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October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The month is is an annual international health campaign organized by major breast cancer charities every October to increase awareness of the disease and to raise funds for research into its cause, prevention, diagnosis, treatment and cure. The campaign a...

I've seen some strange requests on appraisals but this one takes the cake. A black cat appears in a photo in an appraisal and you won't believe what the AMS wants to do. From my friends at the TBWS daily. Click the link below to get "The Rest of the Story" What's your wildest appraisal story?

The Honoring America’s Veterans and Caring for Camp Lejeune Families Act of 2012 was recently signed into law. The act provides for the needs of veterans, their families, and survivors through improved healthcare, housing, education, and memorial services. For Veterans who own a home or are consi...

As we celebrate the Fourth Of July, with our Fireworks, may we remember what this day is all about.. Don't let us forget those brave men and women that fought and died so that we might have the freedom to speak up when things are not as they should be... I don't know about you, but I still get "...

New FHA Program Lowers The Cost of Refinancing! Effective June 11, 2012 FHA has reduced the costs for Streamline Refinances for loans Endorsed before June 1, 2009. Attention home owners in Maryland, Virginia, the District of Columbia and the other 48 states. Now may be the time to refinance if yo...

Is The "Perfect Storm" In Real Estate Coming To An End? For a long time the news was full of stories about residential real estate values and the downward spiral they were in. Things have changed recently and the news is becoming full of stories about real estate prices stabilizing and starting t...

What's A Picture Worth In Real Estate Sales? Facebook Thinks Pictures Are Worth $1 Billion! You've probably seen the news. Facebook bought Instagram for $1 Billion. Now this is company that has 12 employees that was started in 2010 and has no revenue. So what's worth $1 Billion. Instagram allows ...

Thinking of Buying a New Home? Why Wait? Residential Real Estate Is Ready to Recover! The news in residential real estate hasn't been good for the past few years but things are starting to change. If you've been sitting on the sidelines thinking about buying a new home now may be the time to jump...

Military Kids Can Apply for Free Summer Camps With the temperature rising and the school year drawing to a close, parents across the nation are starting to think about summertime plans. Military families can get a head start on their planning today by applying for the National Military Family Ass...

Surprise! Surprise! Google+ Gets Good Google Juice! We are doing a series of classes on the web designed to help Realtors® get more business. Topics include such things as video marketing, Facebook, LinkedIn, Gmail, Single Property Websites, SEO ranking and QR codes. These are state of the art cl...