for porno and keep
it off Avantgo |
| Avantgo | www.myavantgo.com | Download tons of info to your Palm device |
| BACK UP | ||
| Visto | www.briefcase.com | Share files, photos, and bookmarks. |
| @Backup | www.backup.com | Back automatically on the Internet. 10 mg Free! |
| COMPUTERS | ||
| Dell | www.dell.com | Build your own on most of these sites! |
| NEC | www.nec.com | |
| IBM | www.ibm.com | |
| Compaq | www.compaq.com | |
| Gateway | www.gw2k.com/home/ | |
| LCD PROJECTORS | ||
| Boxlight | www.boxlight.com | Good place to buy a projector! |
| Infocus | http://store.infocus.com | |
| Sharp | www.sharp.com | |
| Projector superstore | www.projectorsuperstore.com | Lots of different projectors |
| OTHER COOL STUFF | ||
| List Organizer | www.listorganizer.com | Lots of checklists to get organized! |
| Uproar | www.uproar.com | Play games and make money! |
| Pricewatch | www.pricewatch.com | Buy tech stuff at great prices! |
| Pricescan | www.pricescan.com | Don't pay too much! |
| RealNetworks | www.realaudio.com | Get Realplayer & Realjukebox here |
| Shockwave | www.shockwave.com | Get Shockwave for animated homepages |
| Audiograbber/ MP3 Player | www.xs4all.nl/~milovdl/mp3/ | Download songs or take from CD’s |
| Microsoft | www.microsoft.com | Bill’s homepage and lots of free downloads |
| Dazzle | www.dazzle.com | Digital video on your PC |
| Clip art | www.realestateclipart.com | Free real estate clip art, some animated |
| Hitbox | www.hitbox.com/ | Keep track of Web traffic, download extras |
| Roboform | www.roboform.com | Remembers passwords and fills blanks for you! |
| Crazy Browser | www.crazybrowser.com/ | Keeps several active web sites open at once. |
| HintsNTips | www.hints-n-tips.com | Tips about how to do most ANYTHING! |
| Bored | www.bored.com | |
| AUCTIONS | ||
| Priceline | www.priceline.com/ | Name your price for hotels and airfare |
| Ebay | www.ebay.com/ | Buy and sell anything! |
| Yahoo Auction | http://auctions.yahoo.com | Bid on about anything! |
| REAL ESTATE SOFTWARE SUITES | ||
| Top Producer | www.topproducer.com | These are the top two to consider buying |
| Prep | www.prepsoftware.com | |
| OTHER STUFF TO BUY | ||
| Half.com | www.half.com | Cheap videos, CDs, DVDs- enter "chipmunk" for discount |
| Shopping .com | www.shopping.com/ | Compare Internet prices! |
| Buy.com | www.buy.com/ | Great prices! |
| CyberRebate | www.cyberrebate.com/ | Where stuff is FREE after rebate! |
| Virtual Florist | www.virtualflorist.com | Buy real and “cyber” flowers for friends |
| Beanie Babies | www.ty.com | The official site of Beanies. |
| 1-800-Batteries | http://205.157.160.201/company/1800batt.html | Good prices on batteries by phone |
| D & D Battery | http://4batteries.com | More batteries |
| Amazon | www.amazon.com | Books and more books! |
| Movies | www.reel.com | Buy your favorite movies, old and new |
| Road Warrior | www.warrior.com/ | Laptop accessories |
| Express Copy | www.expresscopy.com | Color copies overnight only .39 |
| Quixtar (Amway) | www.quixtar.com | Buy Amway & almost anything! Use access #98009 |
| Checklists & Systems | www.checklistsandsystems.com/ | Real estate system to help you profit! |
| Postage Stamps | www.stampsonline.com | Order direct from US Post Office |
| Dealtime | www.dealtime.com/ | Compare prices on lots of products |
| Superior | www.superiorrealestatesupply.com | All kinds of real estate products |
| Magnets USA | www.magnetsusa.com | Tons of magnetic products |
| Promotion Music | www.musicspecialties.com | |
| Cars | www.carpoint.com | Buy a car or just research price |
| Gooder Group | www.goodergroup.com | Buy brochures and much more! |
| Liquidation | www.liquidation.com | Buy huge quantities at cheap prices |
| FUN STUFF | ||
| Radio Free Cash | www.radiofreecash.com/home.asp?ref=kidwkl | Listen to music and get paid! |
| Uproar | www.uproar.com | Play games and make money! |
| Aphorisms | www.aphorismsgalore.com/ | Get great quotes here for your next speech |
| Love at AOL | http://love.aol.com/ | Free personal ads / searchable |
| Bezerk | www.bezerk.com | Online games / “You Don’t Know Jack” |
| Urban Legends | www.urbanlegends.com | Are they fact or fiction? Find out! |
| Home Doctor | http://homedoctor.net | Do-it-Yourself home repair guide |
| erealtycards | www.erealtycards.com/ | Electronic real estate cards! |
| Blue Mountain Cards | www1.bluemountain.com/ | Send animated greeting cards – free! |
| Cyber Camera | www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/3072/camera2.html | A lot of fun! |
| Yahoo | http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/ | Join or start you own club or chat! |
| UBUBU | www.ububu.com/ | Make your screen look cool! |
| Shockwave | www.shockwave.com/ | Gotta have this for your computer animation! |
| Clip Art | www.realestateclipart.com | Lots of free real estate clip art |
| Clip Art | www.freeclipart.com | More free clip art |
| INVESTMENTS | ||
| Etrade | www.etrade.com/ | Invest online! |
| Ameritrade | www.ameritrade.com/ | Another top Internet stock broker |
| MORTGAGE | ||
| Quicken | www.quicken.com | Order checks, get a mortgage, buy insurance and more! |
| Eloan | www.eloan.com | |
| AIRLINES | ||
| American | www.americanairlines.com/ | Book flights online! |
| American Net Savers | www.aa.com/ | Cheap airline flights! |
| Northwest | www.northwestairlines.com/ | |
| Southwest | www.southwest.com/ | |
| United | www.ual.com/ | |
| Airtran | www.airtran.com/ | |
| Delta | www.deltaairlines.com/ | |
| RENTAL CARS | ||
| Hertz | www.hertz.com/ | |
| Alamo | www.goalamo.com/ | |
| Budget | www.drivebudget.com/ | |
| Avis | www.avis.com/ | |
| TRAVEL, General | ||
| AAA Chicago Motor Club | www.aaa.com/ | Discounted travel and maps for members |
| Illinois Dept of Transportation | www.dot.state.il.us | Road condition, construction, etc. in Illinois |
| Travelocity | www.travelocity.com | Book your trip or have them watch for sales! |
| Priceline | www.priceline.com | Name your price on travel, cars, etc!> |
| Hotels | www.hoteldiscounts.com | Cheap rates at hotels and motels around the world |
| Orbitz | www.orbitz.com/ | Discount travel site |
| Expedia | www.expedia.com/ | Discount travel site |
| Hotwire | www.hotwire.com | Find hotels and flights |
| SPORTS | ||
| CBS | www.cbssportsline.com | Great all around sports site! |
| Stats | www.stats.com/ | Great place for scores & statistics for major sports |
| ESPN | www.espn.com/ | Sports scores & news |
| Ticketpro | http://ticketpro.com | Buy tickets for concerts and sporting events |
| Webtix | www.tixs.com | Another good source of tickets |
| Chicago Cubs | www.cubs.com | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | www.stlcardinals.com | |
| Chicago Bears | www.chicagobears.com | |
| St, Louis Rams | www.stlouisrams.com | |
| Chicago White Sox | www.chisox.com | |
| Chicago Bulls | www.bulls.com | |
| Illinois High School Association | www.ihsa.org | Scores, record book, officials & more non-sports stuff |
| VIRUS PROTECTION | ||
| McAfee | www.mcafee.com | Automatically updates virus protection |
| Symantec | www.norton.com | Another good virus protection site |
| BLOOMINGTON-NORMAL | ||
| The Pantagraph | www.pantagraph.com | Lots on info, including our listings |
| Univ. of Illinois | www.athletics.uiuc.edu | U of I scores and schedules |
| Illinois Wesleyan | www.iwu.edu | |
| Illinois State | www.ilstu.edu | |
| State Farm | www.statefarm.com | |
| Eureka Company | www.eureka.com | |
| Country Companies | www.countrycompanies.com | |
| Nestle Beich | www.beich.com | |
| Unit 5 Schools | www.unit5.org | |
| District 87 Schools | www.district87.org | |
| McLean Co. government | www.mclean.gov | County government |
| McLean County Sex Offenders | www.mclean.gov/sheriff/index.html | |
| Town of Normal | www.normal.org | Normal city government |
| Bloomington> Assessor | www.assessor-blm.com | Bloomington assessments |
| Normal Twp Assessor | www.normaltownship.org | All Normal tax info! |
| Normal Police Dept. | www.npd.org | |
| Radon Task Force | www.radonmclean.org | Lots of local radon info |
| Bloomington-Normal MLS | www.bnrealtors.com/ | Our local MLS / home search |
| Heyworth Unit 4 Schools | www.husd4.k12.il.us/ | Heyworth School District |
| PEORIA | ||
| Peoria Assoc. Realtors | www.paealtors.com | Peoria homepage & MLS |
| Peoria Public Schools | www.peoria.psd150.org | Peoria school homepage |
| Woodford County | http://cidnet.net/woodford.htm | County records |
| Tazewell County | www.tazewell.com | |
| Peoria County Govt. | www.co.peoria.il.us/ | |
| Pekin | www.ci.pekin.il.us/ | City of Pekin website |
| Peoria Park District | www.peoriaparks.org | |
| Caterpillar | www.caterpillar.com | |
| Peoria Journal Star | www.pjstar.com | Newspaper |