Most clients, especially those with young children, expect their agents to know a thing or two about local schools, their ratings and districts. Because these districts can change, it can be a little bit of a gamble speaking with absolute authority on local schools. Luckily there's a free mobile iPhone/iPad/iTouch app makes it possible for prospects to research this information on their own.

GreatSchools allows you to locate and map nearby elementary, middle, and high schools or search listings across the U.S. You can also view detailed ratings, reviews, and test scores.

Key features include:

• Search the latest school information for more than 125,000 K-12 schools in the U.S., including public, public charter, and private schools
• Map and compare schools for any city, based on your current location
• Filter schools by public or private, grade level, distance, GreatSchools Rating, Community Rating or, enrollment size
• Browse parent reviews, recent test scores, and district info
• Save schools to your personal list of favorites for quick retrieval later
• Share schools with family and friends

When you sit down with clients at the beginning and share cell phone numbers, social media pages, real estate apps and other forms of electronic communication, ask them to download the Great Schools app if this is on their radar.

Do you have any great resources for local school information? Let us know in the comments section.

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