Mobile real estate agent for Android

Includes bibliographical references (p. 56-57)When it comes to real estate people think of big money, investments, selling and buying a property and most of all "Searching" a property. With the increasing prosperity and standards of living across the globe, more people have started hunting for properties, which meet their needs and suit their pockets. If we see the current market, the inventories are high, prices are off and the foreclosures are high. With the Internet Revolution that hit us almost two decades ago, the task of hunting a property has become easier. You can go online, search for properties around you. Now, this was the story until smart-devices especially until smartphones were not in popular use. In last two to three years, we have seen humongous sale of smartphone devices. Almost one third of those are supported by Android OS. Now, everyone wants to also work while on the move. Especially, while one is on a goose hunt for a nice property, one wants to always have something that can help them find properties. For example, with all the foreclosed properties, sales by owner and slow-moving properties, when looking at one property, you might drive by half a dozen other properties for sale signs. No doubt smart phones provide us the ability to connect to the web while on the move. But, then there comes a pain, searching for a suitable website and then property in there. Apart from that, even if you find a property there, you have to navigate to another website to get directions etc. You will have to note down the real estate agent's contact number to reach him. How about all these features integrated into an android application. The "Mobile Real Estate Agent for Android" provides the user with this integrated solution. This application is a one-stop destination for everything you want to know about a property. One can search a property based on MLS number, one has the option to search a property based on its location. Users can also use detailed search options where they can feed in the desired number of bedrooms, area etc. and get a list of matching properties. A user can find all the details about the property. One can also search properties under a specific Real Estate Agent using our Agent Directory. Apart from all these features, the user has been provided the ability to get directions to that property. Mortgage Calculator is another one of the interesting features that comes embedded into this application. This application has been developed in the Android application development environment, which is Java based and uses Google APIs