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ADVERTISEMENT Enhance efficiencies and surpass the competition with LPS Applied Analytics' CompLocator, a state-of-the-art search engine that generates high-quality sales comparable reports. Click here or call 866.964.8343 to get your free trial today. TODAY'S TOP STORIES = Premium Member News - Join Now » Monday, March 01, 2010 A voice for independents By MARY UMBERGER In the world of real estate brokerage, Pam O'Connor is a quasi-civilian, a relatively neutral party who constantly finds herself talking tactics with the heads of some of the largest independents in the business. "That's always my first question with them -- how's business?" says O'Connor. "And they tell me ..." More » Short-term vs. long-term loans Part 2: Mortgage selection in post-crisis market Jobs should be job No. 1 Letters to the Editor Brits buy record number of second homes From Global Edge NOTABLE QUOTE "This gap between the first and second lenders' bottom lines can be resolved only by what we call a contribution. That means either the seller or the buyer must make a cash contribution to pay the second off. ... many experienced short-sale agents ... actually give the buyer a heads-up about the contribution issue and ask whether (the buyer has) the cash available to make a contribution ..." --Tara-Nicholle Nelson TERESA BOARDMAN: Recent Columns Dealing with real estate data disasters I can be replaced Why it's not enough to be 'busy' More Teresa Boardman »	ADVERTISEMENT Real Estate Connect SF 2010 - New location! Hilton San Francisco Union Square - July 13-15, 2010. Only 4 weeks left for Early Bird Pricing - sign up by 3/19 to save over $300! Register Today! OTHER TOP STORIES Bye-bye equity Sunk Cost NAR: Existing-home sales rise 11.5% Market Leader: $7.4M net loss in '09 Twitter: an agent's perspective Hidden costs in short sales Latest News »
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