The real estate industry. Is there money to be made?

...although this line of work is not necessarily a business venture many might consider today, in my interview, Allan shares why he thinks it should be a career choice for several reasons some may not have considered.

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Gillean Smith: As of today or right now, is there any financial benefit to become a real estate agent?

Allan Glass: Absolutely. I believe that it is in the challenging markets that you learn the most and find the greatest opportunities to prove your worth. I also believe that the role of the... (more)

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The real estate industry: Now what?

...to offer some inside information in real estate as an investor and in other areas.

For now, Allan shares his thoughts as to why the housing industry came crashing down.

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Gillean Smith: In your expert opinion, what caused the housing market/real estate market to plummet and begin to spiral out of control?

Allan Glass: An overabundance of cheap liquidity and a natural tendency towards speculation helped inflate the "bubble." The market's ultimate undoing sprang... (more)

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Integrating your marketing cohesively

...for Marketing & Art Institute of Atlanta for Website Administration '98.

Liana: How we met? I think we first met about 8 years ago at Search Engine Strategies, a search industry conference. It’s been about 8 years, Becky?

Becky: I will agree about the 8 years.

Gillean Smith: How hard is it to own your own business?

Liana: I think the hard parts of owning the business is doing the pieces that I may not know as well as I would like. Everything else comes with ease. So, buckling down and doing the pieces we don't like and not procrastinating seems to be ... (more)

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Whale Wars -

Last week, two crew members from the Bob Barker suffered hypothermia after waiting in small motor boats for more than 12 hours. Finally, all Sea Shepherd crew are now back on board the Bob Barker.

Meanwhile, the Steve Irwin has received a distress call from the New Zealand Search and Rescue. They are asking for the crew onboard the Steve Irwin to help find the five missing crew members who were onboard a Norwegian-registered yacht, the Berserk.

The Berserk sent a distress call approximately 18 nautical miles (33km) north of Scott Base in the Ross Sea. This is the point of... (more)

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