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  • Building-Cost.net
    http://www.building-cost.net/
    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!

  • Chicago Tribune Home Page
    http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/realestate/transactions/
    Site reports sales transactions from recorder office data. Several counties are online

  • City-Data.com
    http://www.city-data.com/
    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...

  • Citytowninfo.com
    http://www.citytowninfo.com
    Another site offering free statistical data on Cities and Towns across the country.

  • Community Profiles in Illinois
    http://www.illinoisbiz.biz/dceo/Bureaus/Facts_Figures/Illinois_Census_Data/
    Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs

  • CoStar Group - Comps.com
    http://www.costar.com
    Site for online commercial and industrial property data

  • Crimescreen.com
    http://www.crimescreen.com/linkspage.htm#Michigan
    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.

  • E-Podunk
    http://www.epodunk.com/
    Another good site to search for community info on cities and towns around the country, plus it is a cool name for a site!

  • efanniemae.com
    http://www.efanniemae.com
    Great site to download Fannie Sellers Guide, appraisal forms, industry updates and more...

  • First American Real Estate Solutions - Win2Data
    http://www.firstamres.com/solutions/connect_data.jsp
    Real estate database of property owner names, sales transactions, property characteristics and tax assessor maps

  • Home Price Check
    http://www.domania.com/homepricecheck/index.jsp?null
    Free website for recorder office info

  • HP12C Calculator Emulator
    http://homepage.mac.com/riclira/Menu3.html
    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.

  • Market Data Center - Redlink
    http://www.marketdatacenter.com/
    Provides complete records on 1-4 family properties, including up to 30 years of historical data. Data includes property characteristics for all metro Chicago counties

  • Municode.com
    http://www.municode.com/resources/online_codes.asp
    Municode.com is a site that offers a FREE library of over 1100 codes of ordinances for local governments from around the country.

  • Naperville - Property Data Search Page
    http://maps.naperville.il.us/YourPlace/
    By entering a property address or Parcel Identification Number (PIN) you can find detailed information about your property including, property information, a map of your area, your school district, zoning information, and much more

  • NETR ONLINE
    http://www.netronline.com/public_records.htm
    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.

  • Ordinance.Com
    http://www.ordinance.com/
    Site provides local ordinances, tax maps, file maps and flood maps

  • R.S. Means Building Glossary
    http://www.rsmeans.com/dictionary/
    Cool dictionary for construction terminology

  • Realty Rates.com
    http://www.realtyrates.com/
    A comprehensive resource of real estate investment and development news, trends, analytics, and market research

  • Search Systems - Public Record Locator
    http://www.searchsystems.net/
    Over 17,000 FREE searchable public records databases. This could be the best appraisal tool site out there yet.

  • Sterling Codifiers
    http://www.sterlingcodifiers.com/onlinecodes.htm
    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.

  • TerraServer USA
    http://terraserver-usa.com/
    Very good site for free aerial photos.

  • White Pages
    http://www.whitepages.com/10583/?source=GO000005&KW=white_pages
    Great site to track down phone numbers!!!

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