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Want to Increase Customer Satisfaction and Referrals?
Communicate the Value of One-Stop Shopping By Andrea Zimmerman 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.

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.

Why Organic Search Placement Is the Best Form of Advertising You Can Have
By Mike Parker RISMEDIA, January 30, 2009-”The problem with advertising,” my first boss told me, “is that there are unlimited places to spend money on advertising but only limited monies to spend.

Obama?s Stimulus Package Should Help Economy, Experts Say
By Kevin G. Hall RISMEDIA, January 29, 2009-(MCT)-Economists think the stimulus plan at hand, while far from perfect, will help stimulate the moribund U.S. economy.

How to Stop Wondering ?What Happened? to Your Business
  By Craig Proctor RISMEDIA, January 28, 2009-It is said that there are three types of companies: those who make things happen; those who watch things happen, and those who wonder what happened.

The Shortcut to Success - 5 Tips for the Fast Track
By Scott Halford RISMEDIA, January 27, 2009-Due to economic conditions, a sort of “Business Darwinism” is taking over in most organizations-survival of the fittest-as excess is trimmed and only the necessary survive.

We?re All in This Together - What?s Good for Homeowners Is Good for America
Commentary by Ralph R. Roberts RISMEDIA, January 26, 2009-Over the past year or so, the American homeowner has taken it on the chin-a one-two-three punch that has knocked many out of their homes and threatens to do the same to millions more.

Few Borrowers Can Revise Mortgage Loans
By Monica Hatcher RISMEDIA, January 23, 2009-(MCT)-Since defaulting on her mortgage more than a year ago, Marisela Gonzalez has attended foreclosure prevention seminars, spent hours on the phone with her lender

How Safe Is Multicultural Marketing?
Multicultural Corner by Oscar Gonzales, Ph.D. RISMEDIA, January 22, 2009-At a time when companies should be taking bigger business development risks, their bias tends to move them in the other direction.

Using Web 2.0 Tools to Reach, Recruit and Retain Clients
e-Mail Strategies by Mike Barnett RISMEDIA, January 21, 2009-In today’s rather soft real estate economy, real estate professionals have to make extra efforts to explore Web 2.0 tools in order to reach, recruit and retain customers and clients.

Foreclosed Homes Can Be Good Deals, Bargains for Buyers
By LaTina Emerson RISMEDIA, January 20, 2009-(MCT)-Buying a foreclosure property was Amanda Rasch’s only hope of owning her own home. After fleeing New Orleans to escape Hurricane Katrina in 2005

Get Ready to Re-engineer Your Company
The old days are over…it’s time to get ready for a new type of industry Industry Advisor by Jose Perez RISMEDIA, January 19, 2009-My guess, judging by my travels and conversations with brokers, large and small, all over the country, is that this is an industry in denial…denial that they have to do more

Homeowners Urged - Sell Short, Refinance, But Try Not to Lose Your Home
By Jerry W. Jackson RISMEDIA, January 16, 2009-(MCT)-Every day, more people slip into the foreclosure whirlpool and spiral downward toward the day they may have to leave their home.

Obama on Track to Win $350 Billion from Congress for Bailout
Realtors Reiterate Keys to Housing Recovery By Steven Thomma and David Lightman RISMEDIA, January 15, 2009-(MCT/RISMedia)-A week before taking office, President-elect Barack Obama worked Tuesday to ensure that he’ll have more than a trillion dollars at his disposal within weeks

Is There Still Hope for Housing?
Obama Asks for Rest of Bailout Money, Pledges Tougher Rules By Kevin G. Hall and David Lightman RISMEDIA, January 14, 2009-(MCT/RISMedia)-President-elect Barack Obama asked the Bush administration on Monday for the remaining $350 billion in Wall Street rescue money, hoping to have the funds available

How to Reach Your 2009 Goals - One Month at a Time
By Margaret Kelly RISMEDIA, January 13, 2009-The start of a new year undoubtedly inspires big ideas for your business. It’s important to maximize your renewed motivation with a measured approach.

Responding to Critical Lack of Understanding about Real Estate Transactions, RISMedia Establishes ?Top 5 in Real Estate Network®?
New Network Marks New Deal for Consumers Seeking Real Estate Agents; Moves Process beyond Ads on Shopping Carts, Postcards, and Milk Cartons

Re-Inventing Your Career at Any Age
By Marylyn B. Schwartz, CSP RISMEDIA, January 9, 2009-It is often said that some of the very best real estate sales professionals were once teachers or nurses. That certainly holds true

Entering a Brave New World
LeadingRE firms prepare to operate in real estate’s new environment By Maria Patterson RISMEDIA, January 8, 2009-Make no mistake, the real estate downturn has affected brokers across the board…from luxury firms to long-time independents alike.

Operating within the New Economy
Broker Strategies for Succeeding in Difficult Times RISMEDIA, January 7, 2009-For those of us in the real estate industry, the Feds’ recent announcement that the country has been in recession since December 2007 hardly came as a revelation.