Text Only Version   SW COLLEGE | FAQs | SYLLABI | LINKS | CONTACT | NEWS | COURSES | DEGREES | SCHEDULE | LICENSE | FACULTY | RESOURCES | HOME REAL ESTATE LINKS Compiled by John Haynie and Joe Goeters of Houston Community College.   US GOVERNMENT   US Department of Housing and Urban Development www.hud.gov Department of Veteran Affairs www.va.gov Federal Trade Commission www.ftc.gov Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act www.hud.gov/fha/sfh/res/respa_hm.html National Fair Housing Advocate www.fairhousing.com/ Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) www.epa.gov Air Pollution Sites www.scorecard.org/ The White House www.whitehouse.gov     STATE OF TEXAS   The Texas Real Estate Commission www.trec.state.tx.us Real Estate Center at A & M http://recenter.tamu.edu Texas Laws www.capitol.state.tx.us/statutes/statutes.htm Texas Property Code www.capitol.state.tx.us/statutes/pptoc.html Texas Government e-Services (records-birth-death) www.texasonline.com Texas Appraiser Licensing & Certification Board www.talcb.state.tx.us Texas Mortgage Broker Regulation www.sml.state.tx.us Window on State Government (school data) www.cpa.state.tx.us     LOCAL SITES   Harris County Appraisal District www.hcad.org Harris County Tax Collector (autos, voter reg., etc) www.tax.co.harris.tx.us Harris County Flood Control www.hcfcd.org Allison Storm Recovery Plan http://maps.tsarp.org     ORGANIZATIONS   World Wide Real Estate Network (WREN) www.america-homes.com American Real Estate Exchange www.amres.com ARELLO – Assoc of Real Estate License Law Orgs www.arello.com Residential Sales Council www.rscouncil.com RESICOM www.resicom.com Dallas Central Appraisal District www.dallascad.org     REAL ESTATE COMPANIES   The Buyer’s Agent www.homebuyerschoice.com Martha Turner Properties www.marthaturner.com Coldwell Banker www.coldwellbanker.com Househunters www.househunters.com GMAC Real Estate www.realtor-sites.com/   MORTGAGE INFORMATION   Fannie Mae’s Home Buying www.homepath.com An Index of Loan Rates www.rate.net Internet Mortgage Information www.eloan.com Countrywide Mortgage www.countrywide.com Homebuyers Fair www.homefair.com     RELOCATION INFORMATION   Salary Calculator & Relocation Information http://www.homefair.com/homefair/calc/salcalc.html?type=to Moving Services www.moversresource.com Relocation Information www.digitalcity.com Homebuyer’s Information www.homeadvisor.com   DIRECTORIES   International Real Estate Directory www.ired.com Information on Congressmen www.congress.org Phone Directory www.whowhere.com/phone     REALTOR SITES – AGENT RESOURCES   National Association of Realtors www.realtor.com Texas Association of Realtors www.tar.org Houston Association of Realtors www.har.com Great RE Site http://www.mccombs.utexas.edu/students/gres/resources.asp Real Estate Software www.realtown.com RE Newsletter (Stephen Canale) www.canale.com Texas Real Estate Advertisement Directory www.amtexpo.com/TXREAD Houston Commercial Real Estate www.comspace.com/dir/usa/relisutx Blue Moon Software – Forms www.bluemoon.com Real Estate Law www.real-estate-law.com Landauer www.landauer.com Find Pre-Screened Agents and Lenders http://www.servicemagic.com/ Color Printing by Email www.expresscopy.com Star Power Retreat www.brinton.com Prep Software www.prepsoftware.com Virtual Tours www.bamboo.com Virtual Tours www.ipix.com Greater Dallas Assoc of Realtors www.dallasrealtor.com Best Free Personal Web Site www.homestead.com Internet Support Services for Realtors www.programs.com Find a Graphic for Presentations www.ditto.com Example of Agents Web Sites www.wynnea.com Example of Agents Web Sites www.isellchicago.com Example of Agents Web Sites www.greggorman.com Example of Agents Web Sites www.teriisner.com Example of Agents Web Sites www.laurasworld.com All Texas MLS http://www.realestate-resources.com/texas-mls.html Web Design and Web Hosting http://www.rncinternet.com/real_estate.html Environmental Info for Realtors http://www.envirochex.com/Real_Estate.htm Put your pictures on DVDs http://www.photodex.com/ Low Income Housing Cap Rate http://www.hcad.org/lowincome.asp     ENVIRONMENTAL SITES   Asbestos Institute www.asbestos-institute.ca.content Air & Waste Management Association www.awma.org EPA Office of Solid Waste www.epa.gov/epaoswer/osw/index Texas Endangered Species www.tpwd.state.tx.us/nature/endang EPA Office of Solid Waste www.epa.gov/swerosps/bf/index Environmental Law www.law.cornell.edu/topics/environmental.html National Estuary Program www.epa.gov/owow/estuaries/nep Keep America Beautiful www.kab.org Greenpeace www.greenpeaceusa.org EPA Global Warming www.epa.gov/globalwarming Radon www.radon-links.com Toxic Waste Sites www.envirolink.org/elib/earth-pollution Radon Map www.epa.gov/iaq/radon Asbestos in the Home www.deq.state.la.us/oarp/asbestos     MAPS   Satellite Maps http://terraserver.microsoft.com Maps and Trip Planner www.mapquest.com Maps and Trip Planner www.excite.com/travel/maps Maps and Trip Planner www.mapblast.com     NEWS   Inman News Service www.inman.com Real Estate News and Information www.frogpondgroup.com Real Estate News and Information www.realdata.com Real Estate News and Information www.realtytimes.com Home Search www.homes.com New York Times www.nytimes.com The Drudge Report http://www.drudgereport.com/ The Smoking Gun www.thesmokinggun.com     APPRAISAL AND DATA SITES   Listing of Commercial Properties www.loopnet.com Demographics www.caci.com Demographic information www.digitalcity.com US Census Bureau Information www.census.gov Commercial Property Listings www.cityfeet.com     ORGANIZATIONS   American Land Title Association www.alta.org Appraisal Institute www.appraisalinstitute.org Building Owners and Managers Association www.boma.org National Apartment Association www.naahq.org National Association of Real Estate Brokers www.nareb.org Industrial Real Estate www.idrc.org Institute of Real Estate Managers www.irem.org National Association of Home Builders www.nahb.org Commercial Investment Institute www.ccim.org Urban Land Institute www.uli.org Texas Real Estate Teachers Association www.treta.org Real Estate Educators Association www.reea.org     CLIP ART   Presentation Information and Tutorials www.presentersuniversity.com Presentation Information and Tutorials www.wilderpresentations.com Presentation Information and Tutorials www.presentationpro.com Presentation Information and Tutorials www.soniacoleman.com Presentation Information and Tutorials www.photoshare.com Clipart www.eclipsed.com Clipart www.clipart.co.uk/ Great Free Real Estate Clip Art www.realestateclipart.com/help/resources.htm     MISC.   Gallup Polls www.gallup.com Computer Training www.zdu.com City Net www.city.com The Whitehouse www.whitehouse.gov WWW Virtual Library www.w3.org/vI Houston Chronicle www.houstonchronicle.com NASA www.jsc.nasa.gov Project Galileo www.jsc.nasa.gov/galileo Hubble Space Telescope www.seds.org/hst Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence www.set.org West to Mars www.marswest.org Terraserver www.terraserver.microsoft.com Scorecard www.scorecard.org City Demographics www.census.gov/cgi-bin/gazeteer Travel Information www.expedia.com City Information and Entertainment www.sidewalk.com New and Used Car Prices www.carpoint.com Weather www.usatoday.com/weather/wfront Weather www.movecentral.com/addresscentral Change of Address www.movecentral.com/addresscentral Distance Calculator www.indo.com/distance Detailed Driving Directions www.zip2.com Alaska Adventures www.alaskaadventure.com Garden Encyclopedia www.pathfinder.com/cgi-bin/vg/vg Home Projects www.askbuild.com Fixing Appliances www.phoenix.net/~draplinc All About Toilets www.tioletology.com World’s Largest Bookseller www.amazon.com Dictionary www.onelook.com Encyclopedia www.encarta.msn.com Find Where a Zip Code is www.decoder.americom.com All Sorts of Things www.learn2.com Homefair www.homefair.com 2001 Beyond www.2001beyond.com Xoom www.xoom.com Live Picture www.livepicture.com Crime Check www.crimecheck.com Port of Houston www.portofhouston.com Commercial Property http://www.bizbuysell.com/     INTERNET SITES   Internet Service Providers www.thelist.com Learn About the Internet www.learnthenet.com How to Use Email www.everything.email.com Search for a Domain Name www.rs.internic.net/cgi-bin/whois Electronic Postcards www.ynot.com Promote Your Website www.virtualpromote.com A Free Place for Your Website www.geocities.com Example of agents Websites www.come2az.com     SEARCH SITES   The Mother of all Search Sites www.mamma.com Yahoo http://www.yahoo.com Excite www.excite.com Search for People www.bigfoot.com Search for Listings www.homeadvisor.com Search for Listings www.cyberhomes.com Search for Sellers www.homegain.com Search for General Answers www.ask.com Search for Business and People www.switchboard.com Search for Metroplex ISPs www.webfeats.com Search for Best Web Hosting ISPs www.tophosts.com     TEACHER SITES   US Department of Education www.ed.gov Masie Center www.masie.com Texas Community College Teacher Assoc. www.tccta.org Training Aids www.nwlink.com/~donclark Puzzles www.puzzlemaker.com Tenet Web www.tenet.edu Syllabus Magazine www.syllabus.com U. of Nebraska-Lincoln www.unl.edu/teaching U. of Oklahoma www.ou.edu/idp/ideas.html Microsoft Education site www.microsoft.com/education     HCC Southwest College © 2004