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 General Topics

• Directory of Real Estate Research Centers (5/13)
• History of the National Association of REALTORS (6/12)
• Quick Real Estate Statistics (6/13)
• Real Estate Organizations (8/12)

 Real Estate Brokerage Topics

• Compensation Plans for Real Estate Agents (6/13)
• Family Firms (9/12)
• Franchises vs. Independents (3/13)
• Greening Your Office (1/13)
• Mentoring (1/13)
• Office Policy Manuals (5/13)
• Opening a Real Estate Brokerage (12/12)
• Partnerships & Teams (6/13)
• Personal Assistants (8/12)
• Real Estate Office Mergers (11/12)
• REALTOR® Income (5/13)
• Recruiting & Retaining Salespeople (4/13)
• Sales Meetings (5/11)
• Women in Real Estate (4/13)

 Sales & Marketing Topics

• Augmented Reality (1/13)
• Balancing Work & Family Life (4/09)
• Being a New REALTOR® (6/13)
• Buying & Selling During the Holidays (12/12) 
• Creating Effective Classified Ads (3/13)
• Determining Asking Price (1/13)
• Direct Mail (8/12)
• Effective Online Marketing (5/13)
• Farming & Prospecting (4/13)
• Marketing Tips for REALTORS® (9/12)
• Marketing to the 50+ Population (9/11)
• Marketing to the Hispanic Community (11/11)
• Money-Saving Tips for You and Your Business (2/13)
• New Year, New You (1/13)  
• Open Houses (2/13)
• REALTOR® Safety (10/12)     
• Sales Closings (8/12)  
• Sales Techniques (12/12)
• Single-Property Websites (3/13)
• Surviving & Thriving in a Slow Market (5/12)
• Time Management for REALTORS® (9/11)
• Women Homebuyers (1/13)
• Working with Difficult Customers (5/13)
• Working with First-Time Homebuyers (2/13)
• Working with FSBOs (12/12)
• Working with Single Home Buyers (12/12)
• Writing a Business Plan (12/12)

 Residential Real Estate

• American Home Week (1/13)
• Best Places to Live (3/13)
• Buying vs. Renting (1/13)
• Cell Phone Towers (2/13)
• Commuting & The Home Buying Decision (3/13)
• Construction Materials Theft (10/11)
• Deconstructing Buildings and Material Reuse (9/11)
• Employer-Assisted Housing (10/12)
• Energy Audits (7/12)
• Feng Shui (2/13)
• Foreclosures (4/13)
• Fractional Interest Ownership (4/13)
• Getting a Mortgage (5/13)
• Green Homes & Green Mortgages (3/13)
• Greening Your Neighborhood (8/12)
• Historic Properties (3/13)
• Home Inspections (2/13)
• Home Owners Associations (HOAs) (10/11)
• Housing Trust Funds (6/11)
• Lease-Option Purchases (10/12)
• Listing & Selling Luxury Properties (11/12)
• Marijuana Grow Houses (1/13)
• Meth Labs (2/13)
• Mortgage Fraud (10/12)
• Mortgage Interest Deduction (6/13)
• New Urbanism (2/13)
• Preparing & Staging a House for Sale (6/13)
• Private Transfer Fees (10/11)
• QR Codes (2/13)
• Remodeling (1/13)
• Researching a Home's History (2/13)
• Reverse Mortgages (9/11)
• Schools & the Homebuying Decision (8/11)
• Seller Financing (11/11)
• Selling New Homes (11/11)
• Short Sales (4/13)    
• Small House Movement (8/11)
• Social Benefits of Homeownership (1/13)
• Starting a Community Garden (1/13)
• The Condominium Market (7/10)

 Commercial-Investment Real Estate

• 1031 Exchanges (1/13)
• Auctions (6/13)
• Breaking into Commercial Sales (1/12)
• Commercial Broker Lien Laws (5/13)
• Commercial Green Buildings (6/13)
• Commercial Property Management (6/11)
• Condo-Hotels (3/13)
• Green Property Management (5/12)
• Ground Leases (11/11)
• Hotel/Motel Properties (6/13)
• Investing in Real Estate (5/13)
• Military Base Closings (8/12)
• Multi-Family Property (5/13)
• Office Property (10/12)
• Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) (8/12)
• Retail Property (9/11)
• Sale Leasebacks & Synthetic Leases (4/13)

 International Real Estate

• China Real Estate (2/13)
• Cross-Cultural Business Etiquette (1/13)
• Doing Business with Brazil (3/13)
• Foreign Investment Trends in the U.S. (2/13)
• International Referrals (4/13)
• REALTORS® and the Global Marketplace (8/12)
• Short-Term Rental Restrictions (5/13)
• Vacation, Resort, and Second Homes (5/13)
• Working with International Clients (1/13)

 Appraisal & Property Values

• Appraisal of Real Estate Offices & Selling Your Book of Business (2/13)
• Business Value (6/13)
• Effects of Hazardous Waste on Property Values (2/13)
• Effects of Low-Income Housing on Property Values (3/13)
• Effects of Power Lines on Property Values (11/11)
• Golf Courses (9/10)
• Impacts of Animal Feedlots on Property Values (8/11)
• Impacts of Property Taxes on Real Estate (11/11)
• Places of Worship (12/12)
• Solar and Renewable Energy Features & Tax Credits (8/12)
• Vineyards & Wineries (5/13)
• Wind Farms and their Effect on Property Values (8/12)

 Associations & Leadership Topics

• Association Budgets & Reserves (5/13)
• Association Mergers & Partnerships (3/13)
• Association Shared Services (10/12)
• Board Histories and Anniversaries (9/12)
• Communication for Associations (3/13)
• Establishing a Charitable Foundation (1/13)
• Insurance Issues for Associations (4/11)
• Investment Planning for Associations (12/12)
• IRS Form 990 Reporting Rules for Nonprofits (12/12)
• Leadership Development (10/11)
• Professional Standards (3/13)
• Strategic Planning for Associations (5/13)

 Legal, Legislative, & Liability Issues

• Agency Disclosure (1/13)  
• Antitrust (8/12)
• Chinese Drywall (7/12)
• Complying with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) (3/13)
• Credit Scoring (9/11)
• Dealing with Stigmatized Properties (1/13)
• Disaster Insurance (8/12)
• Do-Not-Call & Do-Not-Fax Laws (1/13)
• Due Diligence for Home Buyers (6/13)  
• Errors & Omissions (E&O) Insurance (4/13)
• Escrow Accounts/Earnest Money (1/13)
• Fair Housing (2/13)
• Flood Insurance (9/12)
• Homeowners Insurance (9/12)
• Lead-Based Paint (3/13)
• License Reciprocity & License Recognition (10/11)
• Low-Income Housing Tax Credits (11/12)
• Mediation and Conflict Resolution (11/11)
• Mold & Health Issues (3/13)
• Property Tax Appeals (4/13)
• Real Estate Transfer Taxes (10/12)
• Underground Storage Tanks (USTs) (11/12)

 Land Use Issues

• Agricultural/Farm Land (4/13)
• Development Impact Fees (4/13)
• Downzoning (10/11)
• Inclusionary Zoning (4/11)
• Land Investment (6/12)
• Private Property Rights (9/11)
• Site Selection (4/13)
• Transfer of Development Rights (TDRs) (3/11)
• Water Rights & Resource Issues (8/11)
• Zoning Laws & Ordinances (8/12)

 Technology Topics

• Choosing & Using a Smartphone (3/13)
• Digital Cameras & Photography (6/12)
• Electronic Signatures (12/12)
• Facebook for REALTORS® (8/12)
• Marketing with Blogs (2/13)
• Podcasting (12/11)
• Real Estate Transaction Standards (RETS) (9/11)
• Redesigning Association Websites (8/11)
• Reducing Spam E-Mail (8/12)
• Social Networking for REALTORS® (9/12)
• Technology Tools for Association Executives (4/13)
• Twitter (10/12)
• Using Digital Video as a Marketing Tool (4/13)
• Using GPS Navigation Systems in Real Estate (10/12)
• Using Privacy & Security Features in Social Media (11/12)