Every week, we ask a real estate professional for their Short List, a collection of tips and recommendations on an essential topic in real estate. This week, we talked with Marilyn Messenger, a broker with Andrew Mitchell & Company,

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Every week, we ask a real estate professional for their Short List, a collection of tips and recommendations on an essential topic in real estate. This week, we talked with Conner Piretti, an agent with Broadway Village Real Estate in

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Every week, we ask a real estate professional for their Short List, a collection of tips and recommendations on an essential topic in real estate. This week, we talked with Deb Bodnar, a mortgage loan officer with Mortgage Network,

Every week, we ask a real estate professional for their Short List, a collection of tips and recommendations on an essential topic in real estate. This week, we talked with Carolyn Goodman, a Realtor with Keller Williams Realty in

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Every week, we ask a real estate professional for their Short List, a collection of tips and recommendations on an essential topic in real estate. This week, we talked with Elizabeth M. Fekete, the owner of EMF Appraisal Group,

Every week, we ask a real estate professional for their Short List, a collection of tips and recommendations on an essential topic in real estate. This week, we talked with Kris MacDonald, an agent and manager of Insight Realty