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Read my Real Estate Market Watch on my website: JRHafer.com on the market watch page. I would enjoy hearing your comments and suggestions regarding real estate, the economy, and the banking and credit industry. Please email me with your comments and suggestions. I look forward to hearing from you...

Beyond Natural Cyclic Occurrences By JR Hafer  January 18, 2009 The landscape of the real estate industry and how business is conducted is drastically changing. It has gone past the natural cyclic occurrences. By the actions of our national leaders, it has become painfully obvious they do not hav...

Standards for the Virtual service Industry  In every industry there is an unscrupulous element embedded within it. Along with the growing virtual businesses and online presence of small businesses and first time entrepreneurs comes a responsibility of integrity and ethical practices. Every indust...

Have you seen the new website www.AskaFloridaRealtor.com ? It is designed for everyone and anyone who has questions about Real Estate and a panel of many realtors field these questions. The public can go to this website and ask questions regrading rela estate and get answers without the fear of a...

Default Marketing When one majors in marketing sciences, the first thing you learn is the definition of marketing and the basics of presentation of goods and services. When a company has a product that benefits the public, the law of supply and demand drives the marketing and success of the produ...

Perhaps it would be a good idea for all Realtors to go through the home buying experience every so often. One could apply it to the fourteen hours of continuing education required by the state. It is one thing to be a third party to a purchase and quite another thing to actually experience purcha...

ATTITUDEBy JR Hafer Attitude, good, bad or indifferent everyone's got an attitude. The attitude you have is an inward and emotional feeling expressed by an outwardly behavior. Others can read your attitude before a word has been said. An example is the "Pouter" who constantly sulks, or the "Jutte...

Hello Fellow Realtor, My name is JR Hafer I am a Realtor and also the publisher of Real Estate Market Watch http://jrhafer.googlepages.com/realestatemarketwatch We are expanding other real estate markets, and beyond and would like to find someone to write an article about the current conditions i...

It's never been a better time to buy a home. It's a statement that the real estate industry is working hard to convey to consumers, especially in Polk County Yes, inventory is at a record high, but who says that's a bad thing? Today's home buyers now have more options than ever, and at more affor...

 By JR Hafer http://jrhafer.googlepages.com/realestatemarketwatch Whenever I speak to a group or am stopped on the street, often I am asked the same question the real estate industry is asking all over the nation. The question is; "What is happening to cause this real estate slump... What kinda d...