Agent Reboot is a traveling conference thats aimed at the future of the real estate industry and helping real estate agents to fit into it. The conference will examine new technologies and their implementation in the real estate industry. Attendees will also learn new information about the real estate market from local brokers and a list of speakers.

The program will be hosted by Daniel Rothamel and the famous NikNik of MyTechOpinion.com, Technology for Real Estate. The tour will travel through 12 cities and will stop in Denver, CO September 8th. They are adhering to a strict schedule as the conference is only a one day event. They will be adding some local flair in each city, i.e. speakers, sessions, and topics.

July 12 is the official kickoff; the first show will be slightly different from the rest of the tour. They will have a modified program with different times for programs and speakers.

In our current economy and real estate market we have to do more to succeed, or even to simply sell a house. There are success stories out there, these people have learned how to navigate through turbulent times. The good news they are willing to help others. We can always find help through education and information, and fortunately help is on tour. Check www.MyTechOpinion.com for dates, locations, and times.

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The addition of jobs are always a good sign and its always good to hear about them, but now more than ever its a welcome piece of information. With unemployment reaching 9.5 percent, something we never expected, anyone watching the news is happy to learn of new jobs being created, especially in the privet sector. 83 thousand private sector jobs were added in June.

We have lost 22 thousand construction jobs so the 83 thousand job figure is not quite enough to get us back on track. With the housing and other markets depending on people finding jobs, we need an influx of jobs to saturate our economy to get us out of the economic downturn we find ourselves in these days.

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Purchasing foreclosures account for 31 percent of all home sales for the first quarter. Its good that people are finding good deals, but on the other side of the coin there are many more people being foreclosed on. Why isnt the housing market recovering with all the money the government poured into the economy? Its a little better than last years 37 percent, but does that mean we are on the road to recovery? To put it into perspective, on a normal year, foreclosure sales account for only 1 percent of total sales. So 31 percent is nowhere near to normal.

The near future is expected to stabilize in the 25 to 35 percent states Rick Sharga, senior vice president of Realtytrac. Not a good outlook for Americans. There are currently 1.2 million homes in foreclosure and 900,000 bank owned homes, the market has a massive inventory of homes. There is a lot of interest with the buying public due to the high inventory, low interest rates, and low house prices.

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New Home and Existing Home Sales Still Down, its the job market recovery that will help the housing market bounce back. With home owners experiencing a negative equity with their homes, now and for at least another year, its the decrease of unemployment and looser credit standards that will help not only the housing market, but the economy get back on its feet, and help America experience a sustained recovery in housing. Jobs seem to be the answer to the housing recovery.

If unemployment fell to roughly 7 percent it would help the economy enjoy a recovery, however, the outlook isnt what we hope it would be. There is nothing on the horizon to indicate that type of recovery is near, in fact there are no economist predicting that type of recovery, at least not in the next year.

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Senator Robert Carlyle Byrd, the 92 year old Democrat Senator from West Virginia, died Monday, 3:00 A.M. at Inova Hospital in Fairfax, VA. Sometimes referred to as "this generations conscience of the Senate," he was known for his devotion to our system of constitutional checks and balances. Sen. Byrd also held two records of being the longest serving member in Congress and for the Senator to cast the most congressional votes than any other Senator.  Now, the death of Senator Byrd puts financial reform bill at risk.

Being a proponent of the financial reform, his death may delay it from passing and possibly even kill financial reform. Joe Manchin, the Governor of West Virginia, Senator Byrds possible replacement, is a pro business Conservative Democrat and may not back the financial reform bill as it currently stands with the tax increases. If Governor Manchin is instated as Sen. Byrds replacement and does not approve of the bill, the Democrats would not have the sixty votes needed to pass the legislation.

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