Do You Need a License to Design?
By Melissa Dittmann Tracey, REALTOR® Magazine Should interior designers be licensed? The question is being debated among a Pennsylvania House panel on whether to require inte...
Bonus Rooms and Man Caves: Make Something Out of Nothing
By Charlene Storozuk, Dezigner Digz As you know, in real estate every square foot counts (especially when it can be turned into liveable space). That's just what we did on ...
Knock, Knock. Who’s There? A New Door
By G. M. Filisko, contributing writer, HouseLogic Sellers who replace their front door may get a full return on their investment or even turn a profit from the increase in their h...
Coverage in the Gulf: Communities Oppose Drilling Moratorium
By Erica Christoffer, Multimedia Web Producer, REALTOR® Magazine These boats are helping in the cleanup efforts. That's dirty boom hanging off the ship (yellow material). I...
Rent Furniture to Give New Life to Your Vacant Listings
By Julie Chrissis, New England Staging Group BEFORE Selling a vacant home poses all sorts of challenges for real estate professionals. It feels uninspiring, doesn't photog...
Buyer Prospecting: Help Them Understand Mortgage Maximums
By Brian Summerfield Sixty-one percent of first-time buyers who made a downpayment on their home pulled that money from savings, and 22 percent received a gift from a frie...
Coverage in the Gulf: How the Oil Spill Is Impacting Real Estate
By Erica Christoffer, Multimedia Web Producer, REALTOR® Magazine When Carolyn Angelette, broker-owner of Century 21 Island Realty in Grand Isle, La., looks out her window, sh...
Bill Gives More Time to Close Tax Credit Deals
By Robert Freedman, senior editor, REALTOR® Magazine Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) One of the frustrations we've been hearing from agents is that their clients want to take a...
The Big, Bad & Ugly of Home Decor
By Melissa Dittmann Tracey, REALTOR® Magazine Sometimes what works in creating a great photo of a home doesn't work in reality. That's the main point of an article on "...
What in the heck were they thinking???
Ever have a bad dream that just doesn't stop? It just keeps repeating itself. You don't want to close your eyes cuz you know what's coming!!! For REALTORS®, that recur...
