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RISMEDIA, August 7, 2010—From using the latest gadgets and tools to communicating with buyers online, today’s successful agents are maximizing technology to build their business. And buyer’s agents are no exception. A recent REBAC member survey showed that more than half of buyer’s agents have a smart phone and are regularly using social media or networking sites to reach buyers—a real estate trend that will continue to grow.

REBAC’s 2010 Member Survey shows that agents understand the importance of balancing …

Being in real estate investing for the past 12 years, I understand how it feels to get stuck in what seems to be the deepest pile of “quick-sand” there is; the grind, the challenges, the successes and the failures! Listen in as I go over how to overcome being in a steady “funk” and the best strategy to use when faced with this sometimes overwhelming feeling. Also, listen in as we cover whether or not we can get every lender …

On this week’s Preforeclosure Daily Grind “Tip of the Week” we dive into which of today’s short sale lenders are making it harder to get our transactions to close (the answer is not what you think)!  Listen in as we tell you which lender it is, why they are doing it and how to make sure your deals close. The new mandatory authorization to release information that Wells Fargo has and the new email alerts that Bank of America is …

RISMEDIA, August 6, 2010—(MCT)—Bruce Baldwin is well past the “extreme excitement” he felt when he became a first-time homeowner three years ago. In fact, the cabinetmaker has now joined thousands of homeowners who face foreclosure. He says he feels so snake-bit by homeownership that he doubts he’ll ever buy again. “It was the American Dream. Now I could care less if I ever deal with a bank again,” said Baldwin, who lives in Ocoee, Fla., not far from Orlando. “What …

RISMEDIA, August 5, 2010—Pending home sales edged down with near-term sales expected to be notably lower in contrast to the spring surge when buyers rushed to take advantage of the home buyer tax credit, according to the National Association of Realtors. The Pending Home Sales Index, a forward-looking indicator, declined 2.6% to 75.7 based on contracts signed in June 2010 from an upwardly revised level of 77.7 in May, and is 18.6% below June 2009 when it was 93.0. The …