Thomas Lloyd,  Broker By Thomas Lloyd
2010-09-20

If you are visiting the Yucatan area on vacations, and you are curious about the possibility of a vacation home or relocation to the beautiful colonial city of Merida or the nearby beachfront towns, here is some good news; you can now search for Yucatan real estate on the run using Google Street View from a computer or your mobile phone.

While relaxing in a taxi, or just walking through the old streets of Merida, you can open a special mobile phone real estate listing application, (an innovation from TOPMexicoRealEstate.com) from your iPhone and view all listings for that city. The application allows you to search by location, price, type and area. While browsing, if you find one you like, you can view property info, a photo gallery, a video (if available) and the price. At the bottom of the listing page, a Google map will show you the exact location of the property you are looking for.

Now here's the best part. Right below the Google Map, there will be a Google Street View screen, automatically focused on the location of the property. You can use this to take a virtual tour through the neighborhood, looking around at surrounding homes, adjacent streets, nearby conveniences, etc.

Now, going back to the fact that you are walking around Merida; you can use the map and the street view and the map to find that neighborhood and go take a look for yourself! Using the combination fo the mobile phone application and Google Street View, you can kick start your real estate search in an easy, fun and flexible way, getting a feel for which neighborhoods and styles are most appealing to you.

Of course, this will only be a preliminary step in finding the Yucatan real estate best for you – after getting a feel for what you like, you will need to contact a qualified, experienced agent, describe to your agent what kinds of properties and neighbourhoods caught your interest, and they will help you presenting new options, and suggesting the best properties for your needs.

Maybe during this process the agent will show or suggest a property that hadn't caught your interest before; you can use the same tools to go find other similar properties and ask your agent to show them to you, or share their opinion.

In any case, using these tools, you will be able to enjoy your relaxing vacations in Merida or the surrounding towns in Yucatan, while making the first steps of your real estate search effective and easy. Soon enough, you will be enjoying life in this same warm-weather, charming city!

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Thomas Lloyd graduated from Purdue University Krannert School of Management with a degree in Management/Financial Option Investments. He has been living, investing, and working professionally in Mexico for over 15 years. A Mexican Certified Realtor he is the current president of TOPmexicorealestate, you can contact him at (512) 879-6546.

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