Archive for June, 2008

How to Secure Your Home While Trying to Sell Your Home

Monday, June 30th, 2008

With the current stalemate in the housing market, and with burglaries increasing on homes that are on the real estate market, I decided it would be appropriate to address a major problem that comes with selling a home: burglary. This article looks at what you can do as a home seller to ease the amount of stress you might already be feeling by helping you to secure your home while you sell your home.

How to Sell a Home on Your Own

Monday, June 30th, 2008

You are about to move but cannot because you have a home. We will show you how to sell it yourself and save the commission. These days, when the market is on its way down, every penny that you save counts, so sell your home yourself.

Helping Your Agent Market Your Home

Monday, June 30th, 2008

All because you have decided to employ the services of a real estate agent does not necessarily mean that you should sit down fiddling with your thumbs and whistling away in utter boredom. You can actually help to move the sale of your house a bit faster by helping your real estate agent market your home.

Helping Your Agent Market Your Home

Monday, June 30th, 2008

All because you have decided to employ the services of a real estate agent does not necessarily mean that you should sit down fiddling with your thumbs and whistling away in utter boredom. You can actually help to move the sale of your house a bit faster by helping your real estate agent market your home.

Information Can and Will Be Used AGAINST the Seller!

Monday, June 30th, 2008

The multiple Listing Service and Realtors provide many forms of damaging information concerning the marketing statistics of all property to the buyers. Said information should be considered privileged to the Seller, but it is not. By providing this information Realtors place themselves in direct conflict with their sworn duty of working in the Seller’s best interest.

The Power of 3 - New Company Focuses on Success of Independent Real Estate Community

Monday, June 30th, 2008

RISMEDIA, July 1, 2008-Executive Franchise Consulting, a consulting company that says it focuses 100% of its attention and efforts on the real estate sales community, recently launched its new website www.efccompany.com. Headed up by real estate and franchising specialist George Barlow, the company says that instead of trying to be …

First Malta Brokerage Joins Global LuxuryRealEstate.com Network

Monday, June 30th, 2008

RISMEDIA, July 1, 2008-77 Great Estates, a luxury real estate firm in the Central Mediterranean Sea, is the first Malta-based brokerage firm to join the global LuxuryRealEstate.com network, which includes more than 1,800 brokers and firms.

Malta is an island-nation located about 60 miles south of Sicily (Italy) and 180 miles …

Luxury Real Estate Board of Regents Expands Into Turks and Caicos Islands

Monday, June 30th, 2008

RISMEDIA, July 1, 2008-Grace Bay Realty recently joined the invitation-only Luxury Real Estate Board of Regents, becoming the board’s exclusive representative of the Turks and Caicos Islands. The Turks and Caicos Islands are located about 100 miles north of the Dominican Republic in the Caribbean.

“I’m pleased to see Grace Bay …

U.S. Homeowners One Step Closer to Saving Energy Dollars and Combating Climate Change

Monday, June 30th, 2008

RISMEDIA, July 1, 2008-The Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (MEEA) announced that it strongly supports this week’s resolution by the U.S. Conference of Mayors to support “The 30% Solution,” a comprehensive package of achievable and affordable residential energy-efficiency measures proposed for inclusion in the 2009 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC).

Midwest mayors …

Eco-friendly Paints That Won’t Raise a Stink

Monday, June 30th, 2008

By Jessie Milligan

RISMEDIA, July 1, 2008-(MCT)-We opened the lids on six eco-friendly paints, the kind made with fewer dangerous chemicals, or at least less likely to emit them. The good news: Some of these paints provide good coverage. The less-than-perfect news: Some of them still smell.

Eco-friendly interior latex paints are …