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Gas Prices Too High to “Waste” My Time with Buyers? Oh, Puh-leeeaze!

Jennifer Allan is an author and real estate agent trainer and she penned this post as a guest of Real Estate Radio USA. Her humor and insight are refreshingly to the point. I’m so sick of hearing how real estate agents can’t afford to work with buyers anymore – UNLESS that buyer has signed a [...]

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Get Cash Back At Closing…Legally!

States shown in white indicate that rebates are allowed and states in yellow indicate states where they are not allowed. Now that we all know this, there are three quick questions that need to be asked before we go any further. (see large map blow)

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ForSaleByOwner.com v. Jay Thompson And Realtors Round 2

Back in June of this year, US News & World Report hosted an installment of the Housing Rumble with Luke Mullins of the Home Front column mediating a debate between Jay Thompson, a Phoenix real estate broker and Greg Healy, the vice president of operations at ForSaleByOwner.com, a Web-based company that markets the homes of [...]

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Beware The Racist Realtor – Part II

Oh I finally understand the National Association Of Realtors advertising campaign. Silly me, I needed to read between the lines. “It’s a great time to buy a home…if you’re white!” Another agent is charged with being a racist. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced today that it has charged Rodney Foreman, [...]

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Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus And The NAR Is From Pluto

It really makes me wonder just what planet these guys from the National Association Of Realtors (NAR) are from. As a Realtor, I pay dues to an organization that causes my clients and prospective clients to ridicule my chosen profession. It was my belief that these guys were supposed to be supporting me. Wow, was [...]

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Don’t You Just Sometimes Want To Hide The Fact That You’re An NAR Member?

[flv:http://www.realestateradiousa.com/videos/beck.flv 300 250] 1 million plus members, many of whom do a good enough job on their own being fodder for the media, do you really need to be paying dues to an organization which continues to be the horse’s ass of trade unions?

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Be Prepared, or Lose the Sale!

I was never a boy scout, however I am always prepared. In my car I keep a “Readiness Kit”. I make sure I have essentials with me at all times for both me and my clients.

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Reality vs. Ideology. Reality Always Wins

  This is what happens when facts and dreams collide. This is what happens when people with business and financial information at their disposal get into conversations with ideologues. The ideologues advocacy leaves them hopeless in the face of verifiable information.

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