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Improve the Home, Improve Your Business

RISMEDIA, April 10, 2009-In a climate that's all about cutting back on expenses, nothing means more to consumers than being able to spend less. Whether it's saving money on home improvement projects after buyers move in, or when sellers are preparing their home for market, the Lowe's program for Realtors® helps agents pass along valuable savings to their home-selling and -buying clients.


Power Broker Survey Deadline Extended: Don’t Miss Your Chance to Rank among Leaders

RISMEDIA, February 23, 2009- The deadline for RISMedia's 21st Annual Power Broker Report & Survey-the industry's leading report ranking the nation's top brokerages-has been extended to Friday, February 27. Inclusion in this listing of the real estate industry's "who's who" serves as an important competitive tool in today's challenging market. To go directly to the survey, click here. Don't miss your opportunity to prove your strength among the competition.


Obama Unveils Plan to Stem Foreclosures

RISMEDIA, February 19, 2009-(MCT/RISMedia)-President Barack Obama rolled out a bold $75 billion, three-part plan Wednesday to halt the soaring rate of mortgage foreclosures nationwide, one that seeks to encourage refinancing of homes now worth less than their mortgages and provides incentives for lenders to lower the debt load on struggling homeowners.


Top Ways to Make Your Training More Effective with Less Stress

RISMEDIA, February 18, 2009-In this market, real estate agents are looking to you more than ever for training. With the order-taking days long gone, they certainly have the time for it and many are getting desperate for the "silver bullet" that will magically turn their dire situation around.


How to Help Distressed Homeowners by Offering Free CMAs

RISMEDIA, April 11, 2009-Many real estate professionals ask me what they can do to help stem the tide of foreclosures and stabilize the housing market in their area. One way you can help is by offering a free CMA (Comparative Market Analysis) to homeowners who are struggling to make their house payments.


White House, Congress Reach Final Compromise on Stimulus

RISMEDIA, February 13, 2009-(MCT/RISMedia)-Congress is now poised to approve a $789 billion economic recovery plan that includes billions of new dollars to help states pay education and health costs as well as tax breaks for those who buy new cars and homes.


Don’t Be Left Off the List – Top Brokers Respond Quickly to Survey

RISMEDIA, February 12, 2009-Many of the nation's top brokerages have already submitted their annual Power Broker survey, ensuring their chances for inclusion in this leading industry ranking from RISMedia. Among the companies currently in the line-up: RE/Max Equity Group; Prudential Georgia; Century 21 Judge Fite; and Shorewest Realtors. Don't miss your opportunity to be among this elite group-to complete your survey, click here.


Treasury Unveils Comprehensive Bank Rescue, New Start

RISMEDIA, February 11, 2009-(MCT)-Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner unveiled an ambitious and comprehensive plan Tuesday to revive the struggling banking sector, thaw the credit markets, spark more lending to consumers and reverse a nationwide housing slump.


Going ‘Green?’ Wear It Well

RISMEDIA, February 14, 2009-For the environmentally aware buyer and seller, there's increasing interest in working with an agent who not only shares a "green" mindset but also knows more than a thing or two about green properties.


RISMedia Launches New Website: New Features Offer Rich Resources at Critical Time in Industry

RISMEDIA, February 9, 2009-RISMedia, the leader in real estate information systems since 1980, has launched a brand new website that includes a host of new informational features at a time when industry professionals need them most, the company announced today.


Are Your Success Pillars in Balance?

RISMEDIA, April 10, 2009-Most people live their lives like they watch the television. The remote control is in their hands and they have the power to change the channel to any show they can possibly imagine. But they don't. There is opportunity to experience anything they can dream. But they don't do anything. They are content to simply watch whatever is on, rather than choose what they really want.


Show Strength in Troubled Times: Take the Power Broker Survey

RISMEDIA, Feb. 5, 2009-RISMedia's 21st Annual Power Broker Report & Survey-the industry's leading report ranking the nation's top brokerages-is now available online. Inclusion in this listing of the real estate industry's "who's who" serves as an important competitive tool in today's challenging market.


How to Team Up to Fight Foreclosures

            RISMEDIA, February 4, 2009-In Power Teams: The Complete Guide to Building and Managing a Winning Real Estate Agent Team, we encourage real estate agents to implement a team-based model to improve efficiency and customer service. This team-based model can also come in handy to fight the foreclosure epidemic and perhaps even open the doors to new opportunities in your market.


Want to Increase Customer Satisfaction and Referrals?

RISMEDIA, February 3, 2009-As a Realtor at a full-service brokerage, there is tremendous opportunity to deliver a simpler, better client experience by tapping into your one-stop shopping services. If you already refer to your in-house services, you are in good company-one-stop-shopping use has increased by 45% since 2002, according to a January 2008 survey by the National Association of Realtors and Harris Interactive. Even with this growth, the survey continues, 70% of home buyers are not familiar or only somewhat familiar with the one-stop shopping concept.


The Do’s and Don’ts of Short Sales

By Marylyn B. Schwartz, CSP RISMEDIA, February 2, 2009-It is a veritable alphabet soup of language out there relative to distressed sellers' properties. There are foreign-sounding terms, made-up jargon, rules, policies, procedures; blah, blah, blah.


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