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When we think of the word “green” in relation to the real estate world, it can means different things to different people. While not every buyer or seller is necessarily thinking about big-picture green topics, the concepts of utility costs, comfort and health are universal when it comes to owning and living in a home. 

Do you ever feel like you’re going to a fortune teller when you’re getting an appraisal because you never know how it will end up?

Sandra K. Adomatis, says you’re not alone in feeling that way.

Eileen Oldroyd, broker-owner of Oldroyd Lending & Realty, Mission Viejo, Calif.,  loves her Boston Terriers, motorcycles, her veggiemobile (an old Mercedes tricked out to run on recycled vegetable oil), and her green real estate niche.

So when she started producing videos in January to enhance her personal brand, she looked to those passions to distinguish herself. 

Here are three things that the New York Botanical Garden suggests you do in April to prepare your garden. 

Although the Center for REALTOR® Technology Labs only opened its doors a few months ago, it already has covered an impressive amount of ground in advocating on behalf of REALTORS®.

Besides creating educational resources, CRT Labs partners with vendors, universities, and public-private agencies. It helps those groups understand NAR’s value and the direct path to consumers that its 1.1 million members bring, along with practitioners’ ability to educate those consumers.