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Make your real estate business recession proof with foreclosures
 
Foreclosure sales represented 47 percent of all homes sold in the first half of 2009 with no signs of slowing. Google shows searches for terms like “homes,” and “real estate” were down by more than 50 percent from the previous year, yet terms such as “foreclosure homes” were up by roughly the same number.
 
So the real estate business has not slowed, it has changed. If you are not part of the change, you are missing out on a great opportunity. Selling foreclosures also pays more per transaction than conventional real estate, and foreclosures are actually easier to sell.
 
Foreclosure real estate is recession proof.
 
In an up market when buyers and sellers crowd the landscape, anyone can be successful by answering their phone. How many people do you know that are now serving drinks rather than submitting loan applications? But even in an up market, buyers want to save money, it just may not be their number one priority. In a down market, priorities change and saving money goes to the top of the list in every case. When the market turns and the field is cleared of the “order takers,” it’s time for the true ... more

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