A 10-step plan for having a life outside real estate

If you’re spending too much time working on your business, rather than creating memories with those you care about, try this 10-step process. It makes no difference which step you take first. The point is to begin the process and build from there.  Continue reading

4 ways to turn your website into a lead generation machine

When building a successful website, there are two things to keep in mind: 1. Your brand. 2. Your target audience. In the 15 years that Propertybase has been building real estate websites, we have seen time and time again when there was too much focus o… Continue reading

5 standout brands in real estate tech

Many Inman readers have spent their entire careers in real estate & with great success. As a relatively new student of this business, following 12 years leading iTunes digital marketing at Apple, I am struck by the many opportunities to differenti… Continue reading

Break through your career plateau and reach the next level

I think I speak for most real estate professionals when I say my passion is helping people. But while most of us focus on our clients, I also work with my fellow real estate agents to help further their personal and professional development. Continue reading

The 5 Smartest Things I Did My First Year as an Entrepreneur

(This article was originally published on Next Avenue in 2017.) As a 28-year-old, my experience as an entrepreneur may not be the same as if you’re getting a business off the ground in your 50s or 60s. Still, if you’re hoping to launch a full-time or p… Continue reading

How to Turn Your Passions Into Retirement Income

In 2016, Mike Liff, now 73, relocated with his wife from San Francisco to Portland, Maine to be closer to family. The retirees explored their new hometown and thanks to a chance conversation at a barbershop, Liff learned that MaineFoodieTours.com was l… Continue reading

How a Crafts Entrepreneur Weaves Business and Life

Dena Gartenstein Moses’ path to artistry and craft wasn’t a straight line — there likely aren’t many weavers with a background in physics who worked on optical filters that ended up in the Hubble telescope. But Moses, 54, couldn’t ignore the pull of fi… Continue reading

Boomer Entrepreneurs: Selling Their Businesses Without Selling Out

A major economic trend is unfolding with barely a ripple of attention: Boomer business owners are approaching retirement age and an army of these entrepreneurs are, or will be, putting their companies up for sale. Boomers own 2.34 million privately-hel… Continue reading

Why You’re Worth More Than You Think

(This article previously appeared on LinkedIn.) I wandered into the world of public speaking. It wasn’t a planned career shift, but an invitation to stand on a very big stage, that launched the new adventure. Yet despite the warm invitation from a most… Continue reading