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August 2006 Issue

Top Stories

• What to Do in the First 6 Months
  In Trump: The Art of the Deal, real estate entrepreneur Donald Trump gives his own take on what it takes to succeed in real estate: If you take care of the downside, the upside will take care of itself.

• A Field Guide to Personal Assistants
  With more people working in the real estate industry than ever before, the pressure is on for you to provide better service than your competitors. But with so many other tasks to manage — from writing ads to handling paperwork — how can you find the time?

• Show Me the Money: Commissions and the MLS
  Entitlement to cooperative commissions may be confusing for some agents. Any analysis of a cooperative commission situation should determine the basis of compensation between the listing and cooperative brokers, the amount of the commission...