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Updated 11/21 01:00 AM CST 
Today's Feature Stories

Investor Report: Avoid Over-Improving

For investors looking to pick up and rehab houses for quick resales, the rules in today's tough market are very different from a few years back. FULL STORY->


Condo Trends: Capitol Hill Condos Hot for Inauguration

Condominium owners of units are attempting to bring in some extra cash flow -- by renting out their homes. FULL STORY->


Tell All, Safest Way To Sell A Home

If you're putting your home on the market, better be sure you're ready to tell all -- good and FULL STORY->


Successful Marketing in Strange Times

It's an anxiety created by the uncertainty about the country's economic and political future, and more importantly, people have an anxiety about their own future and the future of their family. FULL STORY->


Focus: Removing the Barrier

There is one large barrier real estate Agents need to master to create dominance in their marketplace. That one barrier is focus. FULL STORY->


Educated Homeowners Surviving Housing Crisis

Low-income homeowners who take the time to learn how to own a home are much more likely, than unschooled owners, to hold onto the American Dream -- even during an economic crisis. FULL STORY->


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Ask the HOA Expert
Should the current board review, renew and/or secure new bids for our contracted services as part of the budget process or wait for the new board to build its own budget? Can a director of the board give his proxy to someone else to vote at a board meeting? These questions and more in this week's column. FULL STORY->

Crescent Communities Releases Hottest Home-Building Trends for 2009
Crescent Communities identified the hottest new home trends expected for 2009 after compiling information from buyers and prospects in all its Charlotte-area luxury communities. FULL STORY->

Readers Choice

Washington Report: New Housing Bill

Pop Off Popcorn Ceilings

Investor Report: Where to Buy Low, Sell High



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