This website checks out how `walkable` a location is. This could be useful in help deciding which properties to purchase and creating advertising copy for existing rental properties.
http://www.walkscore.com
http://www.walkscore.com
QUOTE (timk519 @ Nov 20 2007, 09:17 AM) This website checks out how `walkable` a location is. This could be useful in help deciding which properties to purchase and creating advertising copy for existing rental properties.
http://www.walkscore.com
interesting
http://www.walkscore.com
interesting
QUOTE (RebeccaBryan @ Nov 20 2007, 10:23 AM) That`s Awesome! I just typed in the address for the Apartment building I`m putting an offer in on today. Is there anything that`s not online? And how did you find this. Hi Rebecca - I`m a software developer, and came across this particular service in a blog I frequent.
How did your Apartment building fare in terms of "walkability"?
How did your Apartment building fare in terms of "walkability"?
QUOTE (timk519 @ Nov 20 2007, 08:17 AM) This website checks out how `walkable` a location is. This could be useful in help deciding which properties to purchase and creating advertising copy for existing rental properties.
http://www.walkscore.comI am not impressed. I put my own address in. They said the closest grocery store was 13 k away, Sobeys is across the street, Safeway 1k away and Co-op across the street from Safeway. Home depot they put at 8k when the closest is 2.
http://www.walkscore.comI am not impressed. I put my own address in. They said the closest grocery store was 13 k away, Sobeys is across the street, Safeway 1k away and Co-op across the street from Safeway. Home depot they put at 8k when the closest is 2.
QUOTE (RebeccaBryan @ Nov 21 2007, 04:31 PM) I agree with Fay, it`s not that accurate. I put the apartment building in and it was missing the grocery store 1 block away.
I hope potential renters don`t use this! Consider what it would take to get a 100% accurate "measure."
I`m thinking it`s querying Google (maps?) for certain categories of information, and then posting those locations.
So, even if it`s not 100% accurate, at the very least it`ll help you when you`re doing preliminary research on an area, and can be considered useful as long as you remember it`s limitations.
Then again, there may be another web service which would do better.
I hope potential renters don`t use this! Consider what it would take to get a 100% accurate "measure."
So, even if it`s not 100% accurate, at the very least it`ll help you when you`re doing preliminary research on an area, and can be considered useful as long as you remember it`s limitations.
Then again, there may be another web service which would do better.
