Foreclosure.com today revealed a comprehensive menu of money-making affiliate tools and widgets that enable real estate agents and other website owners to integrate its dynamic nationwide foreclosure and investment property listings database into their websites.

Foreclosure.com, which partners with many of the largest names in the online real estate world, as well as individual Realtors® and small- to mid-sized online destinations, provides affiliates with small slices of customized code that they can add to their websites, which pulls content from its database of more than 2 million distressed real estate listings.

“Overnight, a local real estate agent can enhance his or her website with millions of monetized listings,” said Stephen Chip, Foreclosure.com Director of Business Development. “We provide our affiliates with an awesome selection of one-of-a-kind solutions that leverage our unrivaled data.”

Our creative suites of affiliate tools and solutions include, but are not limited to:

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It’s a recurring theme at Foreclosure.com: You ask, we deliver.

In response to overwhelming demand, we recently enhanced our popular “Foreclosure Alerts,” enabling you to now track foreclosure filings on a street level.

Ever wonder, “How can I find foreclosed homes for sale on my street?” Or, “How can I find out if my neighbor is foreclosure?”

Well, now you can get the answers to these types of questions emailed directly to you the moment they happen. And it won’t cost you a single penny.

That’s right, our “Foreclosure Street Alerts” are totally FREE and require zero obligation.

How does it work?

It’s simple: Just provide us with the desired street name and its corresponding zip code. We do the rest.

Want to watch streets in more than one neighborhood? No problem. Foreclosure.com allows you to monitor up to 10 different streets all at once.

So whether you’re waiting for a vacancy to open up on your favorite block or you’re just plain curious, “Foreclosure Street Alerts” ensure that you catch everything in your crosshairs before someone else does.

Sign up today to receive daily “Foreclosure Street Alerts” with no obligation. It’s quick and easy. Did we mention it’s also FREE? Click here.

In case you didn’t know, Foreclosure.com has partnered with Microsoft to ensure that you have the very best (and most detailed) mapping technology possible to facilitate your nationwide home search.

How’s that good for you?

Foreclosure.com Director of Business Development, Stephen Chip, explains:

“With distressed properties, photos are often unavailable, but our customers can use the bird’s-eye view to assess the property and the neighborhood.”

That’s right, you can now take advantage of the upgraded Foreclosure.com mapping environment with key new features, including the bird’s-eye view. We know that buyers interested in properties like to see them — to look at their context (the surrounding neighborhood, the roads, etc.).

So with Virtual Earth you can locate listings on the map choosing between a road-map, a satellite-image, or combination view. What’s more, you can zoom out to view a wide area, zoom in on a single property, or use the bird’s-eye view based on low-altitude aerial images taken from all four compass directions.

To check out a complete case study of how Foreclosure.com successfully integrated the latest map technology into its system visit Microsoft.com. And to see the maps in action, of course, head over to Foreclosure.com right now.

Time is running out to claim the $8,000 first-time homebuyers tax credit! We’re down to three months before the limited-time government-sponsored program expires on Dec. 1, 2009.

That might seem like enough time to get in on the action; however, finding, financing and then closing on a home can take as much as 90 days. And if it’s a short sale then the process will likely take longer … much longer.

So if you have any intentions of saving as much money as possible on the home of your dreams then the time to act is right now.

We decided to sweeten the pot, which will hopefully provide you with even more incentive to search for the best real estate deals in your area before the prices start climbing back up. And before the last-minute rush on the most affordable homes begins … if it hasn’t already.

For the next three months (Sept. 1, 2009 to Dec. 1, 2009) we are giving our blog readers and Twitter followers a special discount offer to search our nationwide real estate database of more than 1.8 million distressed real estate listings. We refer to it as the “Tax Credit Countdown.”

Foreclosure.com is already FREE to search for seven days — no strings attached, cancel at anytime. However, sometimes house hunters need more time to comb through and visit all the awesome deals right in their backyards.

Therefore, we’re slashing our monthly subscription — already among the cheapest in the industry — by 30 percent! That’s savings, on top of tax credits, on top of more savings (you can find homes up to 50 percent off on Foreclosure.com every day).

So how do you get started? It’s simple.

Just visit this registration page: www.foreclosure.com/registration.html?rsp=0 and insert the phrase “taxcredit” (no quotes … just taxcredit) where it says “Click here to enter a promo code” (see screen shot in the extended entry).

That’s it!

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It’s a real estate adage that is truer now than it ever was:

Location, Location, Location.

When you’re looking to get into the home of your dreams, location is going to be one of your key buying points. For example, is it in an appealing neighborhood? Is it conveniently located close to work and other oft-traveled destinations? Is it zoned for the top schools in the area?

Those same concerns also hold true for investors who are eager to purchase, renovate and flip homes for profit. Location is a major selling point — if you don’t have great location, you can be sure it will be a major strike against you in the minds of prospective buyers.

The July 2009 edition of Foreclosure.com’s free educational newsletter, “Investment Exchange,” is now available, which details how you can find a great home in an ideal location at a price you can afford.

The excitement of an opportunity-laden market like we are enjoying right now can sometimes cause you and other buyers to think that it’s impossible to lose; however, the reality is just the opposite — Yes, the market is ripe for the picking, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t a few bad apples in the bunch.

We’re here to help you make the right choice. The smart choice. To check out Location, Location, Location today be sure to click here.

Remember that “Investment Exchange” is a FREE resource that Foreclosure.com provides its site visitors. Sign up to receive the educational real estate newsletter each month at no cost right here.