Trick #1: Send Your Faxes Free

Getting tired of trudging over to the old machine to send a fax? Stuck in a hotel and too tired to run down to the business center to get a fax out? Angry when you see the cost on your hotel bill - or your online fax service? The solution is right on the web where these nice folks allow you to send a fax from your computer to any place in the US or Canada. PC Magazine reviews this neat service and says "forget tying up your phone line and use a free Internet fax service instead... ".

No need to register -- just go right in and send up to three pages or one attachment. And the price is right - zero.

Trick #2: What Time is it in Manawatu-Wanganui?

Want to be sure that you don't roll a valuable client or friend out of bed at 3 in the morning with your friendly voice? This handy helper gives you an easy way to compare past, current and future times and arrange calls and meetings across time zones.

You can compare time differences for up to 5 places and to accommodate reasonable timing with one click you can determine the ideal time for a conference call across the 5 time zones.

No more juggling schedules to keep everyone happy. This one is easy.

Great Place #1: Check That Charity's Financial Health

At holiday time (or any time for that matter) ever wonder about a charity you are considering supporting -- and how responsible and effective it is in handling your contributions? Last year more than four million donors used this great place to answer that question and TIME Magazine called it "One of America's 50 Coolest Websites"

This easy to navigate service provides a rating system that examines the effectiveness of over 5,000 charities and applies a rating ranging from zero to four stars. In addition you will find lots of valuable information and tips to help you with your altruistic efforts.

Neat service for neat folks.

Great Place #2: Find People Info Fast and Easy

Looking for your old buddy in the Navy? How about a long lost classmate, neighbor, business associate or friend? This great place provides lots of information about the object of your search including public record data, work history, education, social networking information, address, family, photos, public phone number, email, news and blog entries.

The good news is that this great search service is free and you do not have to create an account or log in to use it. The bad news is that much of the data is provided by Intelius and when you really need some of the good stuff you'll need to get out your wallet. Allowing for the fact that these folks need to feed their children, this great place is a vast source of intriguing information. They should call this great place the Google for people (with an occasional surcharge).

Published: January 22, 2009

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John M. "Jack" Peckham is the Executive Director of REcyber.com (the Real Estate CyberSpace Society). In that capacity he oversees the development and delivery of the latest up to the minute Real Estate Cyberspace tools, strategies, networking structures and services that the Society provides its members to leverage their effectiveness, visibility, professionalism and earnings. As host of Real Estate CyberSpace Radio, he provides over 40 hours of programming to help listeners integrate the power of the Internet into their daily business lives. He is the author of several real estate books published by Prentice Hall and Harcourt Brace Jovanovich including his latest Master Guide to Income Property Brokerage from Wiley Publishing. A columnist for the Boston Herald for nine years, his syndicated columns have appeared in over 100 papers nationwide. Jack loves to sell real estate has been involved directly in the sale of over one billion dollars in Real Estate. Today he sells in his jeans and fuzzy slippers as a one-man shop and has closed over $40,000,000 in sales on the Internet recently in 20% of his working time. The balance he spends directing the affairs of the 10,000 member Real Estate CyberSpace Society. The Society awards the RECS (Real Estate CyberSpace Specialist) Designation to members based on the current criteria. He served as Chairman of the Strategic Planning Committee for the National Association of Realtors (NAR), is a Past President of the Massachusetts Association of Realtors and has been honored as the Massachusetts State Realtor of the Year. You can reach Jack at or by calling 617-523-4441.