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Encyclopedia of Chicago History |
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http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/ |
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Great site for historical data, maps and other reference tools for Chicago. |
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Appraisal Data |
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Building-Cost.net |
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http://www.building-cost.net/ |
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This site allows you to develop a home construction or replacement cost that considers all the important variables: materials used, design features, quality, size, shape, heating, cooling and geographic area. Your printed estimate shows detailed labor and material costs for each of 34 construction cost categories. Plus, it's FREE! |
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Chicago Condos Online |
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http://chicagocondosonline.com/logon.aspx |
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You can buy floorplans, docs, amendments...et al for Chicago condos with 50+ units. Data for over 600 building. A bit pricey for monthly access. |
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Chicago Sun Times Home Page |
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http://www.suntimes.com/classified/homes/transfers/index.html |
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Site reports sales transactions form several counties. |
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Chicago Tribune Home Page |
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http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/realestate/transactions |
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Site reports sales transactions from recorder office data. Several counties are online. |
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City News Chicago |
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http://www.newschicago.org/about |
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CityNews combines a database driven interface with an online interactive mapping component. There are two main sections: the Parcel Search & Tabular Data Section, and the Interactive Mapping Component. |
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City-Data.com |
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http://www.city-data.com/ |
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Great site. Has profiles of all U.S. cities with maps, satellite photos, geographical data, crime data, housing, businesses, political contributions, weather, hospitals, schools, houses, zip codes, area codes, stats about race, income, ancestries, education, employment and more... |
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Citytowninfo.com |
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http://www.citytowninfo.com |
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Another site offering free statistical data on Cities and Towns across the country. |
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Community Profiles in Illinois |
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http://www.illinoisbiz.biz/dceo/Bureaus/Facts_Figures/Illinois_Census_Data/
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Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs |
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CoStar Group - Comps.com |
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http://www.costar.com |
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Site for online commercial and industrial property data |
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Crimescreen.com |
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http://www.crimescreen.com/linkspage.htm#Michigan |
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This site offers free web access to Public Records all over the country. Some of the site links include: Assessors, Recorders, Treasurers, Law Enforcement, Courts Records, etc. You can spend hours on this site folks. |
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E-Podunk |
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http://www.epodunk.com/ |
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Another good site to search for community info on cities and towns around the country, plus it is a cool name for a site! |
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efanniemae.com |
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http://www.efanniemae.com/ |
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Great site to download Fannie Sellers Guide, appraisal forms, industry updates and more... |
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First American Real Estate Solutions - Win2Data |
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http://www.firstamres.com/solutions/connect_data.jsp |
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Greater Chicago housing and Community Development Website |
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http://www.chicagoareahousing.org/HousingHomePage.asp |
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Great site for local area data on Chicago and neighboring suburbs. Check out the property transfer page for prior sale info, or comp data. Site has a ton of stuff including maps and census info. |
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Home Price Check |
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http://www.domania.com/homepricecheck/index.jsp?null |
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Free website for recorder office info. |
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Market Data Center - Redlink |
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http://www.marketdatacenter.com |
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This is a website with sales data provided by local appraisers in the Chicagoland area. |
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Municode.com |
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http://www.municode.com/resources/online_codes.asp |
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Municode.com is a site that offers a FREE library of over 1100 codes of ordinances for local governments from around the country. |
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NETR ONLINE |
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http://www.netronline.com/public_records.htm |
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This site offers a ton of public data all over the country. It appears to be mostly fee based. Some of the stuff you can search for includes: Properties Search, Criminal Records, Divorce Info, Death Info, Comparable Properties, Transfer Reports, Prior Sales, Parcel Maps and more. One of the cool free features let you search Towns/Cities/ Zip Codes to see what County they are in. |
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Ordinance.Com |
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http://www.ordinance.com |
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Site provides local ordinances, tax maps, file maps and flood maps. |
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Pretrieve Publlic Record Search Engine |
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http://www.pretrieve.com/ |
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This site allows you to search tons of linked sites for a personal search or more importantly to us, for a property search. Go to advance search to perform a property search. It even will give you recent comps. |
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Reverse Phone Directory |
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http://www.reversephonedirectory.com/ |
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Allows you to cross reference either phone number, property address or property owners names. |
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Sterling Codifiers |
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http://www.sterlingcodifiers.com/onlinecodes.htm |
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Another online ordinance site. Page allows you to select a state and then it lists towns with their codes online. May be limited to those using the sterling format. |
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TerraServer USA |
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http://terraserver-usa.com/ |
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Very good site for free aerial photos |
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White Pages |
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http://www.whitepages.com/10583/?source=GO000005&KW=white_pages |
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Great site for tracking down phone numbers! |
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Zillow.com |
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www.zillow.com |
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Free valuation website. Use it as a secondary source for comp data. |
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Census Tracts |
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FFIEC's Census Tract search page |
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http://www.ffiec.gov/geocode/default.htm |
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Hosted by the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council. |
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Illinois Dept. of Commerce and Community Affairs - 2000 Census Info |
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http://www.illinoisbiz.biz/dceo/Bureaus/Facts_Figu |
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Website profiles general demographic characteristics of all Illinois Communities, Counties and townships. |
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U.S. Census Bureau |
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http://www.census.gov |
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Provides a wealth of social, demographic and economic information. |
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US Census Bureau - American Fact Finder - Census Tract search page |
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http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/AGSGeoAddressServlet?_lang=en&_program
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Great census tract search engine. Provides many different area maps for census tract, voting districts, zip codes, PMSA's and much, much more... |
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US Census Bureau Maps and Products |
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http://www.census.gov/geo/www/maps |
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Flood Hazard Certifications and Maps |
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Digital Media Services - Flood Maps Online |
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http://www.floodmaps.com |
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DuPage County Regulatory Flood Map RFM Download Site |
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http://www.dupageco.org/dec/generic.cfm?doc_id=837 |
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This site has pdf’s of FEMA maps for DuPage County. The maps load real slow. They appear to be aerial maps with Zone A Flood areas shaded in light blue. Thanks To Mark Layne for this link. |
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FEMA - National Flood Insurance Program - Community Status Book |
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http://www.fema.gov/fema/csb.shtm |
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Site for listings of all participating communities in the National Flood Insurance Program. |
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FEMA flood maps online - FREE! |
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http://store.msc.fema.gov |
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Click on "Map Search", enter the property address, click "Go", click "View", click "Make a Firmette", drag the pink rectangle in the upper left corner to the area on the map where the property is located, click "Image File", click "Save your Firmette, now you can either save the map or open it and print it. |
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Flood Insights.com - Transamerica Flood Hazard Certifications |
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http://www.floodinsights.com/floodlookups/index.htm |
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Flood Source.com - Flood Maps Online |
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http://www.floodsource.com/FSW/servlet/FswServlet |
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InterFlood.com - Flood Maps Online |
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http://www.interflood.com |
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Maps |
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City News Chicago |
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http://www.newschicago.org/about |
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CityNews combines a database driven interface with an online interactive mapping component. There are two main sections: the Parcel Search & Tabular Data Section, and the Interactive Mapping Component. |
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City of Chicago Aerial Maps |
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http://maps.cityofchicago.org/kiosk/mpaddress.jsp?maptype=mapsplats_aerials
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Cool site. Pics are a little blurry. Search by property address. |
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City of Chicago Plat Maps |
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http://maps.cityofchicago.org/kiosk/mpaddress.jsp?maptype=mapsplats_transon
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This site has a few problems. Sometimes it shows you the plat and other times it doesn't. It's very fussy about how you enter the address. If you don't get the plat after you perform your search, you can click on the link that says " Print Entire 80 Acre Sheet". It then jumps to a pdf and the entire plat page comes up. Use the zoom in tool to find your lot. |
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City of Chicago Zoning Maps |
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http://maps.cityofchicago.org/website/zoning |
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Free zoning maps for the entire city. |
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EPA - Enviro Mapper |
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http://www.epa.gov/enviro/html/em/index.html |
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Provides various online maps for environmental information. |
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GIS Consortium |
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http://www.gisconsortium.org/mapproduct/ |
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This site includes GIS mapping images for the Village of Deerfield, City of Des Plaines, Village of Glencoe, City of Highland Park Village of Lincolnshire, Village of Morton Grove, City of Park Ridge, Village of Winnetka. |
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Google Earth |
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http://kh.google.com/download/earth/index.html |
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This site has pretty decent satellite imaging. WARNING! It's an addicting site. You can travel aroundworld and view the pyramids, fly through the Grand Canyon, climb Mt. Everest and more... |
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Google Maps |
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http://maps.google.com |
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One of the best mapping programs out there. Just enter the street address, town, state and zip. Check out the satellite pics feature! |
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Map Blast |
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http://www.mapblast.com |
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Free area maps online. |
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Map Quest |
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http://www.mapquest.com |
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Free mapping program. Search by address. |
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Natural Resource Conservation Service - Soil Surveys and Maps |
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http://soils.usda.gov/survey/online_surveys |
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Provides online soil surveys and maps for many States and has several links to additional offline data. |
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Rock Island County GIS |
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http://ims.rockislandcounty.org/website/parcels_public/Disclaimer.asp |
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A little confusing at first. You can locate parcels by using Search or Identify buttons across top. First zoom in so any parcel is showing. Search using partial address such as "123 Mai" for 123 Main St. After parcel list is displayed below, locate zoning column. Zoning is indicated on unincorporated and some in-town parcels in the displayed record(s). Zoom to parcel by clicking the record number in the first column of desired property on list. You can also measure, zoom, clear highlighted parcels & perform other functions using the tools across top. |
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Sidwell Maps Online |
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http://www.sidwellmaps.com |
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Will County Plat Maps |
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http://www.willcountysoa.com/willco.htm |
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Great site with FREE plat maps for the entire County. |
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Software Vendors |
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ACI - The Appraisers Choice Software |
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http://www.aciweb.com |
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Al A Mode - Win Total |
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http://www.alamode.com |
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Apex Software |
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http://www.apexwin.com |
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Bradford Technologies - The Appraisers Toolbox |
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http://www.bradfordsoftware.com/about/aboutUs.html |
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CommonMan Innovative Technologies, Inc. |
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http://www.cmiti.com |
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Custom websites for the Appraisal Industry. Offer extensive internet application add-ons. Other services include competitive hosting, web promotion and networking. |
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Day One |
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http://www.day1.com |
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HP12C Calculator Emulator |
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http://homepage.mac.com/riclira/Menu3.html |
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HP-12C emulator program for $16.00 fee This is a great software program. It talks to you as you run through the functions. Press the yellow F key or the blue G key, all corresponding keys light up. |
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Marshall and Swift |
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http://www.marshallswift.com |
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The Residential Appraiser - Appraise IT |
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http://www.sfrep.com |
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United Systems Software |
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http://www.unitedsystems.com |
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Appraisal Miscellaneous |
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Appraisal Depot.com |
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http://www.appraiserdepot.com |
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Online appraisal store. |
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