Fighting Back: Give agents what they need and consumers what they want

How are real estate broker-owners responding, adapting or changing? Here’s what Nico Hohman, broker-owner of Hohman Homes Real Estate Brokerage & New Home Consultants in Tampa, Florida, is doing. Continue reading

Laura Monroe joins Real Estate Webmasters

Real Estate Webmasters, the custom web design and marketing firm for real estate professionals, is bringing the former Inman employee on in the newly-created role of head of industry and brand engagement. Continue reading

LeadingRE to arm brokers against disruption with webinar series

Leading Real Estate Companies of the World, a network of the top-producing indie brokerages, is launching a series of webinars hosted by Mike DelPrete. Continue reading

Credit Karma launches new personalized shopping experience

The new Marketplace aims to address the lack of certainty, transparency and simplicity in today’s financial product shopping process. Today, the process of getting a credit card or loan is broken. It’s like a black box — and lenders seem to hold all the power. The lack of certainty, transparency and simplicity makes it harder […]

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The Next Retirement Crisis: America’s Public Pensions

Back in 2013, I blogged on Next Avenue about the excellent PBS FRONTLINE documentary, The Retirement Gamble, where correspondent Martin Smith reported on America’s troubling retirement savings crisis. He’s now back with a riveting sequel airing Tuesday… Continue reading

What My Older Cat Taught Me About Aging

Yoshi is sitting on the table next to me with his head on my arm, which makes it challenging to type. He’s all about proximity these days as he wants a steady stream of affection and warmth from his humans. I can’t imagine that he’s cold — it’s 95 degr… Continue reading