High Gas Prices Trigger Changes in Buyer Behavior

The rise in gas prices is influencing buyer decisions as they shop for a new home, causing more buyers to make short commutes and home offices a top priority.

Seventy-five percent of the real estate professionals surveyed say the spike in gas prices is influencing their clients’ decisions on where to live. What’s more, if gas prices continue to increase, 93 percent predict that even more buyers will choose to live somewhere closer to their work.

Gas prices are topping $4 a gallon and higher, and are up about 30 percent over last year, which is starting to put a dent in many Americans’ pocketbook.

More real estate professionals also report that the rise in gas prices is prompting more buyers to look for homes that will allow them to work-from-home. Indeed, 77 percent of those surveyed say that more of their buyers are showing an interest in having a home office compared to five years ago.

Gas prices also seem to be spiking a renewed interest in urban living. More than half of real estate professionals surveyed say they are seeing more buyers wanting to target homes in urban areas compared to five years ago, citing shorter commute times, being able to walk to more places, and being near public transportation as the most likely reasons for the urban-area migration.

More buyers are also choosing homes closer to shops and services due to the increase in gas prices, according to the survey.

Buzy, Crazy and The TO Doer's --YAHOO Apps to Save time on the Run

Have you every wondered just how could you make your life more organized without all the sticky notes, yellow pads or scattered pieces of paper trying to keep your to-dos separated from your I wish I would have dones?

In todays life style we all over schedule ourselves with things we should do and things we would like to do. So here are a few apps that will help you get them DONE!!! And enjoy life along the way...

I just found this one and it is way cool organize all your reward cards in one location


Key Ring is the app that "brings 'em all together". Use it to scan &  store your existing loyalty cards, enroll in new loyalty programs, and  access exclusive coupons and discounts.




What is OPEN TABLE you ask yourself - Wow here your go...

OpenTable is a real-time restaurant reservation network that gives  diners, hotel concierges, and administrative professionals a live  Internet connection into the same computerized reservation books used by  thousands of the country's best restaurants



I dont leave in a crazy busy City but for those who do this would be great

Open Spot works by letting people who are leaving parking  spots share their spots with people who are searching for parking.


Start helping others find parking, and together we'll all  save time, save gas, and reduce pollution. Like to keep score? The more  open spots you mark, the more parking 'karma points' you'll get.



Find the best Bargins in town or hard to find stuff


Shopsavvy Find new ways to get the things you've scanned for even cheaper, learn about coupon codes, rebates, weekend sales and more. ShopSavvy 4 includes a rich set of tools to help you share the products  you scan and the prices you find on services such as Facebook, Twitter  and more.








Now that you have all these Apps running and you battery is dieing here is a quick way to kill them all with one click

Advance task Killer Just because Android apps have no "close" button doesn't mean they shut  down when you return to the home page or move on to another app. You  calendar, note pad, and programs in which you turn on event  notifications might periodically run in the background, depleting your  battery. Download and run Advanced Task Killer Free. You'll be amazed at  the apps that run on start-up without your knowledge.

Links to help you STOP WASTING TIME!!!

How much time in a day to we spend WASTING TIME..... Here are a few links to make your life so much easier and leave you more time for the fun stuff in life

Social made simple   All your networks in one place Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin and blogs together.  Post once and it goes  everywhere, and then follow your contacts on all of these networks.

LogMeIn.com LogMeIn offers solutions for remote control, file sharing, systems management, data backup, business collaboration and on-demand customer support of PCs, servers, Macintosh computers, smartphones and other connected devices.

primopdf.com Create PDF files faster with the only free PDF creator to support one-click, drag-and-drop PDF creation.
Convert to PDF from any file you can print, including Microsoft® Word, Excel®, and PowerPoint® formats.

Eyejot.com When you dont what to type a long me mail send a video. Video Mail in a Blink! It's fun, it's easy and there's nothing to install

Get2human.com When you're tired of wasting money and time due to phone systems that require you to press 10 or more options in order to reach a real person and spending many minutes or even hours on hold.

lucyphones.com Never wait on hold again!!!! Let Lucy call the number wait on hold and then call you when the number is connected you both say hello together