The Five Ws of Real Estate Training Posted By : Daniel Marshal
Who can and who should take the real estate training or course? Practically anyone who wants to make a career in the property industry can choose to go for the training. If one feels that they can carve their niche in the property sector and have what it takes to excel in the profession, a good real estate course will be of crucial importance.

HUD Testing Makes Discrimination an Expensive Business Posted By : Greg Smith
Detecting discrimination in real estate transactions can be a big problem for the powers that be, because it is by nature so subtle. If someone doesn’t have actual evidence that other people are being treated better, they don’t often feel that a complaint will be taken seriously. It helps when there are other people to confirm that discrimination has, indeed, taken place.

Does The Appraisal Industry Need Legal Help? Posted By : Samantha Taylor
There are some lenders who intentionally ask appraisers to lower the value because they feel the latter have used bad comps that were not legitimate or even comps that didnt exist. The appraisers then have to redo the appraisal after which the value comes out to be much lower as expected by the lender.

Appraisals Part 1 Posted By : Bryan Benson
Say you have a property that you have almost finished rehabbing. You’re thinking about putting it on the market but have questions about aesthetics and market value. How do you go about getting an appraisal?

Presidential Homeowner Bailout Posted By : Lynn Bulmer
This is part of the $75 billion program that will subsidize reductions to mortgages by reducing the monthly payment to as little as 31 percent of a family’s gross monthly income. The initial focus will be on those who will undoubtedly lose their homes without intervention; as opposed to concentrating on speculators or multi-home owners.

Atlantas Newest City - Dunwoody Posted By : Julian Bryce
Dunwoody is the latest of the many suburbs of Atlanta to claim independence through residential voting and establish itself as an official city.

What Gone With The Wind can Teach Us about Real Estate Posted By : Justin Havre
Written over 70 years ago by Margaret Mitchell, Gone With The Wind speaks to us today as strongly as it did when it won the 1937 Pulitzer Prize and swept the Academy Awards two years later. The story of a spirited Southern woman, Scarlett O’Hara, who lived through the Civil War in Georgia, is one of the best-selling books of all time. While its main fame is that of a great romantic drama, Gone with the Wind also emphasizes the importance of land and home to a struggling people.