As featured in HousingWire. Photo by Samuel Schroth on Unsplash. The talk of this election season has rightfully been on affordable housing.Simultaneously, I have heard this common refrain from eager homebuyers: “I qualify for an FHA (or VA) home loa...
As featured in Inman News. The Reality of Eminent Domain and Displacement Did you know that from 1949 to 1973 alone, over a million people were reportedly displaced due to unfair eminent domain practices, some of whom are still affected today?Source...
Featured in Housing Wire.Photo by Ambitious Studio* | Rick Barrett on UnsplashStranger Than Fiction: Eminent Domain DisplacementImagine that the local government where you live is invoking eminent domain rights concerning your dear home in order to b...
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As featured in Inman News.That’s not fair!”“Life’s not fair, honey” is a familiar response to children to typically get them to radically accept a situation instead of throwing a temper tantrum.Conversely, as adults, particularly in the U.S. housing...
As featured in HousingWire. Image by M. from Pixabay. NEW LAW: On July 1st in Florida, there will be unprecedented new curbs on the power and excesses of HOAs (HB 1203).-Residents can no longer be cited or fined for trivial transgressions, like leav...
As featured in Inman News. Image by krzysztof-m from Pixabay. In a perfect world, we will all buy low and sell high. Astonishingly, in some places, home prices have increased by 47% since the start of the 2020 pandemic, meaning many should be able to...
As featured in HousingWire and Inman News. Would you stake your business success and longevity on a tool that has a 40% error rate? Welp, you may be shocked that some studies have found that ChatGPT has an error rate that high for sophisticated qu...
Despite house-hunting TV shows edited down to 22 minutes (misrepresenting the home buying and selling process to seem like a breeze), you are NOT a glorified door opener. But, after watching certain TV shows, many may not know that. Thus, for the las...
As featured in RealtorMag for YPN. Image by nadeem abdullah from Pixabay. Steven Tyler’s siren squeal to "Dream On" is my favorite way to start a talk on fair housing fatigue and help audiences renew their hope. Perhaps my talking points, as shared b...
As featured in HousingWire. Caption: Fatigued Image by Bellinon from Pixabay. As of April 2024, “Fifty-seven percent of all respondents in a recent Zillow survey reported experiencing housing discrimination of some kind. However, fewer than half of r...