There are three phases in a residential real estate transaction. Industry expert Saul Klein explains each step for consumers in this primer series of articles on how to work with a buyer broker.

California REALTOR Michael Trust spends time carefully constructing blog posts that readers find educational informative, and highly valuable. This is a blog worth bookmarking in New Jersey -- the information has wide appeal to buyers and sellers.

Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) is cosponsor of a bill that will protect consumers by prohibiting banks from entering real estate brokerage.

The Inman Blog continues to inform, startle, amaze, and delight readers day after day. News, gossip, rumors, and scoops eek out of four years of archived copy on the premier blog in the real estate industry.

Real estate Master Coach Joeann Fossland offers a one-year plan for designing strategic partnerships. Here are comprehensive checklists that works as team building "dance cards."

What is the best way to pay a buyer's broker, commission or hourly fee? Ask for an agency disclosure and discuss representation when you commence a working relationship with a licensee.

The RealTown Community is a treasure trove of ideas and wisdom. Community members share tips and advice for rookies in an EXCLUSIVE RealTown article compiling precious nuggets of information in an exciting new venue of user generated content.

Real estate author Dani Babb, Ph.D, MBA, tells agents and brokers not to be intimidated by growing online competition. Embrace new technology and tools to meet consumers' expectations, she says. That, combined with a high level of personal service, will enhance an agent's role in the real estate transaction.

Do not make assumptions about representation in a real estate transaction. Does your "agent" represent you if you are the buyer? Or does he represent the seller? Can he represent both parties?

The movie ¡¥The Secret¡¦ is receiving enormous exposure in the press and on the airwaves. Real estate coach Maya Bailey, Ph.D. has been using the attraction principle for years with her clients. She offers RealTown consumers and agents a formula for using the Law of Attraction in their lives to achieve their innermost desires.