 | Sellers: Know Your
Buyer Market
 Before you start a company, the first thing you should do is market research to determine your target market. This important step will help determine how successful you ultimately will be. The same is true when it comes to selling your home. Understanding the buyer market and who might be a good fit for your home will help ensure that you highlight the most vital features.
"Just like the business of television advertising commercials, you need to know who your target audience is," writes Michael Corbet in his book Ready, Set, Sold! Before putting your home on the
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market, you should take time to search for the best REALTOR® to handle your transaction. Your agent can help you better understand which buyers are most likely going to be interested in your
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Major Campaign To Extend $8,000 Home Buyer Tax Credit Underway
 The House and Senate may have left Capitol Hill for their Summer break, but housing lobbyists are busy at work gearing up a major campaign to extend the $8,000 home buyer tax credit.
The credit for first-time purchasers is scheduled to expire November 30.
The National Association of Home Builders and the National Association of Realtors want to persuade Congress to nail down an extension of the credit, and maybe even broaden its coverage, as soon as possible.
The home builders are mounting an aggressive campaign during the congressional recess. The association is sending out local teams of members to meet with congressmen and senators in their home districts, urging not only a one year extension of the credit, but an expansion of the concept to cover all home buyers next year, not just first-timers.
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Real Estate Investment 101
 It could be a good time to invest in real estate, given the abundance of foreclosures and other distressed properties with reduced prices.
It could also be a bad time to invest in real estate, if you don't know what you are doing.
There's the rub.
It's a good time to invest, but it is difficult. Now when you go out to invest you are competing with a dozen offers. The investors are back.
Just like buying a home to live in, taking the real estate investment plunge requires taking stock of your financial goals, planning and lifestyle before taking the plunge.
Pretty much like buying any property.
If you've got the time, the money and the lifestyle that lends itself to managing a real estate investment, you are just about half way there.
However, both halves are pretty big halves.
The National Real Estate Investors Association says you've still got a lot of work to do. Here's how much.
 Buy your own home first.
The general rule of thumb is that buying your own home will not only put a roof over your head, but also background
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Remodeling Increasing:
How to Get the Best Value
 Homeowners who have either decided to stay in their homes or are considering selling may be helping to build momentum in the remodeling market.
According to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), the organization's Chairman, Greg Miedema, said in a recent media statement that, "With more calls from homeowners and more projects under way, remodelers are seeing better activity in their businesses."
NAHB reports that indicators for current remodeling market conditions have improved in all regions across the
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