Realtor Ronald Monk and MindGrub Launch New App to Help Buyers Find Homes with Parking

ParkRe, a new real estate app that helps people find homes with parking, launches today on the Apple App Store and Google Play. The app was created by Ronald Monk, a realtor at South Baltimore-based Berkshire Hathaway HomeService PenFed Realty, and MindGrub, which is headquartered in Locust Point.

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New Local Real Estate App Helps People Find Homes with Parking Regionally­ Targeted ParkRE app to launch in March

BALTIMORE, MD, March 10, 2015 ­ With their new mobile application, ParkRE has put urban real estate in the palms of homebuyers in the Greater Baltimore Area. Scheduled to launch mid­March, this free mobile app will be available for both iOS and Android devices.

Features of the application include an interactive map to identify homes with off­street parking, unique filters to sort listings based on types of parking, and beacon alerts that notify users when a ParkRE property is nearby. The application’s developer,​Mindgrub​, worked with Metropolitan Regional Information Systems when developing the application. The vision of the mobile app was developed by Ronald Monk:

“We noticed that off­street parking was a huge trend in local, urban home buyers and we wanted to capitalize on this trend while also serving the buyer’s needs,” said Monk, a Realtor at ​Berkshire Hathaway HomeService PenFed Realty​. “We now have an incredible advantage over other real estate search engines. With this app, we can better serve our customers by giving them the power to find a place that can house their family, and their car.”

The process of discovering an urban property with off­street parking has been simplified with ParkRE’s new application. Through the use of beacons placed in lock boxes at listed homes, potential buyers can receive location­based notifications about an available home, complete with off­street parking. When a buyer is in close proximity of a property, the application sends the user a notification with the property information. Buyers can also connect with Realtors directly in the application, and send property inquiries.

To celebrate its release, ParkRE will be hosting a launch party on March 31, 2015 from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. on the second floor of Brewers Cask located at 1236 Light Street, Baltimore, MD 21230. Special guest, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings­Blake will be in attendance.