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Associate Editor Bryan Pope hosts this edition of TG2GO, which features articles from the July 2008 edition of Tierra Grande magazine. Hear how new jobs keep Texas housing going. Watch Chief Economist Dr. Mark Dotzour explain what has to happen for housing to begin recovery. Learn about Texas' sizzling rural land market. And see Austin's plan for a clean energy business park. (4 min. 37sec.)

No time to read Tierra Grande, the Real Estate Center’s quarterly magazine? Then catch the highlights with TG2GO. In the premiere edition, host Elaine Lovell talks about energy efficient commercial buildings, why homeowners are going green, and efforts the King Ranch has made toward wildlife preservation. (3 min. 35 sec.)

Wanna ignore the fluff and get to the hard-hitting facts? Are you having trouble sifting through the mountains of data on Texas real estate? Have we got a report for you-or 25, to be exact! Our Market Reports cover everything from multifamily rates to major employers, hotel occupancy, and home price appreciation. This brief video provides the tools for navigating these functional documents. Learn how to make them work for you. (9 min. 23 sec.)

Why be a leader? What value is it to you and your business? How do I become a leader?

In this video, several past Texas Association of Realtors chairmen answer question number one. Then Avis Wukasch, 2007 TAR chairman, explains a new course designed to make you a leader in any endeavor. You don't have to be a member of TAR to enjoy the fruits of this course. (5 min. 24 sec.)

It was a shoulder to shoulder, standing room only crowd at the 18th Annual Outlook for Texas Land Markets in San Antonio. Speakers included the Texas Commissioner of Agriculture, experts on wind power generation, water, wildlife, eminent domain policy and other land issues. Take a few minutes and hear the short version of some subjects as big as Texas. (10 min. 19 sec.)

Did you think just because it was winter that the real estate business went into hibernation? Hardly. Take a short visit with the Real Estate Center to the Texas Association of Realtors, 'Winter Meeting 2008.' Meet the new administrator for the Texas Real Estate Commission and lend an ear for the Real Estate Center's Dr. Mark Dotzour. Then, get a quick look at some new programs from TAR and a review of all that you may have missed by not being there. (9 min. 19 sec.)