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In his excellent article on RealBlogging, Mel Aclaro asks an important question - are the Olympics way too commercialized? In his article, he says: "...is there an 'Olympic Spirit'? It's sports. It's an over commercialized event made up mainly of professional athletes competing in sports that peo...

One of the most common mistakes people make when buying a newly constructed home is  not having a professional home inspection. Comments such as “why should I have a home inspections when everything is new” or “Isn’t it inspected by the city or county while it is being built” are common, but you ...

RealTown has made The Real Estate Wiki an official part of their site; they have partnered up with The Real Estate Wiki to make it the de facto RealTown wiki. Its a great idea that will do immense things for both the wiki and RealTown.  

From Stefan Swanepoel's post for the Inman Real Estate Trends Community: "With the XXIX Olympiad - The 2008 Summer Olympic Games - officially underway in Beijing China I thought it would be interesting to have a small online real estate olympiad of our own. Now this will be nothing like the 10,50...

Baird and Warner was formed in Chicago, Illinois in 1855, making arguably one of the oldest real estate companies in the US. The same goes for NP Dodge. A dozen years before Nebraska officially became a state, the NP Dodge family starts serving the real estate needs of the Omaha/Council Bluffs co...

On Wednesday, July 30, 2008, the President signed into law The Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008, which authorizes the Department of the Treasury to purchase obligations of housing Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSEs); reforms the regulatory supervision of the housing GSEs; provides re...

The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) is a wholly owned government corporation that was established under the National Housing Act of 1934. The goal is to improve housing standards and conditions, to provide an adequate home financing system through insurance of mortgages and to stabilize the ...

America's Realty is a real estate company and franchise known for only requiring a 2% royalty that reduces a franchisee's overall cost. The Founder and current CEO is Carl Fleischer.

Which magazines and online news sources do you use the most? Have others for the list? Post them at The Real Estate Wiki! Apartment Finder Atlanta Real Estate Forum BiggerPockets Broker Agent Magazine Broker Agent News FrogPond Harmon Homes Inman News Lore Meredith Corporation Mid-FloridaHomes.co...

Which magazines and online news sources do you like best? Have others for the list? Post them at The Real Estate Wiki!   Apartment Finder Atlanta Real Estate Forum BiggerPockets B roker Agent Magazine Broker Agent News FrogPond Harmon Homes Inman News Lore Meredith Corporation Mid-FloridaHomes.co...