Real Estate Agents

Are You Cut Out To Be Self Employed?

Don McNay | Posted 09.10.2009 | Business


Don McNay

Before a person decides on self employment, they need to figure out how important five o' clock is in their lives.

Good Grief! Comic Characters Leave Newspapers for a Day

Dave Astor | Posted 05.13.2009 | Comedy


Dave Astor

Given that most newspapers still don't publish weekday comics in color, my mistake was putting today's cartoon guests in the green room rather than the black-and-white room.

Are Real-Estate Online Tools Shifting the Paradigm?

Neal Rodriguez | Posted 03.24.2009 | Business


Neal Rodriguez

Is an increased use of the Web 2.0 Syndication Search and the For Sale By Owner tool a means for home sellers to save on real estate broker commissions?

How To Get Along With Your Real Estate Broker

Pauline Millard | Posted 07.16.2008 | Living


Pauline Millard

Brokers are here to help you: The whole apartment-hunt process is like dating and in the end it's not about selling anything, but finding the perfect match.

Job Winners and Losers in Hard Times

AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 04.15.2008 | Business


WASHINGTON — Hospitals, schools and the assembly line at an airplane factory look like pretty good places to be with a recession looming and une...

Realtors Go "Eco-Friendly" As Marketing Ploy

Wall Street Journal | SARA SCHAEFER MUNOZ | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


n a bid to stand out in a sagging housing market, an increasing number of real-estate agents are marketing themselves as eco-friendly -- connecting en...

Foreigners Snap Up Second Homes In U.S.

AP | Leslie Wines | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Panden Rota, a Nepalese producer of fine rugs, is about to become a Manhattanite, the owner of a sumptuous apartment in the luxurious downtown neighbo...

Housing Slump Squeezes New Real Estate Agents Out Of A Job

New York Times | Katie Hafner | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Even when Leon Maldonado was getting his real estate license three years ago, he saw that the red-hot housing market in San Diego was beginning to coo...