Ohio Real Estate Virtual Assistant Earns Real Estate Professional Assistant (REPA) Certificate
Springfield, OH (ContentDesk) January 13, 2006 -- Lisa Morgan of Virtuoso Administrative Services has recently earned the Real Estate Professional Assistant (REPA) Certificate, awarded by the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS?.All successful real estate brokers and agents know how important a good assistant is to their success.
"The best investment of time and money," says Martin Edwards, Jr., president of the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS?, "just might be in a well-trained professional assistant.
The REPA course can turn the right candidate for assistant - or any support position, for the matter - into an agent's 'right hand.'"Understanding this, Morgan took the two-day REPA certificate course to become familiar with the inner workings of the real estate industry, studying such topics as professional and ethical standards, local listing and sales procedures, and how to manage a real estate transaction.Morgan, who has also received the International Association of Virtual Assistants (IVAA) Certified Real Estate Support Specialist (CRESS") designation, has an extensive business background in senior level administration and operations support in the mortgage servicing industry.
"Though I'd had opportunities to work with real estate professionals in my former career," says Morgan, "I feel the knowledge I gained in obtaining my REPA designation, combined with my business experience helps me provide the superior level of service my clients deserve in helping them achieve their business vision." Morgan's company, Virtuoso Administrative Services is a virtual assistance company that was established in July, 2004. Specializing in Executive Level Management and Strategic Marketing Support, Morgan works with real estate professionals, entrepreneurs, and small business owners in a true collaborative relationship to manage their back office operations, allowing them to focus their energies on growing their business.
For more information about Virtuoso's services, please visit http://www.VirtuosoAdmin.com..
24-year-old Real Estate Investor Buys Over $4 mil in Property
Bucking national real estate ownership trends, Al Chapman, an African American at the age of 24, has already accumulated over $4 million in property. Chapman has bought over 75 single-family homes in the four short years he's been in real estate investment. A full time real estate investor, Chapman wasted no time getting started on his career."I don't keep score, I just enjoy what I do," said Chapman. "I really like taking older, ugly homes and making them beautiful again, and it's always great to work with sellers who are trying to get out of a neighborhood or need to sell their home quickly; it's rewarding to help them solve those problems."A native of Chattanooga, Tennessee, Chapman went to Colgate University in upstate New York where he started his first business, CoolWallstreet.com, a stock market simulator web site. Only 19 when the company started, the company enjoyed considerable success until it succumbed to the dot-com fallout.
But Chapman's determination to succeed...
24-year-old Real Estate Investor Buys Over $4 mil in Property
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Real Estate Capital Markets Experts from Pacific Security Capital to Play Key Roles at Real Share's Structured Finance Conference
Portland, OR
October 2, 2004 -http://www.pacificsecuritycapital.com - Pacific Security Capital ("PSC"), a leading real estate investment bank and real estate capital markets expert headquartered in Portland, Oregon announces the appointment of its Executive Managing Director, Mike Myatt to the Advisory Board of the Real Share Structured Finance Conference to be held in New York on December 2nd, 2004. In his role on the Advisory Board, Mr. Myatt will provide real estate capital markets leadership and input into the design, content and format of the conference. In addition to Mr. Myatt's participation on the Advisory Board, Mike Wenzlick, Senior Managing Director at Pacific Security Capital will be a keynote speaker at the conference.
"Having two of our executives play such key roles at the conference is a testimony to our recognition as a leader in providing structured financing solutions" said Mike Connell,...
Real Estate Capital Markets Experts from Pacific Security Capital to Play Key Roles at Real Share's Structured Finance Conference
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Real Estate Bubble Impacts Tax Planning
(ContentDesk) November 16, 2005 -- Traditionally, real estate investors have been using 1031 exchanges to avoid paying income taxes on sale of real estate.
This is accomplished by selling real estate and rolling over any taxable gain into new real estate.Jacob Stein, a well-known tax attorney in Los Angeles, California who represents many real estate developers and investors, states that he has observed a recent trend among his clients to forego the 1031 exchange route.
"Real estate investors are beginning to realize that there is a bubble in the real estate market and that maybe it is time to cash out."But cashing out means recognizing taxable gain.
Mr. Stein points out that there are several available tax planning alternatives to defer recognizing gain on sale of real estate.
One noteable technique that has passed IRS scrutiny is the so-called private annuity transaction.
In this transaction a real estate investor actually cashes out, receiving...
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Customize Appealing Real Estate Signs at New Website
A tried-and-true fact in the real estate business is that the most effective real estate sales technique is to display signs at the property site.
A survey conducted by the Real Estate Insider Report identified 75% of the respondents named real estate signs as their most effective marketing tool.
Good-looking real estate signs attract attention to the advertised property and communicate contact details to interested onlookers.AAASignsOnline.com has a variety of real estate sign templates that are completely customizable at their brand new website, www.AAASignsOnline.com.
"Our website offers over twenty different templates to choose from," said AAASignsOnline.com...
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What are the different mattress measurements?
While buying a mattress most of us lay stress on the softness, the materials used in manufacturing and color of the mattress. We forget the mattress size. The length and breadth of the mattresses are different for different beds. The mattress size depends on the bed size and for every bed there are various types of mattresses.
Buying a small mattress is a big mistake and if your legs are completely not on the mattress and come out of it then you cannot sleep well. While sleeping...
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