As many real estate developers are losing buildings to the banks, a group of investors are about to pick over the failures and they are looking for deals. Commercial property values are dropping, refinancing capital is scarce, but there is one group that is raising money quickly. Real estate investment trusts.

New Jersey is losing real estate agents quickly these days. In 2008, they lost a third of the agents working the streets. And that is after losing 17 percent of the agents in 2006 and 2007.

In a surprising move, online real estate brokerage Redfin is entering into partnerships with real estate agents from more than a dozen other brokerages in areas that Redfin’s in-house agents can’t reach.

Travel agents... gone.
Stock brokers... gone.
Real estate brokers... in trouble. Photographer's agents, too.
Literary agents?

Mall operator General Growth Properties' bankruptcy is worrisome. But even if commercial real estate weakens further, the market probably won't collapse.

Obviously newspapers are nearly useless to real estate agents now. The investment that was made in advertising in the papers should be moved to the internet, either through websites or tools to get maximum exposure for the agents listings.

Real estate broker – if you are dedicated to the brick-and-mortar brokerage office, but seek to change it up either to reduce cost or create an environment that infuses a spirit of change for customers and agents, you are not alone.

We’ve trained hundreds of real estate agents to make the blog an effective marketing tool. We run them through a dozen hours of personal training classes, aiming to keep them on track to success.

The following represent the most common issues that we help them recognize in or to keep them focused.

A group of Florida real estate and lending professionals are trying to make the $8,000 tax credit from the Federal Government and turn it into part of the down payment for first time home buyers.