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Ilyce Glink

Ilyce Glink is an award-winning, nationally-syndicated columnist, television reporter, radio talk show host and best-selling book author.  more...

Dian Hymer

Dian Hymer has been a top-producing and award-winning real estate agent in the San Francisco Bay Area for twenty-seven years. She is a licensed real estate broker and a Certified Residential Specialist. She has represented home buyers and sellers in over 600 hundred real estate transactions.  more...

Benny Kass

Benny Kass is a practicing attorney in Washington, DC and in Maryland and is senior member of Kass, Mitek & Kass, PLLC. He has a degree from Northwestern Medill School of Journalism, a law degree from the University of Michigan Law School, and a Masters in Law from George Washington University Law School.  more...

Tom Kelly

As author, nationally syndicated newspaper columnist and talk-show host, Tom Kelly has carved a niche as one of the leading journalists specializing in second homes. His ground-breaking book, How a Second Home Can Be Your Best Investment (McGraw-Hill, written with economist John Tuccillo) showed consumers and professionals how one additional piece of real estate could serve as an investment, recreation and retirement property over time.  more...

Paul Bianchina

For over 30 years, Paul Bianchina has been combining his two loves, building and writing. Contractor, author, and nationally syndicated columnist, Paul provides his readers with practical home improvement advice that’s written in a clear and easy to understand style.  more...

Bill and Kevin Burnett

Bill Burnett, 52, lives in Oakland, California and works at the San Francisco Chronicle where he is assistant real estate editor. Along with other duties, he writes about renovation and remodeling. In 2002 his column, "Sweat Equity," was judged best in the nation by the National Association of Real Estate Editors.

Bill bought his first house for $12,000 in 1974 in Spokane, Washington. Since then he has bought, renovated and eventually sold a half-dozen others. He is currently working on plans to build an 800-square-foot in-law addition to a home he owns in Boise, Idaho.  more...

Jack Guttentag

He is Jack M. Guttentag, now Professor of Finance Emeritus, formerly Jacob Safra Professor of International Banking, at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Earlier he was Chief of the Domestic Research Division of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, on the senior staff of the National Bureau of Economic Research, and managing editor of both the Journal of Finance (1974-77) and the Housing Finance Review (1983-89).  more...

Lou Barnes

After five years as Marketing Manager of a mountaineering clothing and equipment manufacturer and retailer (a great way to enjoy your 20s), Lou Barnes built 45-broker, two-office Spruce Real Estate in Colorado from 1978-83, spending most of his time guiding the firm through extremely high interest rates. The world of money was more fun for him than real estate, and Barnes sold Spruce and joined investment banking ranks for five years as Managing Partner of RCM Government Securities, a broker-dealer working on the early flow of mortgages to Wall Street and their related derivatives.  more...

Janet Portman

Janet Portman, author, attorney, and nationally recognized specialist in landlord/tenant law, is managing editor at Nolo, the nation’s recognized leader in providing legal information for consumers and small businesses. Portman oversees editorial work on all Nolo books and software. She is the author or co-author of Every Landlord's Legal Guide, Every Tenant's Legal Guide, and LeaseWriter Plus software, plus six other books, all published by Nolo.  more...

Robert Griswold

Mr. Griswold is the author of the best selling book in the world on property management - Property Management for Dummies which has sold over 75,000 copies and has been adapted to many countries from Great Britain to China. He is the co-author with Eric Tyson of Real Estate Investing for Dummies which is also the top seller in its category since it was published in late 2004.  more...

Helene Lesel

Helene Lesel is author of the syndicated “Rental Savvy” column, which has appeared in the Los Angeles Times since 2001. Handling rental property since 1985, Ms. Lesel works both with tenants and landlords in understanding their rights - and the right way to assert them. Her interest in real estate started young, while tagging along with her dad, walking his construction sites. By nine she was reading the Sunday Real Estate section, rearranging the developer’s floorplans and enjoying the articles. At ten, her sister bought her a quarter-scale furniture template. Ms.  more...

Arrol Gellner

Arrol Gellner is a practicing architect with 30 years' experience in residential and commercial architecture. He is a graduate of the College of Environmental Design at the University of California at Berkeley.

Gellner's column, Architext, appears in newspapers nationwide, include the Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times and San Francisco Chronicle.

Gellner is the author of several books on historic architecture. He is also a frequent speaker on design subjects, and has served on panels with some of California's most distinguished architects.  more...

Barry Stone

Barry Stone began his career in 1969 overseeing and partaking in the building and design aspects of residential construction projects. In 1978, having received his general contractor's license, Barry ventured into his own construction and remodeling business. During this time, his exposure to indiscriminate violations and loose interpretations of the Uniform Building Code by tradespersons and contractors heightened his awareness of the vulnerability of consumers in these areas.  more...

Bernice Ross

With over 250 articles to her credit, Bernice Ross, Ph.D. is one of real estate's leading female speakers and writers. As CEO of RealEstateCoach.com, Bernice currently heads up the company’s coaching team and has assisted in creating training programs for Coldwell Banker, Keller Williams, Prudential Jon Douglas, and HomeGain.  more...

Alison Rogers

Former New York Post Home section editor Alison Rogers, who founded the Saturday real-estate section of the paper, recently made the logical career move from writing about obscene real estate prices to flipping her own properties (in New Jersey, no less!). She covers her new career every Friday in an Inman News feature called "Diary of a Real Estate Flipper."

Marc Davison

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Tara-Nicholle Nelson

Tara-Nicholle Nelson is a Real Estate Broker, Attorney and Accredited Buyer’s Representative. She is the Founder and Chief Visionary of www.REThinkRealEstate.com, the savvy woman’s real estate resource.  more...

Marcie Geffner

Marcie Geffner is a veteran freelance writer, editor, reporter and columnist in Los Angeles, Calif. She has written hundreds of articles about real estate, mortgages and homeownership, which have been published by dozens of newspapers, magazines and Web sites, including Inman News, Bankrate and the Los Angeles Times. She is a former managing editor of Inman News, senior editor of California Real Estate magazine and board member of the National Association of Real Estate Editors. She holds a bachelor's degree in English from UCLA and an MBA from Pepperdine University.

Kris Berg

Kris Berg is a broker associate with Prudential California Realty in San Diego. She blogs at SanDiegoHomeBlog.com.