The 10 Good Neighbor Awards finalists are building communities across the country and the world through their volunteer work. Read their stories here.

Don’t ever discount the power of one. If you’ve ever thought you alone couldn’t make a difference in solving seemingly insurmountable problems like poverty and homelessness, you may think differently after reading these stories of REALTORS® who changed people’s worlds.

One provides clean water and medical care to villagers in remote northern Haiti;...

The country’s biggest residential brokerages are benefiting from the continued health and stability of the real estate market, REALTOR® Magazine’s third annual “Top 100 Companies” survey shows.

A 1999 decision that allowed landlords to refuse to rent to unmarried couples if doing so would offend their religious beliefs was reversed recently, when the U.S. Court of Appeals withdrew its opinion in Thomas v. Anchorage Equal Rights Commission.

Unsung heroes--REALTORS® who devote precious time and energy to community service without thought of recognition--are the kind of people we were seeking for the REALTOR® Magazine Good Neighbor Awards. And, boy, did we find them.

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Landing a deal with a top-tier client. Breaking into a new international market. Being named No. 1 salesperson in a global commercial company. That’s the stuff we were looking for when we set out to identify four commercial practitioners—specialists in industrial, office, property management, and retail--for this month’s cover profiles.

Property manager takes on the community that wants to define community by acting just in time to be part of history.

NAR’s 1999 legal environment scan, Past, Present, Future: Legal Issues and Trends Facing Real Estate Professionals, examines today’s vigorous real estate market and litigious society.

With the onset of the new millennium, there is a temptation to cast 2000 as a watershed year economically. The country will become recession proof. Or the country will sink into major recession. Resist the temptation.

Over the past three years, the South-Southwest Association of REALTORS® in suburban Chicago has won the battle against real estate sign bans. Now the association is poised to eliminate area antisolicitation laws as well.

Bad residential tenants can wield a lot of power. They can damage property, stop paying rent, and make good residents want to leave. But a thorough tenant-screening process, residential property managers say, can prevent a world of headaches in defaults, evictions, and unnecessary turnover.