I Spy Refi

Table of Contents:

• Description
• Getting Started Remotely
• Getting Started Locally
• Technologies Used
• Usage
• Future Features
• Contributors
• Special Thanks
• Deployed

Description

A personal Home assessment app that allows you to fill out a quick form of your address and any home improvements made to your home. We then use our algorithm and pull comps of similar houses in your area and combine our numbers along with any renovations made to your home. I Spy Refi helps you get a better understanding of your home's actual worth similar to a bank assessment which helps you feel confident when applying for a refinance or home equity line of credit.

Installation & Getting Started Remotely

• hosted site
• repo

Installation & Getting Started Locally

This app utilizes the Firebase BaaS and as a result the local set up requires some extra configurations that include details particular to this application. The following guide is just that, a guide; creating a separate Firebase application to plug into this mostly fronend code will include hurdles not documented here. Good luck.

• Getting Started Doc

Technologies Used

Project is created with:

• React
  • Hooks
  • Context
• Firebase
  • FireStore
  • Cloud Functions
  • OAuth
• Node.js
• SASS
• Material UI
• RapidAPI
  • Realtor.com API
• HTML5
• CSS3
• ES6

Usage

Sign In / Sign Up

You can either sign using your Google account or the standard email route.

• If using email, the following is required:
  • First Name
  • Last Name
  • Email
  • Password
    • note: passwords are encrypted & stored in Google's propriety servers, we can't leak them because we don't have access to them ourselves. Or put another way, they're as safe as Google can make them.

Add Your House

• Requires:
  • Street
  • City
  • State
  • Zip

Add Renovations

When seaking a refinance option the quickest way to boost your returns is to add renovations to your house. Each house is different and an exhaustive itemized list of all possible renovations options can quickly become overwhelming. In lieu of that we list the top 7 most valuable renovations with a simple toggle option of Minor/Major or Yes/No. Some nuance is lost but the following options should fit most circumstances:

• Kitchen: includes cabinets, fridge, etc...
• Roof: new shingles?
• Bathroom: includes toilet, tub, tiles, etc...
• Attic: bedroom conversion?
• Landscaping: includes trees, mulch, walkway, etc...
• Entry door replacement?
• Deck, patio or porch installation?

View Dashboard

The heart of the application. Here you can view details related to house, its worth as calculated by Realtor.com as well as its worth taking into consideration the renovations added as well as comparable homes in your area.

Additional features:

• House values
• Current Mortgage rates
• 10 nearby comparable properties
• Renovations value chart

Modify User / House

This is simple utility page where a user can perform some basic administrative tasks, such as the following:

• Update Name
• List Property
• Delete Property
• Delete Account

Future Features

• User defined renovation types & values in lieu of national averages
• Map integration for comparison houses
• Comparison radius slider, filter comparison houses by distance from your home
• Dark/Light mode toggle
• Multiple houses per user
• Update password & email
• Trending rates chart, house value is saved on each login and pushed to a chart to visualize trends

Contributors

Special Thanks/Credits

• Yusuff Faruq's Firebase/React Authentication blog post

Depolyed

• I Spy Refi