In any market, but particularly a buyer’s market, the listing that looks the best, shows the best and feels the best will sell faster (that is given the listing is also priced properly!). The best staged home will sell faster when all other things are comparable (price, terms, location).

I was recently interviewed by Dave Dugdale who runs Rentvine.com, an online resource for landlords and rental applicants.

I just read Seth Godin’s post entitled Email Checklist - “Before you hit send on that next email, perhaps you should run down this list….” It’s a classic and got me thinking about my love-hate relationship with email.

It’s hard to argue with the success that Robert T. Kiyoski has had with his Rich Dad series. Head over to Amazon.com and you’ll see almost fifty items on offer; Rich Dad in English, Rich Dad in Spanish, Rich Dad for women and kids. Even Rich Dad in Chinese. My personal favorite is the DVD Rich Dad’s 60 Minutes to Getting Rich. Ok, it’s a bit pricy at $79.99…but that’s a small price to pay for a DVD that will make you rich in 60 minutes, right?

The baton passes to EquityScout.com for this week’s Carnival of Real Estate Investing.
You can take courses, attend seminars, and read till you’re blue in the face - but there’s nothing like learning by doing.
Regardless of who you support in this election - Senator Clinton, Senator McCain or Senator Obama - this is a speech that you should watch in its entirety.
Well go check out Positive Real Estate News, a site dedicated to accentuating the positive and eliminating the negative, as Baloo the Bear says in Jungle Book.

So are the experts. Here are a couple of interesting opinions about the future of the housing market and the US economy.
The National Association of Realtors has made available online a popular presentation by Chief Economist David Lereah on The Road to Recovery.