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.

So, have you taken our new “Saved Listings” out for a test drive yet?

If the answer is “no,” then perhaps you are unsure how to use it. Or, maybe you don’t even know that it exists!

Whatever the case, “Saved Listings” allows you to conveniently highlight and save an unlimited number of your favorite real estate listings for future reference.

And, there’s no excuse to not take full advantage of it — “Saved Listings” is easy-to-use and incredibly helpful.

For your convenience, we’ve put the following guide together to show you how it works:

• Here’s how to save a listing from the results page:

	Click the grey star located to the left of the desired listing
	The grey star turns yellow and the listing is instantly saved

• Here’s how to unsave a listing:

	Click the yellow star located to the left of the undesired listing
	The yellow star turns grey and a red box will appear on your screen
Click the “Remove” button in the right-hand corner of the box below

• Here’s how to save a listing from the details page:

Click the grey star located to the left of the listing type

The grey star turns yellow and the listing is instantly saved

• Here’s how to view all of your ‘Saved Listings’
  (you must be logged in):

Click the “Saved Listings” link, which is located in the upper right-hand corner of your screen

Your “Saved Listings” will appear

• Here’s how to add a note to a saved listing:

Click the “Saved Listings” link, which is located in the upper right-hand corner of your screen

Your “Saved Listings” will appear

Click the “Add” link under the “Note” column of the desired listing

Enter text in the box that appears such as “Follow up on Tuesday” or “Called broker on Friday about inspection” – essentially any important information or reminders for which you want to keep track

Click the “Save” button to the right of the text box

The note will automatically appear below the listing

• Here’s how to delete a note:

Click the “Saved Listings” link, which is located in the upper right-hand corner of your screen

Your “Saved Listings” will appear

Click the “Remove” link under the “Note” column of the desired listing and the note will be deleted immediately

• Here’s how to edit an existing note:

Click the “Saved Listings” link, which is located in the upper right-hand corner of your screen

Your “Saved Listings” will appear

Click the “Edit” link under the “Note” column of the desired listing

Edit or update the existing note in the box that appears

Click the “Save” button to the right of the text box

The revised note will automatically appear below the listing