Monthly Archives: February 2019

2 townhouses Mary-Kate Olsen once owned hit market for $16M

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Twin townhouses once inhabited by child star and famous twin Mary-Kate Olsen are both on the market for a combined $16 million. Continue reading →

Purplebricks in turmoil: shares plummet, CEOs out

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The stock price drop Thursday came as Purplebricks announced that both Lee Wainwright and Eric Eckardt, the U.K. and U.S. CEOs, respectively, were leaving the company. In a statement, Purplebricks said that Wainwright was leaving for “personal reasons…. Continue reading →

NAR launches ‘That’s Who We R’ Realtor ad campaign

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The National Association of Realtors (NAR) is unveiling a new campaign to distinguish Realtors from real estate agents. The “That’s Who We R,” campaign is similar to the blue checkmark that verified accounts get on Instagram and Twitter, but for real e… Continue reading →

Zillow Homes could become a $20B biz. What do agents think?

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Projections Thursday that Zillow’s still-young iBuyer program could generate up to $20 billion in annual revenues prompted mixed reactions from agents. Continue reading →

WATCH: Why the best founder is probably a woman

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Companies founded by women get about 2.2 percent of venture capitalist dollars. That number jumps up to about 15 percent when you add a male co-founder to the equation. So why aren’t women founding more and getting more investments? Nisha Dua, partner … Continue reading →

Can You Unplug for One Day?

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A national holiday that you may not have heard of is coming up later this week: the National Day of Unplugging. The holiday, beginning on March 1, consists of a 24-hour period from sundown to sundown, to “unplug, unwind, relax and do things other than … Continue reading →

How to Cope With the High Cost of Insulin

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If you are living with diabetes, you are probably feeling the effects of rising insulin prices. Many people with the condition have skipped or rationed their medicine to save money, which can lead to serious health problems. “This is an issue that anec… Continue reading →

When Older Students and Younger Students Teach Each Other

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Sheila Peyraud, a newly retired tech executive, saw herself as savvy when she returned to campus last fall. Then the University of Minnesota Advanced Careers (UMAC) fellow came face-to-face with all she doesn’t know in the class What American Dream? Ch… Continue reading →

Use your authenticity to stand out from the crowd

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Luxury clients are being sold to on a daily basis. Their lives are saturated with messaging on how they should live and what they should purchase, where they should travel and what they should drive. With your clients tuning out hundreds of sales inter… Continue reading →

Will individual agents be the real winners in the iBuyer game?

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IBuyers might not be as formidable as the press makes them out to be. In fact, it seems that the real success stories in the iBuyer arena come from agents conducting old-fashioned print marketing campaigns. Here’s a look at why the first agents who rea… Continue reading →