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• Just say no to flaky holiday home shoppers Realtor Notebook

  
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  BY TERESA BOARDMAN, THURSDAY, MAY 24, 2012 Inman News® Car passengers image via Shutterstock. My stress level usually climbs a bit before major holidays, because I am working hard to tie up loose ends so I can have guilt-free time off that I can enjoy without interruptions. Before I got my real estate license, I ...
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• Turn clients into real estate evangelists How high standards, post-closing survey can grow your business

  
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  BY BERNICE ROSS, THURSDAY, MAY 24, 2012 Inman News® Excited new homeowners image via Shutterstock. Everyone wants their clients to say good things about them and their business. So what does it take to create an evangelist, as opposed to a vigilante? In today’s Web-based world, the best way to market your ...
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• Refis surge as mortgage rates probe lows Demand for purchase loans lower than a year ago

  
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  BY INMAN NEWS, THURSDAY, MAY 24, 2012 Inman News® Lightning image via Shutterstock. Homeowners are once again rushing to refinance their mortgages as rates continue to hold at or near record lows, but demand for purchase loans is weaker than it was at this time last year. Worries that the European debt crisis will ...
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• Show new homes, and you’ll sell more resales New-home prospects buy resales, and resale buyers buy new homes

  
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  BY DAVID FLETCHER, WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 2012 Inman News® New home image via Shutterstock. General agents need to show new homes, because they will sell more resales and get more listings if they do. About 95 percent of agents don’t believe this. The other 5 percent believe it, and, because they do, they are ...
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• Listing syndication is not a moral issue Decisions should be based on business model, not emotions

  
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  BY GAHLORD DEWALD, WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 2012 Inman News® Sermon image via Shutterstock. I was meeting with a friend of mine who works in real estate. Our conversation, as so many real estate conversations do, drifted into the whole issue of listing syndication. You know the drill: Trulia, Zillow, Realtor.com, MLS ...
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• Resolving dispute over home repair estimates Buyers think sellers’ contractor choices are inadequate

  
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  BY BARRY STONE, TUESDAY, MAY 22, 2012 Inman News® Tools and money image via Shutterstock. DEAR BARRY: We are in contract to purchase a house, and our home inspector found problems with the old steam heating system. A follow-up inspection by a heating contractor revealed a cracked boiler. The sellers got three ...
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• How not to get rid of a time share Sellers: Beware of scam artists, upfront fees

  
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  BY BENNY KASS, TUESDAY, MAY 22, 2012 Inman News® Time-share apartments image via Shutterstock. DEAR READERS: I frequently receive questions about how to get rid of a time share. I must admit that my response thus far has been less than satisfactory. I once suggested that the time share be donated to a church or a ...
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• Think twice before rejecting request for an extension In today’s market, sellers may be wise to compromise with buyers

  
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  BY DIAN HYMER, MONDAY, MAY 21, 2012  Inman News® Infinite time image via Shutterstock. In some cases, your past experience will help you make a good decision about what to do in a current home-sale transaction. But if you rely only on past real estate experience to make decisions about selling a home today, you ...
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• Landlord may object to tenant subletting to tourists Rent it Right

  
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  BY JANET PORTMAN, FRIDAY, MAY 18, 2012 Inman News® San Francisco’s Fisherman’s Wharf image via Shutterstock. Q: I rent an apartment in a great location in a tourist-heavy city. Frequently, big events come to town, like sports events, conventions and festivals, which attract many visitors, some of whom would ...
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• Where did all the lease-to-own deals go? Despite huge demand, purchase obstacles are plenty

  
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  BY JACK GUTTENTAG, MONDAY, MAY 21, 2012 Inman News® House and keys image via Shutterstock. Of the 700 or so articles on my website, the article accessed most frequently over the last year has been one I wrote in 2004 on lease-to-own home purchases. This is a combination lease and purchase where the renter/buyer ...
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• 4 traits of unhappy homeowners Mood of the Market

  
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  BY TARA-NICHOLLE NELSON, MONDAY, MAY 21, 2012 Inman News® Stressed woman image via Shutterstock. As the parent of a newly-minted adult, I can reflect on how much of my advice thus far has been delivered in the negative. “Son,” I’ve said, time and time again, “I’ve been there and I’ve done that and ...
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• Climb out of that rut and engage with life Book Review: ‘The Charge: Activating the 10 Human Drives That Make You Feel Alive’

  
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  BY TARA-NICHOLLE NELSON, TUESDAY, MAY 22, 2012 Inman News® Image courtesy of Simon & Schuster. Book Review Title: “The Charge: Activating the 10 Human Drives That Make You Feel Alive” Author: Brendon Burchard Publisher: Free Press, 2012: 272 pages; $20.80 We’ve all fallen into ruts. And after the ...
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• Home sales, inventory both tick up in April NAR: Scarcity of listings in some markets driving up prices

  
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  BY INMAN NEWS, TUESDAY, MAY 22, 2012 Inman News® Housing trends image via Shutterstock. The pace of existing-home sales picked up in April, and while the number of homes on the market grew even faster, an “acute shortage of inventory” in some markets is driving up prices and creating multiple-bid situations, ...
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• DotLoop offers agents free version of transaction management platform Brokers can upgrade to premium service

  
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  BY INMAN NEWS, TUESDAY, MAY 22, 2012 Inman News® Binary data image via Shutterstock. Real estate technology company DotLoop has released DotLoop NOW, a “light” version of its paperless transaction management platform that it’s making available at no charge to individual agents. DotLoop said brokerages and ...
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• ZipRealty allows unfiltered reviews of agents Nearly half of agents on board with ‘fully transparent’ system

  
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  BY INMAN NEWS, TUESDAY, MAY 22, 2012 Inman News® Arrows image via Shutterstock. Technology-based brokerage ZipRealty has revamped its handling of consumer reviews of its agents, and is now allowing registered users to post unfiltered ratings and reviews of the company’s agents nearly instantaneously. ZipRealty ...
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• NAR helping MLSs cover costs of NeighborCity copyright suits Search portal’s CEO alleges ‘industrywide blackout’ against site

  
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  BY ANDREA V. BRAMBILA, TUESDAY, MAY 22, 2012 Inman News® Gavel image via Shutterstock. The National Association of Realtors will cover a portion of the legal expenses incurred by two multiple listing services that have filed copyright lawsuitsagainst real estate search portal and referral siteNeighborCity. At its ...
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• What to expect from FHA’s pending condo rule revisions Officials shed light on issues to be addressed

  
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  BY KEN HARNEY, MONDAY, MAY 21, 2012 Inman News® Florida condos image via Shutterstock. WASHINGTON — When acting FHA commissioner Carol Galante told a standing-room-only audience at NAR’s midyear meeting last week that “we have heard you” on condominium issues — and that FHA would publish revisions to the ...
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• Never lose that ‘beginner’s mindset’ New ideas can come not only from peers, but innovators in other businesses

  
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  BY BERNICE ROSS, MONDAY, MAY 21, 2012 Inman News® There’s a common characteristic I have observed among Realtors for the last 30 years I’ve been in the business. The thinking is, “Unless you’ve done my job, you can’t possibly know how to help me with my business.” About a year ago, I had a spirited ...
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• Brokers get OK to push IDX listings to mobile NAR midyear: $40 dues hike extended into 2013

  
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  BY INMAN NEWS, MONDAY, MAY 21, 2012 Inman News® Binary data image via Shutterstock. Editor’s note: This story has been corrected to note that NAR’s 2012 and 2013 opearting budgets will both add to the association’s reserves. WASHINGTON — The National Association of Realtors has approved changes to its model ...
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• Banks must take risks Modern economies cannot grow without credit

  
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  BY LOU BARNES, FRIDAY, MAY 18, 2012 Inman News® Tightrope walker image via Shutterstock. The few spatters of economic data this week did not change the plod-along U.S. outlook. Meanwhile the priority story (Europe) was obscured by the media’s demented focus on the Facebook IPO and the blown trade at Chase. Today ...
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