Inspiration from unexpected sources: relentless leaders share their insights

Being an executive performance coach and licensed psychologist for the past 20 years has provided me the chance to work with incredibly successful individuals around the world and truly understand their mindset. I’ve found they all share a common trait. Continue reading

Redfin opens new engineering hub in Texas

Citing the affordability of the Dallas area, and Frisco in particular, the techie brokerage is expanding with its first engineering office outside of the West Coast. Continue reading

Big changes are coming to Fannie and Freddie … beware

Last weekend the Federal Housing Finance Agency announced the first in a likely series of changes at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Continue reading

NAR’s VC arm invests in blockchain transaction startup

Second Century Ventures, the venture capital arm of the National Association of Realtors (NAR) is investing in blockchain transaction startup Propy, the company announced Monday. Continue reading

Is There a Link Between Menopause and Alzheimer’s?

(This article previously appeared on the Neurotrack page of Medium. It is an abridged version.) It started with an artichoke. Or rather, it started with my inability to recall the word artichoke, even though I was holding one in my hand. “What did you … Continue reading

Host a Clothing Swap: Gen2Gen Style

When my mother started her now-famous clothing swap about 11 years ago, we weren’t thinking, “Let’s bring the generations together.” We were thinking, “Let’s figure out how to indulge our constant itch for fresh styles without spending any money, and h… Continue reading

What the New ‘Best Interest’ Rule to Protect Investors Will Do

Last week, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted a rule to protect investors from bad brokers. The “Regulation Best Interest” (or BI) is the SEC’s answer to the Obama administration’s planned “fiduciary rule,” which the Trump administrat… Continue reading

Mortgages are the most satisfying form of debt: study

They say you can’t buy love, but maybe you can buy happiness — in the form of your home loan. That, at least, is one of the possible takeaways from a new study that found different types of debt have significantly different impacts on peopl… Continue reading