How Elon Musk’s Starbase plans are influencing the Texas housing market

Agents in the southernmost tip of Texas, which is home to SpaceX’s rocket production facility and launch site, are seeing buyers and investors flock to formerly sleepy towns. Continue reading

Actor Rob Lowe buys not 1, not 2, but 3 Montecito mansions for $47M

After unloading their family home in 2019, Rob Lowe and his wife Sheryl Berkoff snapped up three Montecito mansions for a combined $47 million. Continue reading

Celebrity buyers and NDAs: How secret real estate deals work

Edward Mermelstein, a real estate attorney and founder of luxury consulting company One & Only Holdings, talks celebs, NDAs and what it takes to work with high-net-worth buyers. Continue reading

California siblings ensnared in $6M residential sales scam

Adolfo Schoneke, 43, and Bianca Gonzalez, 38, are accused of running a multimillion-dollar listing scam that even included tricking homeowners into allowing home showings. Continue reading

Having a tough time? 5 tips for conditioning yourself to push through

Building a real estate business is tough. As you start to gain traction and new levels of success, your problems just intensify. Here are my top five tips for pushing through when times get tough. Continue reading

Forget time-blocking! Focus on these 5 time-management tactics

Time-blocking is standard real estate productivity advice, but here’s the thing: It doesn’t work. Here’s a better approach to time management that’ll help you stick to your priorities and knock out those dollar-producing activities. Continue reading