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Contingencies in a real estate contract (The Meridian Star) - A contingency in a real estate sales contract is a condition that must be satisfied before a sales contract is fully enforceable.

From Musical Notes to House Notes: Guitarist Makes Switch to Real Estate (RedNova) - By Joyce Owen, Walton Sun, Santa Rosa Beach, Fla. Mar. 31--When Broker/Realtor Brad Vroon considered opening his own real estate office in South Walton late last year, he had a game plan for 2007 and beyond.

Hybrid biz adds pizazz to real estate listings (KOMO Seattle) - There's a new hybrid business in the Seattle area that combines real eastate with two things are often paired together - wine and art. The Living Room in Kirkland features hundreds of bottles of wine, works by local artists and real estate listings.

About Real Estate (Richmond Times-Dispatch) - NOTE: The real estate property transfers formerly printed in the Home & Garden section can be found every Saturday on Page 2 of the "Homes Around Richmond" classified section.

City of Ashland to sell real estate on Strawberry Lane (Ashland Daily Tidings) - The city of Ashland is selling some of the real estate it owns on Strawberry Lane. "Let's see how we do in the market," said Finance Director Lee Tuneberg, who will act as the purchasing agent for the city. "We budgeted for the revenue this year."

Realize Big Returns with Real Estate (Evening Times) - (ARA) - It's a buyer's market, which is great news for real estate investors. There are profits to be made just about everywhere you turn these days.

Real estate appraiser stakes out new turf as trapper (WOOD TV 8 Grand Rapids) - GRAND BLANC TOWNSHIP, Mich. -- Richard C. Smith has been a recreational trapper for more than 45 years, longer than his career as a real estate appraiser.

Multifamily Real Estate Developers Lead Green Effort in China (Multi-Housing News) - MARCH 30, 2007 -- Shanghai, CHINA -- Melting icebergs, rising sea levels and an expansion of the earth's deserts are among the global environmental concerns spurring Chinese multifamily real estate developers to embrace green design techniques.

$1 million goes to UF real estate program (Gainesville Sun) - Nathan Collier, landlord to countless college students for 30-plus years, donated $1 million to the graduate real estate program at the University of Florida, UF announced Friday.

In real estate, bad news can be good (Seattle Post-Intelligencer) - Real estate has its market cycles like any type of investment, and lately it's been getting bad press.