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Date: Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 2:16 PM
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Industry's Most Powerful Associations Send Letter to Administration Advocating for Extension of Homebuyer Tax Credit

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Date: Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 5:30 AM
Subject: Industry's Most Powerful Associations Send Letter to Administration Advocating for Extension of Homebuyer Tax Credit
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Today's Top Story Industry's Most Powerful Associations Send Letter to Administration Advocating for Extension of Homebuyer Tax Credit RISMEDIA, October 20, 2009—The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) along with the National Association of Realtors (NAR) and the National Association of Homebuilders (NAHB) sent a letter to senior Obama Administration officials yesterday requesting their support for a 12-month extension of the first-time homebuyer tax credit. The letter, addressed to Treasury Secretary Geithner, HUD Secretary Donovan Continued A Real Lead(TM) is one from a real person who saw something of interest on your website and wants more information from you. They're the leads you want. Get the booklet and Learn More   Today's Featured Stories Target Builders and Boost Your Business By George W. Mantor RISMEDIA, October 20, 2009—Changing times call for changing strategies. Some practitioners have attempted short sales, REOs, mortgage modification, and foreclosure prevention seeking to gain an advantage in a market with limited opportunity. Continued Appraisers Not Responsible for Low Appraisals RISMEDIA, October 20, 2009—Responding to recent testimony before the House Small Business Committee, the Appraisal Institute, one of the nation’s largest organizations of real estate appraisers, reminded the Committee’s Continued Google Posts Higher Profit; CEO Says Worst of Recession Is Over By John Letzing RISMEDIA, October 20, 2009—(MCT)—Google Inc. reported third-quarter gains in profit and sales that topped Wall Street estimates on Thursday, fulfilling expectations that the Internet giant would start benefiting from increased Continued Connecting Through Conflict: 5 Ways Great Connectors Turn Angry Clients into Happy Ones and How You Can Too By Maribeth Kuzmeski RISMEDIA, October 20, 2009—It happens to the best of us. An upset client calls to complain about a product or service, and you’re completely caught off guard. How do you react? Do you fly off the handle right along with him? Or do you Continued Looking for a way to stand out from the crowd? You can with your own personalized magazine. Use Home By Design as a personal branding tool to increase referrals, drive listings and increase sales. Get a free sample and FIND OUT HOW. Learn More   Today's Home Spun Wisdom Recession Causes Spike in Tortilla Sales while Flower Sales Decline By Bethany Clough RISMEDIA, October 20, 2009—(MCT)—In a recession, it seems, people eat more tortillas and stop buying flowers for their sweethearts. It's not actually that simple, but tortilla makers landed on a recently released top-10 list of best Continued   This Week's FREE Training Session Social Media Explained - It Really Is The Key To More Income RISMEDIA, October 20, 2009—Stefan Swanepoel - industry sage, speaker, and author of the annual Swanepoel Trends Report is giving a 90-minute presentation on how you can take advantage of this new media to enhance and grow your business in ways never seen before. To learn more, click here. See Events/Dates For: Trends | Tools | Sales | Wealth Continued   More News Stories Point2 Technologies Named One of Saskatchewan's Top Employers for 2010 Closing.com's SmartGFE to Be Integrated into Calyx Point to Provide Instant Good Faith Estimates   Great Opportunities Free News Feed -- Now you can have Real Estate's #1 News Feed automatically appear on your Web site every day. Impress your customers with real estate news right on your home page! It's fast and easy to do. Save 35% on RISMedia's Real Estate magazine Reach top decision-makers every month & online daily. Advertise in RISMedia's Real Estate magazine today. For rates, e-mail us at advertising@rismedia.com. RISMedia's Privacy Policy RISMedia, publisher of Real Estate magazine, is dedicated to providing real estate professionals with the most up-to-date news, information and business development resources in the industry. To submit questions, comments, suggestion, press releases or story ideas, please e-mail realestatemagazinefeedback@rismedia.com RealTown.com is the Internet portal that features everything that is real estate. RealTown is one of the oldest and most respected communities in the real estate industry, with its development dating back to 1995. Here you will find one of the most comprehensive and valuable resources available, a real estate portal with concentration on Content, Context, Collaboration, and Community. Go to www.RealTown.com for more information. "Branding, Positioning. . . Building Relationships since 1980" Copyright ® 2009 RISMedia, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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Inman AM: A search index for the distributed Web

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Date: Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 6:59 AM
Subject: Inman AM: A search index for the distributed Web
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ADVERTISEMENT Expand your referral network and generate more leads with ClientDIRECT™, your personalized e-newsletter for home buyers and sellers. Reaching your clients and prospects every month has never been easier. Sign up today. TODAY'S TOP STORIES = Premium Member News - Join Now » Tuesday, October 20, 2009 A search index for the distributed Web The distributed Web is here: blogs and guest posts scattered throughout the Web; comments on all of those posts; Twitter posts; content-specific networks like Flickr and YouTube; and so on. As you participate and engage with your audience on sites that you don't own, your content and thoughts become literally scattered. More » Bridging the divide on REO inspections Why are banks so afraid of disclosure? Top 10 best investment destinations From Global Edge Beautiful real estate posters for your office From Future of Real Estate Marketing OTHER TOP STORIES Social media: quantity or quality? Feds to finance billions in loans Buyers wary of recession's bottom Best way for trio to hold title Boston condo auction a 'complete failure' Latest News » NOTABLE QUOTE "Either the Fed is off its rocker, or cheerleading, or the people at the National Federation of Independent Business are mistaken. The NFIB has posted its October small-business survey, and the economic picture is a post-May 'L,' stuck at the worst sales/earnings/employment responses ever found (the surveys began in 1973)." --Lou Barnes	ADVERTISEMENT LPS is moving valuation forward with its new high performance AVM. Powered by robust data, proven methodologies, transparent testing and innovative modelers, LPS AVM delivers the gold standard in valuation accuracy. 'TO BE A BROKER': An Inman News editorial project The Survey The Series ADVERTISEMENT You'll never read the same way again. Brad Inman's Vook — try it now! Vook.com
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