Next Avenue Readers Tell Their Travel Tales

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Several weeks ago, I wrote a story about my solo trip to Paris and received many wonderful responses from Next Avenue readers about their own travel experiences, solo and otherwise. Many professed their fondness for the sights and sounds of the towns a… Continue reading →

The Innovative Alzheimer’s Agency Uniting Health Plans and Caregivers

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She has advanced Alzheimer’s disease and he has early signs of dementia. When a distant cousin stepped in to care for them, the couple had sold most of their furniture to pay for food and collected tin cans to help pay the rent. Realizing that addressi… Continue reading →

Building a Strong Home Care Workforce

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 (Advances in science and public health are increasing longevity and enhancing the quality of life for people around the world. In this series of interviews with the Milken Institute Center for the Future of Aging, 14 visionaries are revealing exciting… Continue reading →

Forget the hard sell: 7 steps for building an organic referral business

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Here’s a simple seven-step method that’ll ease the process of making phone calls, help you get mad referrals and keep you at the ready to help any client at any time, positioning you as the go-to agent. Continue reading →

The Real Word: What’s up with Redfin’s estimate tool?

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Watch Byron Lazine and Nicole White give a real estate agent’s perspective on industry-related topics. This week, they discuss Redfin’s estimate tool. Has the valuation tool contributed to rising home prices?  Continue reading →

Zillow hires NAR vet Ken Wingert to lead government relations

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Ken Wingert is leaving the National Association of Realtors (NAR) to become Zillow’s head of federal government relations, the Seattle-based real estate tech company announced. Continue reading →

Can this app reduce escrow to 10 days for homebuyers?

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LoanSnap is an app for iPhone and Android that can streamline mortgage applications and approvals. Continue reading →

Rise and fall: How much real estate CEOs lost in the stock market slide this week

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On Wednesday, the Dow Jones stock index plummeted 800 points. Here are the publicly traded real estate CEOs who took the biggest hit. Continue reading →