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February’s single-family home median sales price of $384,000 was 4.4% higher than that seen a year earlier according to statistics released by the Rhode Island Association of Realtors. The data, which represents all Realtor-assisted sales transacted through State-Wide Multiple Listing Service, a subsidiary of the Association, also showed a 29.4% drop in sales year-over-year, and a 21.2% decrease in contracts in progress but not closed as of the end of February.

Even in the world of texting and social media, email can still be a good way to promote your services to potential customers and other REALTORS®. But whether you’re emailing one person or thousands, make sure that your email complies with federal law.

You answer your phone, and a caller says, “Hi. I’m _______________. “Are you single? I’m going through the list of REALTORS® to find single women.” What would do if you received an unsettling call like this as one local REALTOR® did recently?