Buying and selling a home is an exciting time, but there can be pitfalls for unsuspecting consumers.

You should be aware that criminals use wire fraud schemes to steal money meant for home purchases or the proceeds from the sale of the property. Criminals often begin the wire fraud process by using email messages, website forms, or phone calls to steal your email login and password information.

Take two minutes to watch this short video with four tips to help you protect against wire fraud.

For more information about wire fraud and how you can protect your property rights, visit www.HomeClosing101.org.

Facebook is “getting big” on real estate. Real estate marketing, that is.

Retarketing isn’t a new idea. It’s how Amazon keeps that one thing you didn’t buy following you all around the internet.

Browsing the pages of Amazon, we may click on an item to find out more or place it into our basket. Whatever the reason, we may not initiate or complete a purchase. However, Amazon knows exactly what you’ve been perusing.

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LinkedIn, owned by Microsoft, recently rolled out their own mobile native video feature which allows users to create video posts and comments. Users can upload their recorded videos directly via their LinkedIn app. Videos will auto play on silent and can be up to 10 minutes in length. (more…)