According to the Department of Justice, a Milwaukee real estate agent and a seller conspired to prevent an African-American from buying the seller’s home. Along with the agent’s broker, they got slapped with a not-stiff-enough $35,000 fine, but I wish somebody would also slap these two dinosaurs upside the head.
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We invest large amounts of time with buyers. There is nothing more frustrating than spending a lot of time with buyers and than never getting paid for our efforts. The key component to successfully working with buyers is the qualifying process. Qualifying is the lost art of the sales process. Sometimes we get so excited [...]

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Be careful what you wish for.
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If you are one of the record numbers of Americans voting in the 2008 presidential primaries and caucuses across the country, you have, no doubt, heard about our souring economy for the low- and middle-classes. More troubling, is Washington’s inability to capitalize on American ingenuity and create new systems, processes and infrastructures that feature less [...]

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“Information deemed Reliable but not Guaranteed.” It’s a fair bet that most people who would read this column have seen that disclaimer more times than they could count. It is found on flyers, brochures, advertisements, and, most notably, multiple listing (MLS) reports and property descriptions. Who knows when that language first came into use? Whenever [...]

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Within days, the federal department of Housing and Urban Development plans to unveil sweeping proposed changes to the American mortgage application process and real estate settlement system.
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