Real Estate Agents

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

Nick Segal | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: La Real Estate, Customer Service, Real Estate Agents, Real Estate Advice, Realtor Advice, Los Angeles Real Estate, Los Angeles News
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.

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Yet Another Advantage To Being Beautiful

The Huffington Post | Emma Gray | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Real Estate Study, Real Estate Agents Gender, Housing Prices, Advantages of Beauty, Real Estate Agents Attractiveness, Real Estate Prices, Real Estate Agents, Beauty Salary, Attractiveness Salary, Real Estate Agents Race, Women News

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 ...

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

Toni Haber | Posted 03.31.2012

Read More: Sales, Real Estate Agents, Real Estate Brokers, Career Advice, NY Real Estate, Real Estate, Babe Ruth, Sales Tips, New York News
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?

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

Toni Haber | Posted 03.06.2012

Read More: Frankie Valli, Real Estate, Professional Advice, NY Real Estate, Real Estate Agents, Networking, New York News
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.

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

Nick Segal | Posted 12.31.2011

Read More: La Real Estate, Home Buyers, Los Angeles Real Estate, Reputation, Professionalism, Homebuyers, Real Estate Agents, Realtors, Real Estate, Business, Los Angeles News
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.

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

Dr. Cheryl Pappas | Posted 09.14.2011

Read More: Business Professionals, Bullying, Self-Respect, Real Estate Agents, Psychology, Real Estate, Los Angeles, Economy, Los Angeles News
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...

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It's Not Stealing, It's Dealing

Lita Smith-Mines | Posted 09.05.2011

Read More: Attorneys, Home Buyers, Negotiations, Housing-Glut-Bargains, Home Inventory, Homeowners, Real Estate, NY Real Estate, Real-Estate-Agents, Home Sellers, New York News
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.

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Some Real Estate Agents Are In Cahoots With Fraudsters

Jerry Chautin | Posted 08.31.2011

Read More: Investors, Bank of America, Large Banks, Scam, Community Banks, Real Estate, Avoid Foreclosure, Defaulting Homeowners, Fraud, Foreclosure, Wells Fargo, Business News, Flipping, Short Sale, Real Estate Agents, Flopping, Business News
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.

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Is Your Realtor the Enemy?

Nick Segal | Posted 06.05.2011

Read More: Realtors, National Association of Realtors, Los Angeles Real Estate, Housing Market, Real Estate, Real Estate Agents, Nick Segal, Los Angeles News
Nick Segal

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

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New York City Apartment Hell Pt. 3

David Serchuk | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pregnancy, Bay Ridge, Rent, Brooklyn, New York City, Apartments, Real Estate Agents, New York Apartments, NY Real Estate, Landlords, New York News
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.

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Distressed Domiciles

Lita Smith-Mines | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Foreclosures, Real Estate Market, Attorneys, Foreclosure Crisis, Homelessness, Real Estate Attorney, Real Estate Agents, Real Estate, NY Real Estate, Home Foreclosures, Real Estate Marketing, Distressed Homeowners, Business News
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.

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

Nick Segal | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: La Real Estate, Home Buyers, Los Angeles Real Estate, Partners Trust, Homebuyers, Homes for Sale, Realtors, Real Estate Agents, Los Angeles, Real Estate, Los Angeles News
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.

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Foreclosures Weighing On Home Appraisals

AP | ALEX VEIGA | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Foreclosures, National Association of Realtors, San Diego, Real Estate Prices, Home Prices, Real Estate Agents, Home Sales, Home Values, Home Appraisals, Las Vegas, Short Sales, Business News

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...

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Are You Cut Out To Be Self Employed?

Don McNay | Posted 05.25.2011

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Don McNay

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

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Good Grief! Comic Characters Leave Newspapers for a Day

Dave Astor | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Comics, Theron Heir, Dan Piraro, The Boondocks, Same-Sex Marriage, Dagwood Sandwich, Comic Strips, B.D., Surge, Are We Having Fun Yet, Bailout, Beetle Bailey, Real-Estate Agents, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Hector Cantu, Bizarro, Single-Payer Plan, Bil Keane, Pearls Before Swine, The Family Circus, Doonesbury, Sgt. Snorkel, Mutts, Earl the Dog, Darrin Bell, Rachel Maddow, Mark Tatulli, Zippy the Pinhead, Foreclosures, Economic Downturn, Lasagna, Cartoons, Newspapers, President Obama, Jim Davis, Economy, Hi and Lois, Rudy Park, Keith Olbermann, Mort Walker, National Health Insurance, Carlos Castellanos, Cul De Sac, Cafe Con Leche, Failing Newspapers, Dagwood Bumstead, Green Room, Legacy Comics, Blondie, Iowa Same-Sex Marriage, Bill Griffith, Dilbert, Peanuts, Stephan Pastis, Calvin and Hobbes, Bernard Madoff, Scott Adams, Snoopy, Matt Richtel, Deborah Harry, Death of Newspapers, Garry Trudeau, Cathy Guisewite, Recession, Jan Eliot, Bill Watterson, Good Grief, Aaron McGruder, Shrinking Comics, Iraq War, Vermont Same-Sex Marriage, Afghanistan, Richard Thompson, Charlos Gary, Charles M. Schulz, Cathy, Lio, Baldo, Garfield, Comedy News
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.

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Are Real-Estate Online Tools Shifting the Paradigm?

Neal Rodriguez | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Real Estate, Online Advertising, New Media, Housing Market, Online Tools, Real Estate Agents, Business News
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?

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How To Get Along With Your Real Estate Broker

Pauline Millard | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: New York City Apartments, Real Estate, Real Estate Agents, New York City, Brokers, Rentals, Healthy Living News
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.

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Job Winners and Losers in Hard Times

AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Auto Workers, U.S. Economy, Construction Workers, Recession, Job Cuts, Real Estate Agents, Business News

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

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Realtors Go "Eco-Friendly" As Marketing Ploy

Wall Street Journal | SARA SCHAEFER MUNOZ | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Green Realtors, Real Estate, Green Homes, Green Key Real Estate, Eco-Broker International, Eco-Friendly Real Estate Agents, Real Estate Agents, Business News

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...

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Foreigners Snap Up Second Homes In U.S.

AP | Leslie Wines | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Buying Real Estate, Buying Second Homes, Real Estate, Second Homes, Real Estate Agents, Business News

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...

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Housing Slump Squeezes New Real Estate Agents Out Of A Job

New York Times | Katie Hafner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Housing Slump, Real Estate Agents, Unemployment, Business News

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...

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