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According to the CEO of Millionaire Mentor Group, 'The recent economic scenario has made it possible for average Canadians to invest in real estate, as the prices in some of the prime sectors have plummeted by as much as 50% to 70%.  With proper knowledge, one can buy properties in Las Vegas, Florida, Phoenix and California, or even purchase a new waterfront vacation home at heavily discounted prices.

He further adds, 'We have seen that the real estate market headed south in the past couple of years. The economy is showing strong signs of revival, and it's about time that the market sees a reversal in this trend. This is perhaps the best time to enter in to the market.'

The Millionaire Mentor Group has been actively engaged in coaching and training people in real estate investing. The training is specifically targeted to train individuals in identifying best investment opportunities with profit potential, getting credit facilities and more. To date, the Millionaire Mentor Group has coached scores of Canadians to earn through real estate investing. The group also provides several tools and direct mentorship to assist potential investors in these ventures.

What you'll learn at the free real estate seminars:

• How any Canadian can buy U.S. real estate at 50-70% discount
• Find great deals in secret red hot markets like Florida or Vegas
• How to buy with no money and no experience working part-time without ever having to cross the border.

The seminars are going to be held in Toronto, Scarborough, Vancouver, Ottawa, Surrey and more.  To learn more about the seminars, the venue, times and locations, visit:
http://millionairementorgroupnews.com/upcoming-seminars-for-the-millionaire-mentor-group/

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'These are difficult times,' Myers said. 'There is a lot of incorrect information and bad advice out there, and my goal with this site was to create a single source where a homeowner in distress can get accurate information.' Myers holds the CDPE Advanced certification for Realtors. CDPE, standing for Certified Distressed Property Expert, is a designation given to a Realtor who has gone through extensive training and exams focused on distressed properties and homeowners. He is looking forward to using the knowledge gained in his CDPE training to help those in danger of facing foreclosure.

The site features documents on the various options available for homeowners in danger of foreclosure. There are tips for working out payments arrangements with lenders for those possibly able to stay in their homes, along with benefits and drawbacks of each option. In some cases, retention of the property isn't possible. In those cases, homeowners may have the option of a short sale.

Short sales, a concept that many have heard of, but know little about, involve an agreement between the mortgage holder and the homeowner to sell the property below what is owed to the bank. A lender may opt to sell a property 'short' because the cost to the bank could be less than the expense of running through the entire foreclosure process. A short sale is also less damaging to the homeowner's credit. A foreclosure limits a person's ability to qualify for a mortgage for 5 years or more. A short sale limits that time to around 2 years.

'There are a lot of people out there who are in trouble,' Myers said. 'They don't know where to turn. I want them to know that there are options. This is a frightening time for many homeowners. It's an extremely complicated process, and with my help as a CDPE, homeowners can get help without judgment, avoid foreclosure, and minimize damage to their credit.'

Wade Myers is the principle broker, owner, and one of several Certified Distressed Property Experts at Real Living Team Advantage. They are located at 3950 25th Street, Columbus, IN. Wade can be reached at 812-375-9233 or at Wade.Myers@realliving.com. There is also a confidential e-mail submission on the website, www.WadeHelpsHomeowners.com.

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According to Wayne Ellison, a veteran insurance broker and agent of more than 20 years, 'this is the time for homeowners to reassess their current coverage because they might be over-insured. Just as an example, if someone purchased a $450,000 home prior to the real estate market crash in 2008, they might be paying for $360,000 in replacement coverage, but the current value of their home might only be $280,000. In that case, the homeowner might only need $224,000 in coverage. That difference in value would create a noteworthy savings in most middle-income households. I recommend my clients to take the following four steps to minimize unnecessary costs:

1. Check to see what the tax-assessor's value of their home is. While that's typically less than market value, they can compare it to the assessed value prior to 2008 and see if there's more than a 20% drop. If so, they need to complete their due diligence in determining their home's current market value.
2. Have their real estate agent to run comps for their home to get an idea of what current market value is.
3. Have an appraisal done by a professional appraiser. While this is the most costly approach, it's a reliable way to get a true market value for their home.
4. After re-assessing the market value of their home, follow-through by getting a home insurance quote.'

Last week marked 12 years in business for the Ellison Insurance Agency. They assist clients throughout metro Atlanta looking for car insurance, homeowner insurance, business insurance, motorcycle insurance, life insurance, boat insurance, and mobile home insurance.

Anyone looking for a home insurance quote in Georgia should go to www.EllisonInsuranceAgency.com and submit an online quote request.

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Senior Vice President of Linxdatacenter, Arno Coster, CEO of CE Colo, Jan Daan Luycks, CEO of DEAC, Andris Gailitis, Commercial Director of Dataplex, Alan Hawkins and CEO of Plix, Sylwester Biernacki representing five countries, will join the leadership panel at the annual forum which is being held in Prague 22-23 February.

Research by BroadGroup, the event researcher and organizer, suggests that the Central and eastern European region is increasingly well positioned to exploit the next wave of data centre development as international Enterprises seek new markets, fibre deployment is sustained, outsourcing opportunities evolve, and investors monitor growth prospects across the key metropolitan areas.

Reflecting these opportunities, the conference will include a special focus on the CEE regional market for data centres, enterprises and their evolving outsourcing needs as emerging private clouds, new technologies and market growth impact across the sector.

The programme includes a regional leadership panel, a market perspective of CEE, with current trends in demand in datacentre markets across the region and growth forecasts, datacentre finance and investment, colocation business models, sustainability and efficiency in datacentres, modular datacentres, fibre connectivity and cloud evolution.

'The CEE markets are important for datacentre outsourcing,' commented Warwick Dunkley, vice president at BroadGroup. 'We are seeing a great deal of innovation in cooling methodologies as well as commercial propositions that make the region very attractive to enterprises. We have a stellar speaker academy, content of great value to all attendees and outstanding networking with peers across the region.'

Sponsors include Schneider Electric, Altron, Hewlett Packard, Dataplex, CE Colo, Corning, PLIX, Automation, Future Facilities and CNet. The event is supported by the EBRD. Colo-X and dcp are industry partners.

Media partners are eco, Datacenterjournal, Bvents, Datacenter Knowledge, DatacenterPost, ECM Plus, BoogarLists, TeleTechWire, Build, InfoCom, Balkans.com, AllConferences.com, PMR, Conferencelocate.com, and the Datachain.

Datacentres.com News is the official publication for the event.

About BroadGroup
BroadGroup is an international consulting firm providing professional advice, research, publishing and events that inspire information communities.
It has practices in data centres, carrier wholesale strategy, IT & Telecoms regulation, IT Infrastructure, and TMT finance and Investment. www.broad-group.com

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"It's a staggering number of people," says Jeff Coolidge, one of the founders behind RefinanceHomeMortgageCheck.com, a resource dedicated to providing detailed information about what to expect during the home mortgage refinancing process. "[People] don't know what to expect, so they turn to websites like ours for real information."

There is no shortage of websites and services focusing on home mortgage refinancing information.A search on Google reveals that there are approximately 6.5 million websites providing information related to home mortgage refinancing. However, most of the top websites have a hidden agenda.

"The big problem right now is that all of the top resources listed for Home Mortgage Refinancing are affiliated with the big banks," explains Coolidge. "The websites are designed to making the home refinancing process sound a lot easier than it actually is, and then they suck you into providing personal data that they sell to the banks."

As a result, there has been an increase in demand for resources like RefinanceHomeMortgageCheck.com that give honest information about the entire process and what steps you need to follow as a first-time home buyer.

"I'm extremely proud of what we've done with the site, and I expect it to continue growing in popularity over the coming months and years. We're in it for the long run," Coolidge says.

You can find out more information about Refinance Home Mortgage Check at http://www.refinancehomemortgagecheck.com.

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Philip H. Barron Realty is a family-owned real estate investment firm that has been providing  desirable apartments to the St. Louis area since 1965. Their properties are located in the Central Corridor including: Clayton; University City; Brentwood; the Central West End and the City of St. Louis.

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Brent Schepp, President, said: "Most of our clients are in the Fort Myers, Fort Myers Beach, Sanibel, and Captiva area and moving our offices to Fort Myers just made sense to better serve those clients.'

Tarpon Bay construction has been in business for more than 25 years in the Fort Myers area, building custom homes and major remodeling projects. Their business model is based upon listening to their customers and then designing and building their projects based on the customer's real needs.

Because of today's economy, remodeling has become the best option for homeowners to actually convert their existing homes to their dream homes. Another Tarpon Bay Construction specialty is in total remodel or build-outs of condominiums. Schepp says this is becoming very popular in today's market because of the low interest rates.

They also like smaller projects including room additions, garage additions, sunrooms, and total bathroom and kitchen remodels.

Schepp also emphasized that even though custom home building has slowed down in this market, Tarpon Bay Construction is still a viable building contractor and can build quality custom homes. "Our new location in Fort Myers puts us closer to our clients offering better convenience and the ability to form a more personal relationship with them.'

Those interested may visit its new website, FortMyersRemodelingContractors.com, and fill out its free consultation form for any of their remodeling or custom home building needs.

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Realtor Rhonda Eickbush has joined Real Living Team Advantage. She was formerly a multi-million dollar producing agent with Prudential Indiana Realty.

With 9 years of experience in real estate, Eickbush is focused on providing exceptional service to her clients. She is familiar with the local market, having been a resident of Bartholomew County for the 20+ years, and looks forward to servicing the community's real estate needs.

Real Living Team Advantage uses cutting-edge technology and marketing techniques to best serve their. They are located at 3950 25th Street in Holiday Center. Rhonda Eickbush can be reached at 812-375-9233 or Rhonda.Eickbush@realliving.com.

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Brookfield Asset Management, Real Living Real Estate's parent company, has announced the purchase of Prudential Real Estate and Relocation. The acquisition of the Prudential network establishes Brookfield as the world's second largest employee relocation provider, managing close to 85,000 relocations per year, in and out of over 125 countries around the world.

The purchase also places Brookfield as the third largest real estate franchising business in North America. 'We are excited for this acquisition,' said Wade Myers, CEO and Broker of the local Real Living franchise, Team Advantage. 'Brookfield has over 80,000 real estate professionals worldwide, and we are pleased to welcome the Prudential agents into the Real Living Family. This acquisition will allow Real Living Real Estate to really be a powerhouse player in Columbus so we can provide our leading-edge tools and technologies to our agents and clients.'

Brookfield's global footprint spans more than 2,800 locations, including North America, The United Kingdom, France, China, Singapore, India, Brazil, and Australia. The company is deeply immersed in the real estate brokerage and relocation sectors, and is in business for the long-term, continually looking for domestic and international growth. Myers is looking forward to benefits this news can bring.

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About EMSL Analytical, Inc.
EMSL Analytical, Inc. is a full service testing company providing quality lab services under the same private ownership since 1981. Including the corporate lab facility in Cinnaminson, NJ, EMSL Analytical operates over thirty laboratories nationwide in the US and Canada. We provide analytical services for environmental, indoor air quality (IAQ), industrial hygiene, forensics and materials science, consumer products, food safety, PCR, pharmaceutical, asbestos, lead, and radiological samples. The company has an extensive list of accreditations from leading organizations, as well as state and federal regulating bodies. Please see our website for a complete listing of accreditations.

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Shenoah Grove will be focusing on how to set goals for the new year.  "My goal is to provide everyone who attends with a 2012 Goal Kit so they can get their business off on the right foot this year."
 
Damon Flowers will be explaining how his REI Matcher program, which matches of sellers and buyers in a given area, will jump start your real estate business.  This national database is the only seller financing database of this type in the country.

The event starts at 6pm with an introductory training and then the guest speakers and networking will take place from 7-10pm.  "As always, we will have the introduction to real estate investing at 6pm, and this is a critical meeting for learning about real estate investing strategies that work in today's real estate market,' say Mrs. Grove.    

To register for this event, please visit http://austinrenc.com/.  First time attendees will be able to receive a free coupon from the website.

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Phill Grove has been considered the top post bubble real estate investor in the U.S. and is the creator of the Assignment of Mortgage Payments System program, which teaches real estate investors how to sell 'unsellable' houses to 'unloanable' buyers at market price.

"Being successful in business is all about providing solutions to problems, and the bigger the problem, the more money you make providing a solution," says Phill Grove. "The biggest hurdle to home sales is obtaining financing.  By creating an alternative to conventional bank mortgages using seller financing, you can create more real estate transactions at market price, which will improve the housing industry.'

Mr. Grove released the Assignment of Mortgage Payments System last year. This year, his focus has been assisting his nationwide group of students with marketing.

"The first step in running a successful, profitable real estate business is to get your phone ringing," says the REI Maverick.  "The second step is to be able to provide a solution to the problem they're facing selling their house.  AMPS has provided the necessary training for step 2.  The goal of my marketing seminars is to assist my students and other real estate professionals with step 1.'

The same marketing techniques he teaches are the same he's been using to participate in more than 1,200 real estate transactions over the past 8 year.

For more information on Phill Grove's real estate marketing workshop in Austin, Texas, please visit http://www.austinrealestateevent.com

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The writers on the Power of Sale Ontario website understand that most homeowners and real estate investors know quite a lot about buying foreclosed properties but many new homebuyers don't know how the foreclosure process can actually work to their benefit.  The publications on the website help people understand the processes of foreclosure so that they can get a full understanding of the real estate industry as a whole which also includes the foreclosure process. 

'My wife inherited a lot of money from her parents who died in a car crash.  She wanted to invest the money in property foreclosures, specifically Vancouver foreclosures or Calgary foreclosures, so that we can have something to leave our kids.  But we didn't know anything about buying foreclosures and we didn't want to spend our money recklessly.  A friend of ours told us about your website and I just want to say thanks for all of your hard work in putting all of these resources together.  We now know what steps we have to take and how to be successful real estate investors.' – A. LaPoint

According to the writers, buying foreclosures should not be too difficult to understand for people with average intelligence because practically almost all provinces in Canada adhere to similar basic principles.  To put it in layman's terms, foreclosure is a procedure where a lending institution or a bank repossesses, or takes back the property because the owner or borrower failed to make the payments according to the terms of the mortgage loan. 

About

Power of Sale Ontario and the Canada Real Estate Foreclosure Resource Center were created to help people find a home at the best possible lowest prices.  The website is updated on a regular basis so there is always new information and helpful tips and advice on how to narrow down a foreclosed property search so that the home buyer can find a home which will be in the family for generations to come.

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One of the main points which the writers on the Foreclosures Canada website try to help people understand is that all foreclosures and other types of distressed property sales must go through the legal transfer process.  Foreclosed properties require the same kind of paperwork and waiting periods that a normal purchase of a home will entail with slight variations.   

In addition to providing extensive information for home buyers and real estate investors, Foreclosures Canada also publishes information for real estate brokers, real estate sales representatives and real estate developers who are interested in searching for properties in the following provinces: 

• Alberta
• British Columbia
• Ontario
• Manitoba
• Saskatchewan
• Nova Scotia

The process for purchasing a bank foreclosed property varies from province to province in Canada and almost all of the cases which are filed against the defendants of each foreclosure is a matter of public record and can be found at the local court houses of each province.  Foreclosures Canada maintains resources which easily provide access to a list of pre-foreclosures, tax sales properties, estate sales and probate sales in each of the Canadian provinces.

About

Foreclosures Canada and the Canada Real Estate Foreclosure Resource Center were created to help people find a home at the best possible lowest prices.  The website is updated on a regular basis so there is always new information and helpful tips and advice on how to narrow down a foreclosed property search so that the home buyer can find a home which will be in the family for generations to come.

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People decide their walls need to be painted for many reasons. Sometimes it's just because they are tired of the color or because they are changing furniture or décor. At other times, it becomes necessary to spruce up the interior with a new paint job because they are expecting guests and you don't want them to see the same colors they saw when they last visited 10 or 15 years ago.

So when Just Paint Painters got a call from one of its past customers about painting, it didn't appear particularly unusual. Getting the call on December 22nd, the staffer assumed it was for an estimate for work to be completed sometime during the New Year (2012). As company president, Victor S. Freeman, would soon discover, however, this was anything but a 'normal' call for a painting quote. The call was from the 'First-Lady' of Saints' Memorial Community Church in a nearby town, and the work needed to be completed by the evening of December 24th. To make the job even more challenging, the walls to be painted were currently sporting plastic-covered wallpaper that had to be removed.

Being so close to Christmas, the number of employees available was limited. So Freeman, Just Paint's company president, made the trip himself to provide the estimate because of the company's loyalty to its previous customers. Even with the enormous challenge of removing the wallpaper and the uncertainty of the condition of the walls behind it, Freeman committed to getting the job done in time for Christmas Eve services.

The congregation's pastor, the Reverend Eddie Durham, said 'Just Paint Painters was called out of desperation because we knew the quality of their work, but we didn't really expect to get the narthex completed in just two days. That would be a miracle!' The company had previously performed custom interior painting work at the Durham residence.

President Freeman himself led the team in removing the wallpaper, repairing the underlying drywall that required extensive patching, and painting. Completing the project before Christmas almost required camping out at the church. But by Noon on Christmas Eve, the ceiling, walls and doors of the narthex looked brand new. When Pastor and First-Lady Durham arrived, they were totally awed by the outcome. They described the interior painting work as a 'Christmas Miracle' thanks to Freeman and Just Paint Services.

To see photos of the narthex's transformation, visit http://justpaintpainters.com/just-paint-painters-christmas-miracle-at-willingboro-church.

To help ease the challenge of moving interior painting jobs from the 'To Do' list to the 'Done' list, Just Paint Painters, a full service painting contractor based in Williamstown, New Jersey, paints most interior rooms (up to 15' x 15') for just $179, paint not included. Full details can be found on their website, JustPaintPainters.com.

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Paatle QR codes enhance mobile social sharing of user and real estate data by simplifying the way consumers find, share, acquire and refer properties to friends and family. When a property QR code is scanned, the user is taken directly to the property profile page from where detailed information such as price, photos, floor plans, maps and reviews can be easily viewed, all on-the-go from a smartphone.

Paatle QR Code is a powerful marketing tool for real estate agents, developers and property owners worldwide as they can be embedded on "For Rent", "For Sale" and "Open House" signs, property listing sheets, banners, letterheads and business cards.

"With over 4 Billion smartphones in world today capable of on-the-go QR code scanning, Paatle QR Code is an indispensable tool for entire real-estate eco-system as it further enhances the way the world connects, interacts and consumes real estate" stated Peter Alfred-Adekeye, Paatle Founder & CEO. 

Paatle QR Codes are free and available to all Paatle users. To learn more about Paatle and Paatle QR Codes, please visit www.paatle.com 

About Paatle
Founded in 2011, Paatle – a Zurich, Switzerland headquartered technology startup – simplifies the way the world connects, interacts, and consumes real estate. Paatle's advanced technology enables consumers to easily create 'seeking property' requests, watch cities of interest, follow properties and seamlessly rent, buy, share and sell real estate in real-time from anywhere in the world.

Since launching in beta on May 5, 2011, Paatle now lists over 294,000 properties with a gross value of $110 Billion in 14,343 cities across 70 countries worldwide.

Paatle is currently available in English, German and French.

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