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1. Find the right representative
The experience and knowledge of a dedicated real estate professional can be priceless. A good Realtor® forms a powerful team with his or her clients that makes it possible for them to have a smooth, successful, stress-free sale.

2. Determine your needs/wants for the sale and for your new home
Selling your primary residence can be tricky because you have to simultaneously be thinking about where you would like to buy. First weigh your priorities – selling price is certainly important, but having a quick and efficient sale can often be worth accepting a slightly lower offer. Talk to your agent and make sure you’re comfortable with where your priorities are.

At the same time, you should be compiling a needs/wants list for the home you will buy. You will probably have to act fairly quickly when your house sells, so any amount of preparation you can do will serve you well.

3. Prepare your house for showing
Underprepared homes can be sales disasters. Your home will never get as much attention from potential buyers as when it is first listed, so clearing clutter, cleaning, making repairs, and putting your home’s best foot forward is essential. Don’t “open for business” until your home is ready to be seen as favorably as possible.

4. Find out what your local market looks like
Being realistic about your market is the key to a smooth sale. There is no substitute for a professional real estate representative when it comes to local market knowledge.

5. List away!
Lots of photos and online exposure are the key to getting a good response for your listing. Working with an agent who uses Point2 Agent software is a great step in the right direction. Now just “open” the house and sit back and wait for the flood of eager buyers!

Your Comparative Market Analysis
I can give you an educated idea of what your home’s value is based on experience, local knowledge, and comparable actual sales in your area! I am happy to be able to provide this service free of charge.

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Hedge Funds Sprout in Gaps in Real-Estate Lending (New York Times)	8/27/2008 5:28 AM
With money still tight, investors in real estate are forced to turn to hard-money lenders, who charge high interest for short-term loans. More often than not these days, those lenders are hedge funds, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Eye slain Brooklyn couple's real estate firm for clues (New York Daily News)	8/27/2008 8:35 PM
Investigators think the financial records of a real estate company might solve the mystery of who killed a Brooklyn couple intheir bed last month, the Daily News has learned.
Trulia Makes Real Estate Mobile (Red Herring)	8/27/2008 8:55 PM
Online real estate search firm is moving beyond the PC by offering its house hunting services on mobile phones and GPS devices.
Arrest Furthers a Real Estate Star's Fall (The New York Sun)	8/27/2008 11:02 PM
A onetime real estate baron, Adam Hochfelder, whose holdings included the Helmsley Building, is facing charges that he forged a business partner's signature and lied in applying for loans during the height of his success. In less than eight years, Mr. Hochfelder, who is now 37, amassed a real estate portfolio that is reported to have held as much as 7 million to 8 million square feet. His ascent ...
Real Estate Mogul Charged in $17M Fraud Scheme (1010 WINS New York)	8/27/2008 5:51 PM
A one-time hotshot manager and investor in the Manhattan real estate market was arrested Wednesday on charges he cheated banks, family members and other victims out of more than $17 million.
ACI Real Estate and Ferretti Group launch Ferretti Luxury Beach Residence and Pershing Luxury Beach Residence (Zawya)	8/27/2008 10:38 PM
Dubai, 27 th August 2008 - ACI Real Estate and Ferretti Group today launched two luxury waterfront residences, "Ferretti Luxury Beach Residence" and "Pershing Luxury Beach Residence".
Medical real estate unit begins (Memphis Commercial Appeal)	8/27/2008 11:09 PM
CB Richard Ellis Memphis LLC is launching a new division to tap the growing health care office real estate market.
MRC kills secret real estate policy (Marietta Daily Journal)	8/27/2008 10:13 PM
MARIETTA - Following the City Council's move earlier this month, the Marietta Redevelopment Corporation voted unanimously Wednesday to also change its policy of buying real estate in secret.
A Dud of a Thriller? Commercial Real Estate Drama Lacks a Killer (CoStar Group)	8/27/2008 5:29 PM
Just as a good thriller can bring an audience to the edge of its seat in anticipation of that pinnacle of dread, the anxiety has mounted in intensity this summer within commercial real estate markets waiting for that long-predicted moment of economic...
Prudential Real Estate unveils new coverage for affiliates (Insurance Business Review)	8/27/2008 6:33 PM
Prudential Real Estate Affiliates, a Prudential Financial company, has launched DreamBuilder, a new initiative to make an insurance and financial services program available to its US network of independently owned affiliate companies, which in turn can make the program available to their teams of independent real estate contractors.

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