Monthly Archives: December 2018

Portland real estate offices targeted with violent graffiti

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Vandals spray-painted words like “die,” “gentrification” and “get out” on the windows of two Portland real estate brokerage offices over the holiday weekend. Continue reading →

Miami Association of Realtors partners with Mexican trade group

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The Miami Association of Realtors has inked partnerships with 15 local chapters of the Mexican Association of Real Estate Professionals.  Continue reading →

‘Papa’ Provides Millennial Grandkids On-Demand

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Barbara Carroll-Marks knew she needed a change in her life. After developing Parkinson’s disease, she had been through a particularly  rough stretch. The condition worsened to the point where she needed 24-hour home nursing care, an experience she reme… Continue reading →

Rehab Is Often the Missing Piece of Cancer Recovery

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(This article appeared previously in the American Association for Cancer Research’s Cancer Today.) In July 2010, 52-year-old Julie Barthels, a clinical director of a rape crisis center, woke up with a sharp pain in her right breast. When the pain persi… Continue reading →

The Wrenching Financial Costs of Addiction

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If you’ve seen the recent movies Beautiful Boy or Ben Is Back, you’ve learned about the pain parents experience when their grown child becomes an addict. But what the films don’t talk much about, and what’s rarely discussed, is the devastation addictio… Continue reading →

How to Include Charities in Your Will to Leave a Legacy

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When people do estate planning, they often don’t think about supporting the causes that have been important to them. Yet, it turns out that most people do want to use their estates to help change the world. When asked about giving during the estate pla… Continue reading →

Fighting Back: Make service and emotional engagement a priority

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How are real estate broker-owners responding, adapting or changing? Here’s what Kendall Caputo, broker-owner of Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Synergy in the Great Daytona Beach, Florida area, is doing. Continue reading →