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Wrong ways to do real estate (Seattle Post-Intelligencer) - With real estate showing signs of a rebound, investing in real property becomes more popular. Like any other endeavor, there's a right way and a wrong way to go about it. Here's a look at seven lethal missteps investors often take.

Real Estate Weekly -- April 13 (Market Watch) - Possibly the biggest real-estate news of the week came from the National Association of Realtors -- and it wasn't good. The trade group reported that U.S. home prices will likely fall 0.7% this year, the first nationwide drop in at least 38 years.

Real Estate Live (Washington Post) - Welcome to Real Estate Live, an online discussion of the Washington area housing market with Post Real Estate editor Maryann Haggerty.

Sainsbury May Use Real Estate to Repay Shareholders (Update3) (Bloomberg.com) - April 13 (Bloomberg) -- J Sainsbury Plc may sell part of its 7.5 billion pounds ($15 billion) of real estate and use the money to pay investors after the U.K. supermarket chain spurned a takeover bid from CVC Capital Partners Ltd.

Realize Big Returns with Real Estate (Palladium 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.

*Royal Host Real Estate Investment Trust Declares Distribution Of C$0.055; Record May 15/ Payable May 31, 2007 (Nasdaq) - (RTTNews) - Royal Host Real Estate Investment Trust declares distribution of C$0.055; record May 15/ payable May 31, 2007.

1 in 54 Californians has a real estate license, and other tales from the housing front (Desert Sun) - The once-booming real estate market has indeed been a career draw: Roughly 1 in every 54 Californians holds a real estate license.

Services target global real estate businesses. (ThomasNet) - Global WorkPlace Solutions bring together range of expert capabilities that enable organizations to plan, source, configure, construct, operate, and renew workplaces needed to meet continually changing business needs. Capabilities span 8 core offerings, including real estate, projects, facilities, energy, workspace, technologies, infrastructure, and consulting.

Real Estate Commissioner Davi to speak (Desert Sun) - California Department of Real Estate Commissioner Jeff Davi will present a Real Estate Market Outlook today at a meeting of the Women’s Council of Realtors' meeting at Woodhaven Country Club in Palm Desert.

Artis Real Estate Investment Trust announces monthly cash distribution (CNW Group via Yahoo! Finance) - Artis Real Estate Investment Trust announced that its trustees have declared its regular monthly cash distribution of $0.0875 per trust unit of Artis for the month of April, 2007. The cash distributions will be made on May 15, 2007 to Unitholders of record on April 30, 2007.