http://realestate.about.com/ Get the latest headlines from the About.com Real Estate Business GuideSite. http://z.about.com/f/lg/s10.gif http://www.about.com/ 118 20 en-us 2008-07-21T10:34:46Z Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:34:46 +0000 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://realestate.about.com/b/2008/07/22/self-insured-the-fdic-will-pay-for-its-own-mess.htm The Wall Street Journal, in an article titled FDIC Faces Mortgage Mess After Running Failed Bank, tells a scary story of the FDIC as a participant in issuing faulty sub-prime mortgages.... http://realestate.about.com/b/2008/07/22/self-insured-the-fdic-will-pay-for-its-own-mess.htm Tue, 22 Jul 2008 07:43:48 +0000 2008-07-22T07:43:48Z http://realestate.about.com/b/2008/07/21/its-tough-all-over-for-real-estate-now-the-irs-needs-help.htm There are many real estate agents and brokers suffering income losses right now. The mortgage crisis, fewer homes being built, and buyers just waiting in the wings, all come... http://realestate.about.com/b/2008/07/21/its-tough-all-over-for-real-estate-now-the-irs-needs-help.htm Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:34:46 +0000 2008-07-21T10:34:46Z http://realestate.about.com/b/2008/07/17/tech-notes-my-top-ten-free-real-estate-tech-tools.htm Technology marches on...actually it's in a sprint. Not everyone is a tech junkie, and it's easy to get behind the curve in the use of the best tech tools... http://realestate.about.com/b/2008/07/17/tech-notes-my-top-ten-free-real-estate-tech-tools.htm Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:50:32 +0000 2008-07-17T10:50:32Z http://realestate.about.com/b/2008/07/16/tech-notes-files-backup-sharing-and-mobile-access.htm Paranoid is my normal state of being when it comes to the thousands of files in the My Documents folder on my computer. I have an external 200 GB... http://realestate.about.com/b/2008/07/16/tech-notes-files-backup-sharing-and-mobile-access.htm Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:28:38 +0000 2008-07-16T10:28:38Z http://realestate.about.com/b/2008/07/14/the-other-way-for-associations-to-help-their-broker-members.htm A meeting of managing brokers is scheduled for my local association in a couple of weeks. I was invited, and the lead agenda item is how the association can... http://realestate.about.com/b/2008/07/14/the-other-way-for-associations-to-help-their-broker-members.htm Mon, 14 Jul 2008 07:18:11 +0000 2008-07-14T07:18:11Z http://realestate.about.com/b/2008/07/10/whos-right-sothebys-insiders-or-thier-clients.htm It's very interesting reading about the dismissal of Maurice Levin as the public relations officer for Sotheby's International Realty. It seems that he released a memo to the media... http://realestate.about.com/b/2008/07/10/whos-right-sothebys-insiders-or-thier-clients.htm Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:08:49 +0000 2008-07-10T12:08:49Z http://realestate.about.com/b/2008/07/09/just-call-me-i-wont-send-the-email.htm Am I the only one out here who absolutely hates the "Out of Office" reply emails? I can see it if you're going to be gone for a week... http://realestate.about.com/b/2008/07/09/just-call-me-i-wont-send-the-email.htm Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:22:28 +0000 2008-07-09T11:22:28Z http://realestate.about.com/b/2008/07/08/tech-notes-sending-talking-images-or-video.htm Have you ever taken photos of a property for an out of area buyer? Did you come back to the office, put them on the computer, email them, and... http://realestate.about.com/b/2008/07/08/tech-notes-sending-talking-images-or-video.htm Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:08:38 +0000 2008-07-08T14:08:38Z http://realestate.about.com/b/2008/07/07/ad-diction-peer-and-supplier-pressure.htm Confessions of An Ad-aholic, by Paul Pastore was fun reading. He speaks to a habit of running expensive print advertising that, upon careful tracking, was found to yield little... http://realestate.about.com/b/2008/07/07/ad-diction-peer-and-supplier-pressure.htm Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:20:43 +0000 2008-07-07T13:20:43Z http://realestate.about.com/b/2008/07/06/duplicate-content-the-word-straight-from-google.htm There are discussions all over the web about duplicate content, whether intentional, accidental or malicious copying. With regard to real estate sites, the topic has been discussed extensively at... http://realestate.about.com/b/2008/07/06/duplicate-content-the-word-straight-from-google.htm Sun, 06 Jul 2008 07:15:19 +0000 2008-07-06T07:15:19Z