Category: Guest Columns

Setting Up a Trust; One Option for Foreign Investors in U.S. Real Estate

Features, Guest Columns, HAR Global

By now the word has gotten out to most U.S. REALTORS® that there is a special trap for unwary...

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Convergence or Unintended Consequences: The Growing Legacy of Off MLS Marketing

Features, Guest Columns

It arrived in the spring 2012 to the collective relief of an entire industry. After five years of...

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The Company You Keep

Features, Guest Columns

By Grant Harpold, HAR Legal Counsel A lawsuit involving a local residential transaction was the...

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HCAD Outlines the Process for Protesting Property Values

Communications, Features, Governmental Affairs, Guest Columns

Submitted by the Harris County Appraisal District Each spring, homeowners throughout Harris County...

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Are You Prepared to Run the CFPB Gauntlet?

Features, Guest Columns

Democracy is such a predictable condition. That predictability is now poised to create a potential...

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Maximizing Growth: Houston & You – High Performance is a Choice

Guest Columns

GHBA & HAR have teamed up to bring you a program designed especially for the real estate and...

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Is a Listing in the Pocket Worth Two in the MLS?

Features, Guest Columns

Off-MLS listings are back with a vengeance. Tom Gillett offers some reasons why pocket listings...

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It’s Time to Accept the Fact that Consumers are the Drivers of the Industry

Guest Columns

By Marilyn Wilson I can’t tell you the number of times I have had a conversation with someone in...

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From Whence Consumer Power Comes

Features, Guest Columns

This special consumer-centric edition of Houston REALTOR® is just one more reason for all of us to...

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The Dangers of Surfing the Hyper-Market

Features, Guest Columns

­­­­­Across much of the country a new real estate market has either arrived or will be arriving...

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