Finding the best route, using the 'Best...Ever' Web site

A simple way to create "The Best Home Search Ever" is to name your home-search site: "The Best Home Search Ever."

Daniel R. Odio, the creator of Alexandria, Va.-based DROdio Real Estate Inc., has announced a new tool that calculates a route and delivers driving instructions for multiple for-sale properties selected by users in Virginia, Maryland and Washington, D.C.

The real estate company also loans out GPS devices to assist prospective buyers in touring properties.

TheBestHomeSearchEver.com site, which also can be viewed at TBHSE.com, allows users to search for homes that are listed for sale in the regional multiple listing service, which had a for-sale inventory of about 94,000 homes as of Dec. 9.

The site also allows buyers to search for homes that have entered a foreclosure process, and to search for homes with upcoming open houses.

"Our tools allow home buyers to search on their own, without having to contact a real estate agent until they are ready to do so. It is our belief that by giving home buyers the free tools they want, they will turn to us when they are ready to have a professional help them negotiate a contract for a home," Odio said in a statement.

After searching for homes, users can click to choose which properties to display on a map. They are then prompted to enter a starting address, and the tool calculates the most efficient route and produces driving directions to visit all of the selected properties and return to the starting address.

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