Todays' headlines reinforce the "new reality" in real estate and should make every real estate broker sit up and take notice.  While there will be honest to goodness stress on us for some time.. this is the kind of environment that skillful investors and brokers can make their fortune.

I mean, read the past few days' headlines:

Anxiety rises as the era of easy credit comes to an end.
USATODAY- 9-18-08
August housing starts drop 6.2%, lowest since 1991
WASHINGTON (Reuters) 9/17/08
Construction of new homes plummeted to a 17-1/2-year
WASHINGTON (Reuters) 9/17/08
Wall Street sees worst day in 7 years
CNNMoney.com  September 15, 2008
Lehman Files For Bankruptcy
CNN- Monday Sept 15, 2008
Greenspan: Other Big U.S. Finance Firms May Fail...
September 14, 2008
Another Street shocker: U.S. plans to lend up to $85B to AIG
Usatoday 9-17-08

Brokers and investors alike must adapt to a new reality- "normal" transactions are going to be fewer and farther apart.  Innovative ideas, business structures, and web based business plans are going to dominate.  In fact, it's already happening.  Virtual real estate promises low costs, highly integrated networking, economies of scale for all kinds of technolgy that is just now rolling into the marketplace.

Virtual real estate businesses are rolling out today- Right now, for example, an agent in CA can expand sales operations into more than 10 states.. and 25 by years end... and all 50 states by the end of next year.  Earn 80% split with NO investment, NO administrative overhead, NO royalty fee, No desk fee, and opporutnity to expand nationally with ZERO additional cost.   While you can expand your sales operation in a number of states today, No license is needed, other than within the state you reside in. NONE. 

But the REALLY interesting and powerful benefit from this new virtual brokerage is the new tools being offered!  Cutting edge software for all forms of marketing, transaction management, customer relations.. all within a network of like minded, foreward thinking brokers and investors.  OH.. and it's all available at no cost.

If you're a hard charging, entrepreneurial individual who is unafraid to work "outside the box", we should talk.  I have openings for 10 super ambitious people who are looking for a REAL opportunity in real estate that is just beginning to gather steam. There are astounding "first mover" advantages. 

Bill McKee
1-888-321-0235