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Real estate agents have come and gone. Most disappear from the industry because they have not met their goals in selling. Some friends I know have not been rewarded the way they want to because they lack know-how and strategy. Like presently, the industry is not bustling the way it used to. It does not mean the end of selling properties, though. For me, it means finding other ways to sell. This is when I found my way to REO properties sales. I used to ignore this market when I was doing good with marketing new ones. Many things are bourne out of necessity, my newfound niche is a perfect example of this.

I learned how to do REO bank owned properties right after the first month I got zero sales. I got into a REO home study course and was taught the basics. I sold. Feeling dissatisfied, I got into a more extensive REO training. I sold more. Right now, I don’t mind whether the old times for real estate will come or not. I am doing well and will continue to do so. I have not come just to go, I come to stay.

As it became a candidate to enter the European Union in 1992, many reforms were necessary in Turkey, including economic, legal and, not least, human rights reforms. Much progress has since been made, including the abolition of the death penalty in 2002. However membership of the EU is still not assured, and there are still several issues to be addressed.

One important issue still giving widespread concern is the risk of country-wide Islamic militancy. However in a fundamentally secular state since its founding in 1923, with the guiding principles of enlightenment and rationalism, such a risk is somewhat unlikely to become a reality.

Property prices throughout Europe have been showing steady long-term gains, particularly those in the new member states, and there is no reason not to believe that property prices in Turkey, once it becomes a member of the Union, will not follow suit.

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