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If you’re considering using a real estate virtual assistant, it’s imperative that they save you time and increase your efficiency. If their systems aren’t set up to allow you easy document and information exchange, you could find that you’re spending almost as much time as before in just getting what they need into their system.

Social media use by business, and definitely by real estate professionals, is growing by leaps and bounds.  And, if you read here much, you know that I’m a big fan of Google+ , the new social spot on the Web.  However, there’s a lot of disagreement about how much to engage our prospective customers on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and now Google+

What have you called an inspector lately?  Or, how about an appraiser

Just this week, Google+ became an integral part of Google Search results with “Personal Results.”   It’s creating quite a stir, some negative.  Twitter is in a snit because they think Google has an unfair advantage, and others just think it’s not going to be useful

The vast majority of people who do not make it in real estate fail in their first two or three years in the business. These 3 secrets for new real estate agent success can get you started right and make real estate your lifelong career.

If you’re still trying to compare Google+ to Facebook, you shouldn’t be doing that either.  It isn’t a Facebook clone, and is only a competitor in some ways

Commercial real estate agents have unique work environments and income structures that may not be right for everybody. Additionally, those who want to become commercial real estate agents should consider the personal qualities and education levels that agents successful within the commercial real estate industry possess.

Daily News Articles | Realtor Magazine realtormag.realtor.org 1/5/12 Several real estate professionals say cash-back incentives that some lenders are using to tempt delinquent borrowers to do a short sale over a foreclosure are not very effective because it’s not clear on who qualifies for the … … Read Full Post

The FHA, Federal Housing Administration, just issued a performance report that could indicate the need for a taxpayer bailout in the next three to five years.  A spike from 8.4% to 9.3 percent this month for mortgages delinquent three months or more has generated concern. ..