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• NAR: 6 Percent Bump in Memberships, With Diverse Entrants

  22-07-2018 19:06
  Membership in the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR)—which, for agents and brokers, denotes higher standards than what is required by their respective states—has increased in the last year, from 1.22 million to 1.3 million, according to the 2018 NAR Member Profile. Entrants to the industry prompted the rise, with 29 percent of members having less than two years of experience in real estate, up from 28 percent last year.
  The average REALTOR®:Experience and incomes are lin
  
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• Don’t Know Your Mortgage Rate? You Could Be Costing Yourself Thousands

  22-07-2018 19:02
  (TNS)—Not knowing your mortgage rate can be an expensive mistake, especially in this rising interest rate market. Yet nearly three in 10 mortgage holders (29 percent) either didn’t know their mortgage rate or wouldn’t say, according to a survey by Bankrate.
  This is a big problem, says Martin Choy, operations manager at Westwood Mortgage in Seattle.
  “Most homeowners should know what their rate is. If they have an adjustable rate mortgage [ARM], then they should contact the
  
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• 7 Real Estate Tools Entrepreneurs Should Know About - Forbes

  22-07-2018 13:00
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  7 Real Estate Tools Entrepreneurs Should Know About
  Forbes
  When I was 19 years old, I bought my first rental property. At that age, I had a lot to learn and teach myself as I started managing my first property. Eventually, I was able to grow my investment into an actual business and leave a corporate job to co ...
  
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