For Dave Johnston, AKA ‘The Old House Man®,’ specializing in historic properties turned out to be the turning point in leveraging his passion into an extraordinarily successful career. Here's why his commitment to specialize allows him to receive much higher commissions while everyone else is crying the discount blues ...

It's that time of year again and this year's convention is shaping up to be the biggest and best ever. If you have never had an opportunity to experience an NAR convention (or beautiful San Francisco for that matter), this is as good a time as ever. And, yours truly will be presenting what has turned out to be one of the hottest topics in real estate today ...

Marilyn Bennett, owner of Shoreline Realtor Solutions in Ware, Massachusetts, has the experience and savvy to handle a wide range of services for her Realtor® clients. But it’s her love of coordinating online transactions that has them wondering how they ever did it the old way. Read on to see why managing your own transactions may be an expense you can no longer afford  ...

Last month's poll indicated that information on productivity tools is what you want most. To help save you money, time, and effort -- I’ve developed the following list. (Consider me your own personal field-tester.)  After downloading and testing, buying and discarding, dedicating and reconfiguring —I’ve come up with a few recommendations I consider essential ...