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Make Your Open House Memorable If you've listed your home for sale, you've probably already worked on making small repairs, de-cluttering, and generally sprucing up your home. Now is the time to start thinking about whether you want to hold an open house. And if the answer is yes,

Romantic Italian Renaissance in North Dallas! The moment you drive up to this meticulously designed home, situated on an oversized 100 x 228 foot lot, the home reflects an Italian Renaissance ambience throughout the flowing floor plan. This one is a show stopper!

Ask the HOA Expert Some of our members want to control the number or percentage of units which may be rented. Their concern is that having a relatively large number of rental units will change the character of the condominium and reduce property values. Can the HOA

Calculating Your Time's Monetary Value Your hourly rate is a key indicator of your business success and value in the marketplace. Use your current hourly rate as a benchmark, and then get a goal to double, triple, even quadruple the earnings and value you wring out of each hour.

Real Estate Marketing Strategies: 5 Things You Need for a Break-Out Year Ready to make some changes this year? Follow these tips to get you on the right track!

Harvesting Rainwater Capturing rain and using it as a water source has been going on forever, but until recently rainwater harvesting systems were rare or prohibited in most Canadian municipalities. That’s now beginning to change.

Real Estate Resolutions For 2013 Here are a few New Years resolutions for buyers, sellers looking to take advantage of what's shaping up to be a banner year for the recovering housing market. Resolve to heed them.

Mortgage Applications Respond to Low Mortgage Rates At last week's Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting, the Feds left short term interest rates near zero and proceeded to state that they will probably remain there until the unemployment rate drops to 6.5% or less and the long term outlook for

Never Be Satisfied With the Status Quo: Shake Up Your Thinking & Your Business As a sales professional or any business minded entrepreneur really - one of the best pieces of adviceI'veever heard was by Motivational Speaker Connie Podesta hen she said, "NEVER be satisfied with the status quo." It really is like throwing a monkey

Challenges for Sales Professionals The most significant challenge for sales professionals is their time control. How a sales professional uses their time determines income. The sales professionals in the top 10% of their industry control, use, and invest their time more wisely and

Housing Recovery Depends On Continuation of Low Mortgage Rates There are multiple aspects to the housing recovery that are taking place. While each individual sector of the industry is showing improvement, there is one common factor among all of them and that is the entire housing recovery depends on the

Sell During the Holiday Season Can an agent sell homes during the peak of the holiday season or does business come to a stand still? Thanksgiving to New Year are busy times in the lives of households across the nation. This can create a series of obstacles for even the most