2008 List Issue: Your Handbook for Success

The challenge: Pool the wisdom of experts from a variety of fields into a concise collection of tips for real estate pros. The solution: The 2008 list issue — 165 tips, tactics, and techniques — all written with your business success in mind.


Table of Contents

Sales & Marketing

• Questions to Ask Before You Go Out on Your Own
• How to Run an Effective Real Estate Seminar
• 4 Ways to Court International Investors
• How to Price Correctly in Today's Market
• Why Lenders Want to Work With You on Short Sales
• 5 Signs of a Housing Market Pickup
• How to Respond to Common Client Objections
• How to Cope With Anxiety
  
  Home & Design
  
• 8 Quick Fixes to Increase Value
• How Construction has Changed
• 2008 Color Trends
• Want Better Photos? Stay Level
• Spring Cleaning Checklist
• 5 Showing Tips
• 5 Potential Dangers in a Home
• 4 Common Home Hazards
• Slideshow: Water-Free Landscaping
• Slideshow: What's In, What's Out
  
  Law & Ethics
  
• What You Need to Renegotiate a Troubled Mortgage
• 6 Clues a Lender is a Predator
• 5 Hot Legal Issues
• Common Agency Issues
• 7 Secrets to Successful Landlording
• Code of Ethics Fallacy
• 10 Tax Changes for 2008
• Last-minute Deductions
• Papers You’ll Need to Renegotiate a Troubled Mortgage
• 5 Foreclosure Laws You Need to Know
• Quiz: Dos and Don’ts for Legal 1031 Exchanges
  
  Technology
  
• How to Get Your Listings Exposed Online
• Finding the Right Operating System
• 5 RSS Feeds You Should Have
• How Flash Can Perk Up Your Web site
• 5 Questions to Ask Your Webmaster
• 3 Steps to E-mail Management
• How to Build Web Site Content
• 9 Ways to Get Your Blog Read
• Slideshow: 5 Cool Things To Do With Your Web Site
  
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• What's Popular in Training Today
• Are You Brand Consistent?
• 10 AfBA Mistakes That Violate RESPA
• How to Downsize Effectively
• Should You Partner With Online Listing Sites?
• Effective Communication: It’s No Mystery
• 3 Easy Ways to Green Your Office
• How to Deal With the Gripes