CHICAGO, May 21 /PRNewswire/ — When it comes to getting the word out, selling a business isn’t like selling a home. During a business sale, confidentiality is of utmost importance.

    “When a business owner tries to sell his or her own business, people start to wonder,” said Rob Firestone, International Business Brokers
Association (IBBA) board member and principal and general manager of Bluestem Resources Affiliated Group of Tulsa, Okalahoma. “Just placing an ad can create mounds of uncertainty that can be detrimental to a business owner’s bottom line.”

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WASHINGTON (March 7, 2008) - The National Association of Realtors® has acquired ePropertyData, a major provider of commercial information exchange services for the commercial real estate industry. The acquisition was accomplished by NAR’s new for-profit subsidiary, Second Century Ventures LLC, a strategic private equity fund that was conceived to help support NAR members in emerging technologies and services. (more…)