--- description: Find out why Realm is one of the best inventions of 2021 title: Realm: The 100 Best Inventions of 2021 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf5498f6f300861ca/698a1e9b4ee262310a3197e1/best-inventions-2021-Realm.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Nov 10, 2021 # Increasing Property Value Realm by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close  Homeowners often struggle to decide which upgrades will offer the biggest property-value boost. [Realm](https://myrealm.co "undefined") helps out by analyzing real estate, tax, zoning and other data to offer recommendations—assessing the impact of different designs, materials and financing options to calculate the return on, say, a kitchen renovation. Realm is free—it makes money via vendor referral fees—but in a service currently offered only in California, for a fee of $199 to $500 (credited toward project costs), an adviser will provide a deeper analysis as well as find architects, designers and more. —_Juliette Pearse_ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2021/6113630/realm/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2021/6113630/realm/"},"headline":"Increasing Property Value","datePublished":"2021-11-10T11:11:16.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-02T23:55:48.381Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2021/6113630/realm/","keywords":["list","franchise","best inventions","Best Inventions 2021"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf5498f6f300861ca/698a1e9b4ee262310a3197e1/best-inventions-2021-Realm.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf5498f6f300861ca/698a1e9b4ee262310a3197e1/best-inventions-2021-Realm.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2021/6113630/realm/","name":"Increasing Property Value"}}]}] ```