The application is simple to use, just launch the editor and upload an image of the room. Once the image is online start applying different colors on its walls. You can also sign up for an account and save images online.

ColorJive offers both free and premium accounts, the free account lets you paint as many images as you want, however imposes a restriction of at most 3 colors per image. It also lets you store only one image online. The premium account doesn’t have such restrictions.

Features:

• Paint your rooms online and decide what wall color is the best.
• Apply any color you want.
• Editor toolbar includes undo, brush, eraser and bucket paint tools.
• Free account lets you paint as many images as you want (with a limit of 3 colors per image).
• Premium account with more features available.
• Similar tools: Interior Paint Calculator.

Check out ColorJive @ www.colorjive.com

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To start, sign up for free and create a project. Then add room drawings to the project using provided designer tool (requires Microsoft Silverlight). Once you feel you’ve got the correct drawing, add photos of the room and you are done. A link to the project is created which could be easily shared anywhere online.

Demo video:

Features:

• Create and share house/room floor plans online.
• Create unlimited projects for free.
• Draw floor plans and add house photos using their in-built designer tool.
• Share the project link on social networks and advertisements for the house.
• Requires Microsoft Silverlight.
• Free and sign up needed.
• Similar tools: ProjectDragonfly and other in 3 Apps to Decorate and Plan your House.

Check out Buildy@ www.buildy.net (By Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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It provides options to view other crime details like kidnapping, arson etc and also lets you sort by type of crime, date or distance. Plus view crime information within specific dates.

Features

• See crime reports by zip code in North American cities.
• No sign up required. Just enter the city name or a zip code to get results.
• Sort crimes by type, distance and location.
• View crimes within a date range.
• Similar site: SpotCrime.

Check out CrimeReports @ www.crimereports.com (via Lifehacker) (By Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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They also have a “how it works” video which shows you the entire process. Once you are done, you can save it, email it or print it out to use as a shopping list at the IKEA store.

Features:

• Visual online room space designer from IKEA.
• No registration required. Start designing instantly.
• Start from scratch or choose from a wide variety of themes.
• Drag and drop furniture and adjust their sizes.
• Save, email or print out the design.
• Similar sites: DesignYourDorm and more in 3 Web Apps to Decorate & Plan your House.

Check out IKEA Space Maker @ www.ikea.com/ms/en_US/rooms_ideas/youth/index.html (By Abhijeet from Appscrazy)

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• Buildy: Create A Floor Plan Of Your House
• Mydeco – Room Planner : Design and Plan Your Room in 3D

You can bookmark the properties you come across on the web, organize them with tags and share them with family and friends which includes the ability to post to Facebook and Twitter. You can also track price changes and valuations using some of the cool tools it provides.

Features:

• Social bookmarking for homes and properties.
• Organize bookmarks with tags.
• Share properties easily with friends and on Facebook and twitter.
• Track price, photo and off-market changes with cool tools feature.

Check out Dwellicious @ www.dwellicious.com (By Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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The easy-to-use on-screen guide takes you through each process and makes it easy to list your stuff. If you wish, you can also upload pictures for hard-to-describe items.

After you are done describing your move requirements (which doesn’t take long provided you know what you are moving), sit back and wait for movers to bid on your job. Most of the listed jobs receive multiple mover bids within 15 minutes after posting. Which mover bid you ultimately decide to go with is totally up to you. You may base your decision on the past mover reviews and quote.

Features:

• Find a best deal for your move job by letting movers compete for it.
• Save time since you never have to pick up the phone to call multiple movers.
• Use the built-in moving checklist to itemize all your stuff prior to your move.
• Read mover reviews prior accepting a bid to be sure of a mover’s reliability and trustworthiness.
• Post reviews for movers you have worked with in the past.
• Your personal info kept private until you select a mover; no mover spam.
• Email your list of items to anybody–friends, family, movers, etc.
• Register your moving company and bid on jobs posted by others.
• For more info watch detailed videos tours.
• Movers may register with CityMove and bid on moving jobs (not free).
• US only.

Check out CityMove @ www.citymove.com

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You can browse listings by a city name or simply use a map to zoom in on a particular location. There are also options to filter listings by keyword, price, number of rooms, dogs, cats… etc. Each listing is marked as a colored icon and when clicked brings up the images and price details.

Features:

• Find places for rent and sale in over 35 US cities (more cities will be added).
• Browse by city name or zoom in.
• Filter listings by keywords, price, number of rooms, dogs, cats… etc.
• Each listing is marked as colored icon clicking which will show images and price details.
• Free and no registration.

Other sites that offer similar functionality are RentBits, PadMapper, ApartmentMap and few more in Top 5 U.S. Apartment Search Engines.

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Alice also offers free shipping (within US only), product reviews and ratings.

Features:

• Organize your household shopping online.
• Manage all of your home essentials.
• Find the best prices online.
• Get free shipping.
• Set reminders and eliminate emergency store trips.
• Get automatic coupons on 1000’s of products.

Check out Alice @ www.alice.com (By Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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• Shortcuts: Link Discount Coupons To Your Store Card
• Offers: 1000’s Of Coupons To Save Your Money
• CheapStingyBargains: Finds Deals, Store Coupons & Discounts

Features:

• Free deck design software online.
• Flexible designer that lets you create as many decks as you like.
• Easy to use and provides step by step information.
• Gives you a full report that contains:
  - 3-D model of your deck.
  - Full list of all the materials you will need to build that deck.
  - Detailed installation guidelines and tips.
• Free, no registration needed.

Check out DeckDesigner @ http://www.diyonline.com/servlet/GIB_Base/bobvilabegin

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To do your calculations simply go to the site, select what you want to calculate (mortgage or refinance), enter all the figures and click on the calculate.

Screenshot of Mortgage calculator

Screenshot of Refinance calculator:

Features:

• Two in one calculator for mortgage and refinance payments.
• Clean design and easy to use interface.
• Results are easy to understand, additional graphs and tables also included.
• No sign up or email needed to use the calculator.
• Similar tool: MaraCal.

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Bascially, enter the names of your current city and the one you’re planning to move to get a list of similar neighborhoods. Among other things, the site shows homes for sale and real estate agents in that city. Currently, only major US cities are covered.

Features :

• Neighborhood comparison tool.
• Compare neighborhoods of different cities and find the most suitable place for yourself.
• Find homes and real estate agents.
• Simple and easy to use.
• Similar websites: CityMelt.

Check out Homethinking @ neighborhoods.homethinking.com [via Lifehacker] (by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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• Zillow

Once you are logged in, you are provided with three sections: Planner, Directory and Inventory Services.

(1) In Planner section, you can map out move related tasks on the calendar, add and edit events, and set email reminders.

There is also a ‘Checklist View’ of all the responsibilities and tasks related to your move along with recommended completion dates. If necessary you may download your checklist as a PDF document.

(2) In Directory Services, you can locate moving companies and other related service provides and get their contact details.

(3) By using Inventory management you can keep track of your belongings and make sure that all your moves are unpacked in the right place. See the video demo below.

Features:

• Free move planning and coordination service.
• Organize your move and keep track of tasks that needs to be done.
• Provides free quotes from licensed movers in your area.
• Organizes your valuables and other household goods using inventory management app.
• Other sites for moving: USA Movers and BoxCycle.

Check out OneSimpleMove @ www.onesimplemove.com (by Srikanth AD from Firefox Ninjas)

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Enter your area zip code and follow “get my bids” link. In the next step you may filter providers according to your requirements (house size, frequency etc), read their customer reviews and also sort them by ratings. Moreover, you can limit results to providers that use only eco-friendly cleaning supplies.

Sign up to order and schedule an appointment online with your chosen provider.

Features:

• Find and compare cleaning providers in your area including house cleaning, carpet & window cleaning and maid services.
• Compare prices, browse ratings and customer reviews of different providers and select one that fits your needs.
• Sign up to schedule an appointment and manage providers from your account.
• Similar website: House Cleaning Services.

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How It Works:

1. Browse listings by city, stay period and number of guests or post a ShoutOut. The ShoutOut is a message that appears on the homepage where all the hosters can see it and contact you with offers. You don’t need an account to post ShoutOuts.
2. Pay online for the stay in the apartment. Receive a payment code.
3. Give the payment code to the hoster when you arrive to the spot before you check-in

You can filter listings by neighborhoods, max. daily price, room type and extra amenities. Click to view apartment pictures and read description, and inquire further details with a single click. Sign up required.

Features:

• Peer-to-peer short term apartment rentals.
• Rent your spare room to strangers risk-free through innovative online payment system.
• Instantly post “looking for room” messages online and get offers from hosters. (No account required).
• Service available in major metro areas including New York, Miami, Lost Angeles, Chicago, Boston, Toronto, San Francisco, Vancouver and Washington DC.
• Free, sign up to inquire about apartments or list your rooms.
• Similar website: iStopOver.

Check out Roomorama @ www.roomorama.com

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You can browse site by category (windows, plumbing, furniture, electrical ), by place in your house (attic, basement, yard, kitchen) or by a specific task (cleaning, painting, wiring, mowing etc.)

Once you have selected the task you need to do, say “Insulating an Attic”, you will get an overview of the task and the list of materials and tools needed for it. Read common mistakes, cautions and follow the illustrated step-by-step instructions.

Features:

• Home improvement and renovation tips and advice.
• Learn how to perform specific tasks (wiring, insulating, painting, remodeling and more) with step-by-step illustrated tutorials.
• Find out materials and tools needed for each task.
• Free, no registration neede.

Check out Easy2DIY @ www.easy2diy.com

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How it works:

1. Sign up and enter all the measurements for each room in your house
2. Measure the walls, doors, windows and furnishings
3. Access all of your property measurements online and share them with others.

You can add measurements for as many properties as you like – home, office, beach house etc. There is an iPhone version coming soon, so that you can access all the measurements on the go.

Features:

• Store your property measurements (room sizes, windows, fixtures etc.) in one place.
• Access them later online in one place and share with others.
• Add measurements for multiple places – home, office, beach house etc.
• Add measurements in units of your choice – meters, yards or feet.
• iPhone version coming soon.
• Free, sign up to get started.

Check out ASimpleMeasure @ www.asimplemeasure.com

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Advanced search lets you filter listings by apartment type (e.g. house, duplex, condo), number bathrooms and certain amenities  (e.g. pets allowed, garage).

To see average rental rates in your area, check out site’s Rental Statistics. It shows rental price history over the last 6 months for properties in 4000 major cities in US. Its a handy tool for both renters and landlords to adjust to current market rental prices.

Average rental prices in Los Angeles, California

The site also provides downloadable Rental Comparison Widget that lets you view average rates for up 4 locations from your desktop.

Features:

• Rental property search engine.
• Search rental properties all over US and view rental trends.
• Filter listings by location, apartment type, price, amenities and view them on a Google Map.
• View average rental prices for 4000 major cities.
• Download desktop widget to view the average rates from your desktop.
• Similar websites: PadMapper and ApartmentMap.
• Free and no signup.

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As it’s built on top of Google Maps, users are able to search by location (address, zip code, city) or simply zoom in on the map. The application will display all toxic facilities for any requested area presenting them using red (high emission levels) and blue (low emission levels) markers.

Clicking on a particular marker gives you additional info about the area like statistics, emission type and levels over period of time, management details and comparison.

Features:

• Find out if there are facilities with high toxic emission output in your area.
• Toxic facilities are marked with colored markers.
• Get more detailed information for any toxic facility.

Check out MapEcos @ www.mapecos.org

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When the plan is ready you can view it in isometric view from above, take 3D walkthrough and print it out.

Features:

• Quick house plan sketch up tool.
• Create as many plans as you want.
• View created plans in isometric view from above and take 3D walkthroug.
• Print out your plans.
• No signup needed.
• Similar websites: ProjectDragonfly and PlanningWiz.

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Travelers can search for place by specifying where they want to stay with the check-in and check-out dates and in return get results with all available places. The results can be sorted by type, price, ratings and filtered by distance, WiFi, laundry, parking, smoking… etc.

Home owners on other hand can create an attractive listing and list their homes or rooms with complete control over pricing and who can stay. iStopOver handles all payments on behalf of the home owner and charges 9% for every successful lending.

Furthermore both traveler and home owner can can review and rate each other to provide feedback for other users.

Features:

• Lists affordable accommodations from home owners.
• Travelers can search for commendations by area and date.
• Rental can be sorted by type, price and ratings.
• Home owners can easily list their homes and rooms.
• iStopOver handles all payments exchanges.
• Travelers and home owners both can leave and receive reviews.
• Free for travelers, but home owners are charged 9% for every successful lending.

Check out iStopOver @ www.istopover.com

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Once the floor plan is created you can view it in 3D, save it online (registration needed), share with others and print it out. You can also check out gallery of user created floor plans, view them or use as a template to build one of your own.

Features:

• Recreate and plan your room online
• Create as many plans as you like.
• Add furniture and appliances (drag-and-drop interface).
• Move and rotate objects to your liking.
• View plans in in 3D view and from any side.
• Save your plans on the site or print them out.
• Share your plan with others.
• Browse and preview gallery of plans created by others.
• Also see 3 Web Apps to Decorate and Plan your House.

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To view apartment rentals within a particular area, drag the pointer on a map. Filter listings by apartment type and search radius (up to 10 miles). Red listings are expensive, blue ones are cheaper. Click on a listing to see if the price is below or above area’s average. View area’s average rental prices for recent months for all apartment types. Compare area’s prices with nearest neighborhoods.

Features:

• Helps you find affordable apartment rentals in US.
• View up-to date comprehensive apartment rental data and statistics.
• Data aggregated from publicly available rentals sources.
• Compare average prices between different states, cities and neighborhoods.
• View most and least expensive cities.
• View prices for studio, 1, 2 or 3 bedroom apartments within a selected area on a Google Map.
• View area’s average prices for recent months.
• See if an apartment’s rental price is above or below area’s average.
• Free and no registration.
• Similar sites: PadMapper.

Check out MyApartmentMap @ www.myapartmentmap.com (via Lifehacker )

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You can zoom in down to a street level and view the restaurants, bars and shops in the surrounding area using the Street View feature. It also lets you instantly filter apartments based on criteria such as max/min rent, # of bedrooms, max price per bedroom, pictures etc. Pretty cool.

If you found an apartment that interests you, add it to Favorites and view the list later. However, if you want to keep the saved entries beyond your browser session, provide an email and when you close your browser you will be sent the results to your email address.

Features:

• Craigslist apartment search using Google Maps.
• Zoom in/out to view available apartments in the whole country, state/city or a neighbourhood.
• Zoom in closer to view more results in a particular area.
• Filter apartments based on criteria such as max/min rent, # of bedrooms, max price per bedroom, pictures etc.
• View surrounding area of the apartment using the Street View feature.
• Save apartments in Favorites. Provide your email to view them later when you end your session.
• Free and no registration.
• Also see our related post “Top 5 U.S. Apartment Search Engines“

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Here is how it works:

1. Buyer enters his housing needs. Includes information like desired location, home features and the price he is willing to pay.
2. Real estate agents bid on his listing, by showcasing their experience, ratings and  rebate of the sales commission.
3. Buyer compares bids and select the agent.
4. Agent finds home and pays the buyer the rebate from commission!

Auction lasts 30 days. You can stop it sooner if you find an agent that suits you.

There are two ways you can get more bids on your listing:

1) Get preapproved with a Lender, who will determine the loan amount you can afford to buy a house. This makes you look as a more serious home buyer and more attractive to real estate agents.

2) Browse Doorfly’s listed agents and invite them to bid.

Service is free to home buyers and sellers, where as agents have to pay the subscription fee.

Features:

• List a home you want to buy and find real estate agent who has the best offer.
• Enter as many auctions as you need.
• Select up to 3 counties from one state.
• Browse real estate agents by states, view profiles.
• Get more bids by getting pre-approved by lending agency.
• Service is free to home buyers and sellers.

For more info watch demo below:

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Otalo also lets you save your favorite vacation rental homes from all the different sites in one central place online and share your list with friends and folks with whom you’re planning your vacation. You could also get the details of a rental home by clicking on the details link under the images.

Check out Otalo @ www.otalo.com (Contributed by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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You can use CityMelt in two ways :

First – Search and find particular town or city and get information such as population, size, demographics, education, weather… etc about the place. All provided information supported with statistical and graphical data.

Second – Find a city matching your criteria using 25 sliders on the left sidebar. CityMelt will only show you the places that match your choices. This is definitely something many people will find very useful.

Features overview:

• Find information about any city, town or village in the US.
• Database lists over 50,000 US villages, towns, and cities.
• Search for particular town to get a detailed profile.
• Statistical charts and graphs included as well.
• Integrated Google Maps map.
• No signup or registration needed.
• More features are to be added soon.

Check out Citymelt @ www.citymelt.com

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The website offers 4 search categories: buy, rent, buy vs rent, and foreclosures. So not only you can search for sale or rental houses but also see whether the area you are interested in has more houses for sale or rent.

If you have an apartment or house of your own and want to sell it or rent it out, you can list it on HotPads for free.

Feature overview:

• Search for houses and apartments for sale or rent
• List your own apartment or house for free.
• Your listings will be also posted on about 10 other popular real-estate sites.
• Foreclosure heat maps: track and chart the housing crisis status.
• Get additional info such avg. income in the area, age, % renters, etc.
• Buy vs Rent calculator.
• Setup and receive email alerts for listings that match your criteria.
• US only.

Go to HotPads @ www.hotpads.com

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There are two account options available, Free and Premium. The free account provides you with instructions and tells you what to do, which means you need to do everything yourself. The premium account on the hand can handle the hassle for you. You might also want to check Catalog Choice and ProQuo, maybe these guys have even better free account option.

How does GreenDimes free account works ?

• 1. Register and provide GreenDimes with your name and mailing address.
• 2. Log in to your GreenDimes account and select the mailers you want to stop.
• 3. Get removal instructions for each mailer/spammer.
• 4. Note, it may take upto 90 days for mailings to stop.

Go to GreenDimes @ www.greendimes.com

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First locate your house on the map. Next draw the array of solar panels on your roof and set slope orientations. Once you have finished drawing the RoofRay will give an estimate amount of power you would be able to generate. This will give you a fairly good idea whether the solar power is a good choice for you (taking into account cost and power production).

Features:

• Estimate the amount of solar power you can generate from your roof.
• No sign up necessary, unless you want to save your estimations online.
• Simple and easy to use

Check out RoofRay @ www.roofray.com

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• SmallBluePrinter: House Plan Creator
• PlanningWiz: Plan and Decorate your Room Online
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Once the floor plan is created you can save it online, share it with others via email or print it out.

Features:

• Draw and design your room online.
• Create as many plans as you like.
• Add furniture (drag-and-drop interface), add different floor types, add doors and windows etc.
• Resize, rotate and color the objects to your liking.
• Save your plans on PlanningWiz or print them out.
• Share your plan with others.

PlanningWiz is not the first room planner service we have profiled. You might also want to check out FloorPlanner, SeeMyDesign and MyDeco, that were profiled in 3 Web Apps to Decorate and Plan your House. There is also Interior Paint Calculator in case you ever need to calculate the amount of paint needed to renovate the room.

Check out PlanningWiz @ v3.planningwiz.com

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Find out the zip code location, how many people live there, % of married/single/divorced people, average income, number of the public schools in the area, and lots more.

Keep in mind though, while the website provides lots of interesting stats about the zip code area, it’s designed to give only a general idea. In some cases it can be inaccurate. So you can’t use it as a primary source for any serious research.

Features:

(1) Look up general info about the zip code: educational achievements, marital staus, household income, occupations, race, age, gender etc.

(2) Visualize zip code related information on charts.

(3) See how given zip code compares with other neighborhood areas. Using this handy feature you can compare up to 20 zip codes.

(4) See top 100 zip codes for United States (or top zip codes by state) based on various criteria i.e. population density, median income, unemployment rate, college graduation etc.

(5) Check all public schools in that area code. Since this information is based on the NCES “Common Core of Data” you only get information about public schools.

(6) Check out the given zip code on the map.

(7) Widget: Generate a widget for any zip code and embed it onto your website or blog.

Check Zip Skinny @ www.zipskinny.com

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• 1. Select the state you’re moving from and enter the first 3 digits of your zipcode.
• 2. Choose the type of move and get the list of related movers.
• 3. Fiil out the quotation form to get free quotes from selected companies.

Features:

• Find local mover comanies by zip code and request free quotes.
• Download and print free moving checklist to help you move.
• Read tips and relevant information for different type of moves.
• Browse moving services by move type, location, and moving distance.

Check out USA Movers @ www.usamovers.com

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Features

• Get a detailed report on your home mortgage payments, incl. monthly payment breakdown.
• Note: If the home down payment is less than 20%, it factors in the Private Mortgage Insurance.
• Embed Maracal mortgage calculator onto your webpage.
• Free and doesn’t require any registration.

Check out MaraCal @ www.maracal.com

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Features

• Recreate and Plan your room in 3D environment.
• Apply paint, wallpaper, flooring , accessoires etc.
• Rearrange layout of your room: Change doors, windows, add new or move existing furniture etc.
• Preview applied changes from any angle.
• Recreate your room by uploading its images. Please note, it may take up to 24 hours before you will be able to add effects to your images
• Share your plans and design with others.
• Browse and preview rooms created by others, rate them and leave comments.
• Absolutely free.

Check out ‘Mydeco – Complete Room Planner’ @ [ www.mydeco.com/plan-my-room/ ]

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FelonSpy helps you find out whether there are any felons residing in your area. It tracks virtually everyone with a criminal record including sex offenders, ex-cons, and even those guilty of serious traffic infractions. The website uses a broad array of publicly available databases: it compares city, county, state and federal criminal databases with the telephone records and pinpoints the exact location of people with criminal records. Simply type in your address, click enter and it will give you a map view of your neighborhood along with the details.

Is it ethical ? Well, I guess it depends on from where you look at it. Although I am pretty sure no one with a family would want to move to a neighborhood near some sex offender.

Features:

• Search for felons in any neighborhood.
• No registration or signup required.
• Available only within United States.

Visit Felonspy @ [ www.felonspy.com ]

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ProQuo: “There is a ten billion dollar industry profiting from the trading and selling of your personal information today — without your knowledge, and without your consent. The companies involved in this industry include data brokers, direct marketing companies, credit bureaus, and other organizations.”

Feature Overview

• Reduce junk mail and prevent identity thefts by removing personal data from marketing lists.
• Unsubscribe from: Coupons & Weekly Circulars, Marketing Lists & Data Brokers, Phone Directories, AND Telemarketing Lists.
• Choose which mails/promotions to stop and which to continue.
• Claims to reduce junk mail by 50 to 90 percent.
• Note: it may take anywhere between 4-12 weeks for opt-out requests to get processed.
• Operates only in United States.
• More Questions? Go to service FAQ page.

Check out ProQuo @ www.proquo.com

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RentoMeter Feature Overview

• Currently supported locations: USA, Canada and UK (London only).
• Looking for tenants? RentoMeter lets you post a listing.
• API: integrate RentoMeter into your website.

Video Demo

Check out RentoMeter @ [www.rentometer.com]

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