While it probably doesn't rise to the point of financial liability on the part of the agent, it is definitely an issue of incompetence/laziness on the agent's part.

Many businesses are gone, more are going under, vacancy rates in commercial retail, office, and industrial are rising, property owners are struggling to retain and attract tenants, and values continue to reduce.

The bigger problem is that our entire economy was inflated like a bubble by the abundance of easy money.

HUD is good and bad, deals have become very marketed and therefore brokers have taken advantage of the idea of "forclousures" being a great deal even if they are not, so uneducated folks are buying not so good forclousures at inflated prices.

That number seems artificially inflated and how confident are you that you will actually sell at that price.You don't want to lose money on your first deal, or any deal for that matter.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_CramerCareer[edit] JournalistHe began his journalism career in college, working for The Harvard Crimson, and rising to become its president.

A rise in sales from one month to the next means very little, least of all a sign of a bottom.

I'm a big advocate of the rise of Detroit and really hope this will continue to bring in new life to the city.

The sun did rise again after the storm and what ensued was a more accountable and honest attempt at trying to restore credit lending practices as a whole.

We're in an environment now where for five years everyone has been screaming about how hyper inflation is coming.