RISMEDIA, October 9, 2009-The best available tool for sustaining the still-fragile housing market is the $8,000 home buyer tax credit, and it is essential that Congress extend the credit into 2010, the National Association of Realtors® testified at a hearing of the U.S. House Small Business Committee recently. The tax credit expires November 30. NAR Regional Vice President Joseph L. Canfora, a broker-owner with Century 21 Selmar Realty in East Islip, N.Y., also told the panel that a major stumbling block for (0 comments)
realtor: ‘Teal Is the New Green’: How One Company’s Focus on the Environment Is Creating New Marketing Strategy for Agents
- 10/07/09 09:18 AM
[1]RISMEDIA, October 7, 2009-"The environment will be one of the great challenges of the 21st century. Soon it will dominate virtually all aspects of life in North America-socially, politically and economically. Today's great leaders and entrepreneurs must look at environmental problems as an opportunity to set themselves apart from the competition." - Steve Morris, Founder and CEO, EXIT Realty Corp. International The green real estate movement is today's mantra for everything from energy-efficient appliances and toxin-free building materials to all-natural cleaning supplies or water-saving products. Everywhere we turn, marketing screams for our lives to "go green!" Whether it's the bag you (0 comments)
realtor: DOES THIS NEW REALTOR REALLY HAVE A SHOT?
- 11/20/08 04:12 AM
As I sat down trying to decide on what I would write for my first blog ever, naturally I thought about my real estate career (or should I say the career that I want). Everything that I've learned up to this point the question that comes to mind...do I really have a shot to make this a career? Let's admit the facts of being drawn to this business: (what drove me) I was tired of being told what to do and when to do it. I was tired of giving my input and hard work and not getting ahead. I was (14 comments)