CoRE Link Post #26

Hopefully, you’ve already taken a look at this week’s carnival at Minneapolis Real Estate Market Update — if not, please do so prior to going through this list of the remaining submissions.

Investing

Matthew Paulson presents Unconventional Thinking: Renting as an Investment posted at Getting Green.

A Samuel presents Established overseas property markets attract city bonus spending in 2007 posted at Nubricks.com.

Real Estate Market

Sheryl A. Smith, CCIM presents Will You Make Money On This Deal? posted at SmithREServices.

Howard Arnoff presents Seinfeld not laughing at paying real estate commission posted at Charleston Real Estate Blog.

Patrick Kitano presents Musings on the Wisdom of Crowds posted at TRANSPARENT REAL ESTATE (www.TransparentRE.com): Recent Entries.

Dan Melson presents Save For A Down Payment or Buy Now? (Part 2 of 2) posted at Searchlight Crusade.

Real Estate Professionals

Matt Heinz presents Asking "Why" posted at Matt on Marketing, saying, "Getting referrals is great.  Knowing "why" you were referred can unlock far more business down the road."

Gerry Pugliese presents The Post-Offer Open House posted at TrueGotham, saying, "A discussion of what may or may not be a real estate dirty trick–holding an open house after you have an offer."

Joel Burslem presents A conversation with Michael Yang, General Manager of Yahoo Real Estate posted at Future of Real Estate Marketing.

Nigel Swaby presents Why Should You Trust a Real Estate Agent? posted at Salt Lake Real Estate Blog.

Broker Bryant presents Please Give My Top Dollar, I’m in Foreclosure! posted at Broker Bryant’s Real Estate Ramblings.

Jake Cunningham presents Real Estate Blog - NYC Connect: A Peek Behind the Real Estate 2.0 Curtain posted at active rain.