1. Six Reasons to Use a Realtor
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... and your community, but in your neighborhood. As trained professionals who may have seen hundreds of homes similar to yours and know their features and selling prices, a professional is well qualified ...

2. Service Is Golden: Real Estate Programs to Put Seniors' Minds at Ease
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... (SRES) designation qualifies professionals to answer the many questions on the minds of mature customers contemplating their retirement moves. SRES holders can help guide you through the complexities ...

3. Playing It Safe: Security Measures for Homesellers
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... precautions which make them all the more alert and sensitive to your own security. Many ERA® sales professionals, for example, take care to show the home to only one group of families at a time. The set ...

4. The Price Is Right: Finding Home Financing to Suit Every Budget
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... homework. Of course, there is more than one way to make sure it gets done. Qualified professionals can lead you through the maze of options to the most efficient and economical solution for you. The professionals ...

5. First Time's the Charm: Tips for Beginning Homebuyers
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... a real estate professional. Realtors® can navigate the complexities of the homebuying process, and let you concentrate on the rewards of this new experience. These professionals will tell you that there ...

6. The New Urban Neighborhood: Brownfield of Dreams?
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... their popularity, but for the right buyer the urban option is one worth exploring. Clearly, urban living is not for everyone – it usually attracts single professionals and couples without children. But ...

7. Career Path: Becoming a Realtor
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Real estate professionals and customers alike give a good deal of thought to what the Realtor® can do for the homebuyer or seller. A question that may not get asked as often is why Realtors® do what they ...

8. Doubling Your Investment: Do Income-Generating Properties Pay?
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... you'll first want to calculate whether the rental income will make up for the needed expenses. (This is another consideration in which a qualified real estate sales professionals can help, with his or ...

9. When a Home is Not a House: Condo Pros and Cons
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... homes, and retirees like the convenience of condo living (with affordability certainly an attraction for the seniors and simplicity an appeal to busy young professionals, too). A condo can keep benefiting ...

10. Confidence Builder: Make the Most of Newly-Constructed Homes
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... Get a thorough home inspection. And, obtain the most reliable professionals to help you in these potentially complicated tasks. Determine if "new is for you." Despite the shiny, new bells and whistles ...

11. Empty Nests and Full Houses: Remodeling for Departing Kids and Returning Parents
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... estate professional can give expert guidance. Programs like the SRES ("Seniors Real Estate Specialist") designation available to ERA Real Estate professionals are one guarantee of expertise in senior concerns, ...

12. Staying Power: The Joys and Challenges of Historic Homes
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Real estate professionals like to offer as many kinds of properties to prospective customers as there are different personalities of buyers. And few real estate properties have more personality than a ...