Feel a career shift coming on? Here’s how to get the home team onboard

Whether taking that promotion, expanding their business, getting a broker’s license or trying to prepare everyone for a different financial reality, here are some tips agents can use to communicate better with their families. Continue reading

New Redfin tool allows shoppers to phone a friend with FaceTime

The feature lets buyers hop on a FaceTime call with their agents and others, browse listings and share their favorites with the group. Continue reading

Where travelers are planning their getaways this ‘hot vax summer’

Travelers are mostly seeking family-friendly short-term rentals in rural areas relatively close to home. But major cities have risen in popularity for long-term summer stays too. Continue reading

COVID-19 in the Blue Zone: What’s Helping Elders in Sardinia, Italy

Italy has the third highest number of coronavirus infections, after the U.S. and Spain. But its ancient, isolated island of Sardinia, one of the world’s five Blue Zones (where people live the longest, healthiest lives) hasn’t been devastated by the pan… Continue reading

Want your team to feel like a family? Start with the culture

Trying to get that family vibe in your office without the cult and Kool-aid remarks from others? Here are three ways to make the workplace feel more like home. Continue reading

The 10 Words That Helped Us Raise Creative Children

Perhaps it was good fortune that turned our children into creative individuals, but I’d like to think my spouse and I had a hand in it, too. Here are our 10 words of wisdom for parents, as well as for grandparents: 1. Encourage. My relationship with ou… Continue reading

My Marriage: Sexless With Benefits

In Lisa Taddeo’s new book, Three Women, she explores the sex lives of a trio of females, seeing how moments of passion altered their lives. My spouse should be included to make the book Four Women. Hers, however, would be a more celibate story, as woul… Continue reading

How to make homebuying smoother for untraditional clients

With the increasing prevalence of unmarried homebuyers — couples, platonic friends and family members — it’s more important than ever for agents to provide guidance to protect clients by asking the right questions upfront. Continue reading

Maintaining A Relationship With Grandkids Amid Estrangement

Being a grandparent often means passing along traditions, making memories and building family bonds. But this isn’t the reality for many families, especially those affected by estrangement. It’s difficult to say exactly how many parents are estranged f… Continue reading

How to Support a Transgender Child or Grandchild

(Editor’s note: Covering LGBTQ issues is an ongoing Next Avenue priority, and this June, during Pride Month, we are publishing a special LGBTQ-focused series. We started with a guide to LGBTQ allyship and a Q&A with Frank DeCaro about his new drag … Continue reading