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5 Reasons Why You Need a Mentor

As great as it might feel to start your own business, and be solely responsible for its success, at some point, every entrepreneur reaches the limit of their potential, and needs a boost that only experience can provide.

4 Ways Mentoring Up-and-Coming Employees Makes You a Better Agent

In the world of real estate, there are always new agents joining the ranks.

Incorporating Charitable Giving in Your Real Estate Practice

As real estate professionals, taking part in the community and serving others is central to a long-lasting practice.

6 Ways to Get Your Client to Trust You

The word \"REALTOR\" can leave a sour taste in some people's mouths. Many of today's home buyers and sellers grew up during the 2009 recession.

Welcome Home: Working with Relocators in Transition

People stage moves for all sorts of reasons. From the joyous and pre-planned, to the unfortunate and unexpected, new chapters begin with the help of an agent. When you're working with buyers from a different region, state, or country, the typical complications of a transaction can be compounded. So, what's a savvy agent to do?

Are You a Value-Added Agent?

I'll bet if I asked ten real estate agents, all ten would answer 'yes' to that question.

BRITTANY HENSLEY

Top Agent Brittany Hensley with Navigators Real Estate specializes in selling luxury real estate, beach homes and vineyard properties in Templeton, Paso Robles and Cambria.

Small Yard? Big Statement: How to Make the Most Out of Micro Outdoor Spaces

When house hunters compile their lists of must have home items, a dreamy backyard space is often near the top.

Tips on Being a Good Team Leader

Your business is booming, so much in fact, that you've finally made the decision to start a team.

4 Ways to Win the Battle Against Procrastination

One of the most common professional afflictions is procrastination

DANIELLE GIANNOTTI

Top Agent Danielle Giannotti is one of five team members on the TRU Real Estate Group with RE/MAX Preferred Realty Ltd., servicing clients in Windsor-Essex County

Beyond Cleaning and Decluttering: What Improvement Expenses Make the Most Sense?

Decluttering open spaces, emptying cabinets and drawers and removing knick-knacks might seem like obvious – and free – ways to improve a home’s presentability.

Untangling the Bidding War: A Buyer's & Seller's Perspectives

In a competitive marketplace, bidding wars become the norm. While this may put sellers in an excellent position to recoup on their investment, it can push buyers beyond their budgets and test their temperaments in the process. As an agent, how do you navigate both sides of the coin? After all, you want to net the best results for your client—regardless of which side of the closing table they’re on.

Top Agent Tips and Questions for Choosing Your Listing Agent

Now that you've decided to sell, it's time to select the professional to help you market your property.

Are You Doing Business As YOU On Facebook?

Are you ‘Doing Business As YOU’ on your personal Facebook page? In other words, are you posting your business content from your personal page?

OWEN BERKOWITZ

\"I like to tell people I went from selling gingerbread houses to selling gingerbread houses,\" says Owen Berkowitz.

JULES FERNANDEZ

Of all the life changes that can inspire someone to launch a new career— becoming a mother is usually not at the top of the list.

EUROPE'S CYBERSECURITY CHIEF SAYS DISRUPTIVE ATTACKS HAVE DOUBLED IN 2024, SEES RUSSIA BEHIND MANY

Disruptive digital attacks, many linked to Russian-backed groups, have doubled in the European Union in recent months and are also targeting election-related services, according to the EU's top cybersecurity official.

AI Music

THE PITCH FOR THE NEXT FRONTIER IN ENHANCED DIGITAL AUDIO

NVIDIA'S STOCK MARKET VALUE IS NEARLY $3 TRILLION. HOW IT ROSE TO AI PROMINENCE, BY THE NUMBERS

Nvidia's stock price has more than doubled this year as of the close of trading this week, increasing the company's market value by more than $1.3 trillion. Those numbers are headed higher again this week after the company reported better-than-expected quarterly results.

OPENAI FORMS SAFETY COMMITTEE AS IT STARTS TRAINING LATEST ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODELO

OpenAl says it's setting up a safety and security committee and has begun training a new AI model to supplant the GPT-4 system that underpins its ChatGPT chatbot.

MORE PEOPLE MAKE 'NO-BUY YEAR' PLEDGES AS OVERSPENDING OR CLIMATE WORRIES CATCH UP WITH THEM

A 35-year-old Brooklyn resident gave up buying new clothes. A 22-year old in San Diego swore off retail therapy at Target. A 26-year old in England banned carbonated drinks from her shopping list.

AUTHORITIES ARREST MAN ALLEGEDLY RUNNING “LIKELY WORLD'S LARGEST EVER" CYBERCRIME BOTNET

An international law enforcement team has arrested a Chinese national and disrupted a major botnet that officials said he ran for nearly a decade, amassing at least $99 million in profits by reselling access to criminals who used it for identity theft, child exploitation and financial fraud including pandemic relief scams.

TOP APPLE EXEC ACKNOWLEDGES SHORTCOMINGS IN EFFORT TO BRING COMPETITION IN IPHONE APP PAYMENTS

Longtime Apple executive Phil Schiller last week acknowledged a court-ordered makeover of the U.S. payment system in its iPhone app store hasn't done much to increase competition - a shortcoming that could result in a federal judge demanding more changes.

CATS ON THE MOON? GOOGLE'S AI TOOL IS PRODUCING MISLEADING RESPONSES THAT HAVE EXPERTS WORRIED

Ask Google if cats have been on the moon and it used to spit out a ranked list of websites so you could discover the answer for yourself.

Alice Munro

Master of the short story

Breaking New Ground- A dance forged at the dawn of HIP-HOP will make its debut this summer at the 2024 Olympics in Paris

A dance forged at the dawn of hip- hop will make its debut this summer at the 2024 Olympics in Paris. As Team USA dancers Sunny Choi and Victor Montalvo prepare to take the Games by storm, Breaking's pioneers recall who and what brought them to this moment.

A League of Their Own

Emma Corrin, breakout star of The Crown, is Marvel’s newest supervillain. But they are so much more than Deadpool’s latest adversary. They are utterly, completely themselves.

There's Something About Julie

Whether it's acne products or emergency contraception, Julie Schott is upending industries and erasing stigmawith her trademark sense of humor.

On Pointe

Gabriela Hearst lends her design ingenuity to a Latin-powered production of Carmen that provides a fresh twist on the classic.