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Power Teams: Drawing up a Business Plan

Excerpt series provides insight into recently released book RISMEDIA, June 2, 2008-Agents are often too busy doing business to create a business. As a result, they end up working 80 hours a week for most of their adult lives and then retire without


Thinking Is Believing – 4 Ways Your Frame of Mind Can Impact Your Success

By Kim Ades ...


New Study Finds What Leads to Higher Closing Costs

RISMEDIA, June 2, 2008-Many American consumers overpay by thousands of dollars in total closing costs when they purchase their homes, according to a new nationwide report from the Urban Institute. The study found that there are significant and unsupported variations in loan charges, title fees and other closing costs charged ...


Have a Hot Listing? Want Added Exposure?

RISMEDIA, June 2, 2008-Think you have a listing that deserves some time in the spotlight? RISMedia has just the place. Each week, the editors at RISMedia choose a Featured Listing, broadcasted on Fridays in our Daily eNews and on the site for up to one week. ...


Employees Receiving Perks for ‘Butting’ Out

By Patricia Anstett RISMEDIA, June 2, 2008-(MCT)-Can't stop smoking? Your employer wants to help. For the first time, a growing number of companies is offering free or reduced-cost smoking cessation strategies.


More Reaction to NAR and DOJ Settlement

By Paige Tepping ...


Home Values Steady, Even Rising in Some Markets, Research Says

RISMEDIA, June 2, 2008-While residential real estate prices are declining as a whole on a national basis, new research from Forsythe Appraisals, an independent appraisal company, indicates that the national trends also show pockets of stability, and some with marginal increases in home values rising in some U.S. submarkets. ...


Openhouse.com Sweepstakes Open to Real Estate Professionals Nationwide

RISMEDIA, June 2, 2008-OpenHouse.com, a consumer destination site for open house listings nationwide, has announced that its OpenHouse.com sweepstakes will begin on June 1 and will be open to all U.S.-based sales associates and brokers regardless of their company affiliation. Sales associates or brokers who post an open house listing ...


Appraisal Institute Says ‘Join the Movement’ with New Green Building Seminar

RISMEDIA, June 2, 2008-The Appraisal Institute introduced its newest seminar, An Introduction to Valuing Green Buildings, which will premiere June 24, 2008, in Austin, Texas. Designed for appraisers, developers, investors and other real estate professionals, this timely seminar will explore the history and progress of the "green" building movement in ...


Prudential Real Estate to Feed For-Sale Listings to Propsmart.Com, Zillow.Com

RISMEDIA, June 2, 2008-Prudential Real Estate Affiliates, Inc., a Prudential Financial, Inc. company, announced its feed of more than 140,000 for-sale property listings to popular Internet search sites Propsmart.comTM and Zillow.com®. The agreements will place Prudential Real Estate affiliates' listings in front of the millions of consumers who visit these ...


NAR Awards Grants to Support Local Association Smart Growth Initiatives

RISMEDIA, June 2, 2008-The National Association of Realtors® has awarded $48,262 to 13 local and state Realtor® associations through the Smart Growth Action Grants program. The grants are awarded to help associations implement smart growth programs and activities that position Realtors® as leaders in improving their communities. ...


Emerging Real Estate Market Investors Set Sights on U.S. Market

RISMEDIA, June 2, 2008-The international real estate brand, Cityscape, announced their premiere event in the United States. According to the company, Cityscape a leading name in real estate exhibitions and conferences, organizes the world's largest B2B real estate event-Cityscape Dubai-which attracted nearly 52,000 visitors from 136 countries in 2007. The ...


5 Ways to Find the Right Summer Rental

By Marshall Loeb ...


8 Garden Tips from the Experts

By Nina A. Koziol ...


Open Houses – Why Should I Enter Them in Keystone?

By Diane Ives ...



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