Welcome to the May 2008 issue of MOBILITY Online!

Absorption Rate: Critical in a Changing Marketplace By Jonathan Cohen, CRP, GMS While there are many books on how to sell a property, in addition to coaches and experts galore who have perfect-listing presentations, Cohen says there is one step that is critical and should be the industry standard: conducting an absorption rate analysis.

This Month's Features We Can Do It! Enriching the Homesale Process By Patrick Moore Who’s Watching Your Health? By Marie Montchal, CRP Rental Contract Negotiations— Avoiding Heartburn By Douglas W. Bjotvedt More Art Than Science: Selection and Preparation for the Global Assignment Douglas Stuart, Ph.D. When Disaster Strikes—Handling Transferees with Destroyed Homes By Gavin Dunaway A Turnaround Is Coming—Or Is It? By Alvin “Chip” Wagner III, SCRP, SRA, IFA Household Goods at the Crossroads: Life After the 400-N Tariff By Tim McCarney, GMS; Terry Baxter Davis, SCRP, GMS; Greg Hoover; and Kyriako Bouris Relocation Expenses Payment Plans By Sylkia M. Negron, CRP, GMS, and Deborah M. Benavides, CRP A Spot at the Family Table: Relocating Pets By Rachel Farris Prescription for the Languishing Job Search By Galen Tinder ‘I Owe What?’ Understanding Negative Equity/Negative Proceeds By Laura J. Henneberry, CRP, GMS Tales From the Dark Side of Relocation By Tamara Bianchi, CRP The Importance of the BMA Form By Toula Victor, GMS Pack and Save: Household Goods Shipment Alternatives By Andrew Drescher, CRP, GMS

Departments WORLDWIDE ERC® CALENDAR PERCEPTIONS Meetings Countdown By H. Cris Collie, CAE FAST FACTS EXECUTIVE SPOTLIGHT INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT WORLDWIDE ERC® TRENDSPOTTING QUICK TAKES RECOGNIZING EXCELLENCE 2008 SERVICE AWARD RECIPIENTS BEFORE YOU LEAP AROUND THE WORLDWIDE ERC® WORLDWIDE ERC® COALITION— Center for governmental issues; 2007-2008 contributors MEMBER PROFILE Allie Williamson, CRP, GMS GLOBILITY™ LAST PAGE

Need an article from an earlier issue? Find MOBILITY articles on domestic relocation topics in the online PERC-USA Resource Finder and international articles in the PERC-International Resource Finder.

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