Real Estate Agents

The Four "C"s of Getting Consummate Real Estate Service

Nick Segal | Posted 05.15.2012

Nick Segal

When you team up with a quality realtor, your successful relationship will likely produce what we all want: you being happy with your deal.

Yet Another Advantage To Being Beautiful

The Huffington Post | Emma Gray | Posted 04.13.2012

The economy may not be the only thing determining your home's sale price. According to a new study, how attractive your real estate agent is can have ...

Toni's Take on Real Estate: The Three 'P's You Need

Toni Haber | Posted 03.31.2012

Toni Haber

As a real estate broker for almost for 30 years, I have seen many people come and go, in and out of this industry. Why do some succeed, while others tuck tail and run?

Toni's Take on Real Estate: When Connections Come Full Circle

Toni Haber | Posted 03.06.2012

Toni Haber

I'm all about making connections. I've been networking my entire life -- I'm not kidding when I say I started networking in elementary school -- and funnily enough it's all come full circle.

5 Key Questions to Ask Your Potential Real Estate Agent Before Hiring

Nick Segal | Posted 12.31.2011

Nick Segal

How can you tell which real estate agent is the right one for you? Here are my top five suggestions of questions to ask a realtor when you consider hiring them.

Cons, Crooks, and Bullies, Oh My: The Los Angeles Real Estate Experience

Dr. Cheryl Pappas | Posted 09.14.2011

Dr. Cheryl Pappas

The real estate business is in tear-down condition. The confluence of the economy, the end of real estate boom days, the internet, and increasing cons...

It's Not Stealing, It's Dealing

Lita Smith-Mines | Posted 09.05.2011

Lita Smith-Mines

If you're a buyer chafing at the inflexible stance adopted by the homeowners you repeatedly encounter, it may be wise to examine your negotiating style.

Some Real Estate Agents Are In Cahoots With Fraudsters

Jerry Chautin | Posted 08.31.2011

Jerry Chautin

With declining prices, scammers are using short sales to make a fast buck by purchasing properties at below-market prices and immediately flopping them to new buyers.

Is Your Realtor the Enemy?

Nick Segal | Posted 06.05.2011

Nick Segal

If you think realtors have a tendency to treat you poorly, you should see how we treat each other.

New York City Apartment Hell Pt. 3

David Serchuk | Posted 05.25.2011

David Serchuk

The person showing the place wasn't there; the door was eerily open to the world, looking for all intents and purposes like the opening scene of some kind of cheaply-shot horror movie.

Distressed Domiciles

Lita Smith-Mines | Posted 05.25.2011

Lita Smith-Mines

If all that remains after foreclosures are distressed properties, the human toll taken by our economic downturn will continue to be largely ignored.

A Realtor's Perspective: Advice for Home Buyers Looking for the "Right" Agent

Nick Segal | Posted 05.25.2011

Nick Segal

Before you dive in with the first person you meet at an open house simply because you think they're "nice," it's a good idea to stop and think.

Foreclosures Weighing On Home Appraisals

AP | ALEX VEIGA | Posted 05.25.2011

LOS ANGELES — It wasn't the first time that Katherine Scheri ruined a real estate agent's day with a low property appraisal. Scheri, a real est...

Are You Cut Out To Be Self Employed?

Don McNay | Posted 05.25.2011

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 05.25.2011

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 05.25.2011

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 11.17.2011

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 05.25.2011

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 05.25.2011

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 05.25.2011

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 05.25.2011

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...