3.3. Handling Real Estate Sales

American farmland sprawls across the country, and there's plenty of open space. But because of urbanization and many other factors, large areas of land have had to be subdivided and sold. People buy land for investment, vacations, or retirement. It's no longer common for a family to spend an entire lifetime in one home. We move, and often live in many different places. Real estate, although a major purchase, is becoming more and more an everyday transaction.

The smart people at eBay are sly trend-spotters, so they opened an official category for real estate transactions in fall 2000. You can access eBay's Real Estate category through the category link on the left side of the home page or by going directly to