Free Apps for Triangle Home Hunters

Are you looking for a home to rent or buy in the Triangle? If you have a smart phone, there are lots of free apps available to help you with your search! Here are our recommendations:

• Weather – The Weather Channel – Dress comfortably for your hunting excursions - check the current temps in any Triangle city or an hourly, 36-hour, or 10-day forecast. Includes radar maps!

• Real estate finders – Plot your route - Zillow, Trulia, and Realtor.com all have free apps that let you find properties for sale and rent and tons of features to help narrow your search.

• House info - A new app called HomeSnap lets you take a picture of a house while you're out and about, and get instant details like whether or not it's for sale, the price, square footage, and lots more.

Richard Bowen Jr. of Golden Realty & Management Awarded CCIM Designation

Richard N. Bowen, Jr.

Raleigh, NC — May 6, 2012 — Golden Realty & Management, a full-service real estate company, is proud to announce that Richard N. Bowen Jr., Director of Commercial Sales, has been awarded the Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM) designation by the CCIM Institute, one of the world’s leading commercial real estate associations.

Richard received the award on April 25, 2012 in Kansas City, Missouri, after completing and passing an intensive, graduate-level education program focusing on the cornerstones of commercial investment real estate. As a CCIM, Richard is recognized as an expert in commercial real estate brokerage, leasing, asset management, valuation, and investment analysis. CCIMs also have access to a wide array of valuable online resources, such as mapping, demographic, and other analytical tools, and are able to market properties through CCIMNet, a national commercial property exchange.