Frank Cook, a longtime real estate writer and publisher of the Real Estate Intelligence Report, was formerly a wire service and newspaper reporter and editor. Cook has interviewed thousands of real estate homebuyers, homesellers, and professionals to report on the pulse of the home sales industry. His comments on real estate have appeared in a wide variety of consumer publications, including Smart Money, Forbes, Business Week, and Barron's. He is also the author of You're Not Buying That House Are You?, and has written for Golf Course Living, Discovery.com, Realty Times, and The Real Estate Professional.