Real Estate

Real estate investor, Founder/CEO of TurboTenant: rental marketing, tenant screening, rental applications, rent payments, and more. It’s no secret the rental industry has had multiple forces negatively impacting it over the last year. With the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s eviction moratorium, state eviction moratoriums, job loss and a lack of knowledge and access to

Matt Weirich is CEO and Co-founder of Realync, the leading video leasing and engagement platform for the entire resident lifecycle. Proptech (or property technology) is not a new category in the real estate industry. In fact, it’s been around since the 1980s. But, many people have only heard of the term proptech within the last five

Shares of Blend Labs, a San Francisco-based mortgage software company, debuted on the New York Stock Exchange on Friday at $18, hitting the top-line IPO price of $16 to $18 per share.  Blend raised a total of $360 million via yesterday’s IPO and has a market value of almost $4 billion. The offering was led

The clients suited the property perfectly. They had strong liquid assets, excellent jobs, and lovely reference letters. They seemed like a shoo-in for the board of the pleasant, undistinguished Carnegie Hill co-op in the East 90s.  But the board rejected their package. In absolute bafflement, their agent tried to unearth the reason, since co-ops, as

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced today that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will eliminate the hotly contested 0.5% refinance fee as of August 1 to help families reduce their housing costs. To allow households to save more money, lenders will no longer be required to pay the government-sponsored enterprises a 50-basis point fee

In many ways, ski-resort communities are beholden to the natural world that surrounds them. The allure of the mountain lifestyle stems from a meaningful connection with nature. Through recreational activities like skiing, hiking and mountain biking, residents of ski-resort villages can come in direct contact with the natural world and experience all of the joy

Founder and CEO, Visual Lease. Poor management of your real estate leases exposes your business to a range of risks including unexpected terminations, defaults and overbilling by lessors. And with new lease accounting rules requiring leases to be reported as assets and liabilities on the balance sheet, poor lease management can also result in inaccurate financial

The origins of this manor in Brittany, France, date back a millennium to a time when the property held a defensive fort. Henry II of England was eyeing the region then, hoping to annex it as a possession. The medieval structures were added in stages and remained largely untouched until renovation work was undertaken over

The second quarter of 2021 was the busiest since at least 2004 for the Manhattan residential scene, continuing a shift to a seller’s market, according to a recent report from real estate data firm UrbanDigs. More than 4,380 deals were signed in the second quarter, up more than 24% from the previous quarter, and an

Morty, an online mortgage marketplace, announced today they have closed a $25 million Series B financing round with the entirety of the funding in the form of equity. This gives the company a valuation of $150 million, said Morty cofounder Nora Apsel. Previously the company had a valuation in the $10 to $50 million range,

Steeped in history and surrounded by 57 acres of woodlands lies a magnificent estate in New York known as Laurel Hill, one of Long Island’s rarest remaining Gold Coast estates.  On the market for $18.5 million, the grand estate celebrating Tudor architecture is in the prestigious North Shore enclave of Mill Neck, New York. It’s

Hong Kong has long been a global city synonymous with luxury living.  From the Peak, with its magnificent views of Victoria Harbor and the city, to the coastline of Repulse Bay, Hong Kong offers abundant choices for luxury home buyers.   Joshua Miller, chief executive of Hong Kong premier’s luxury brokerage firm, OKAY.COM, grew up in

by Erik Sherman Keep living in an apartment without paying rent? In the “before times,” it would have been unthinkable — at least without a concerted legal battle with an angry landlord.  During the COVID-19 pandemic, though, all that went out the window. Congress first put an eviction moratorium into place from March 27 to

The nation is relishing a joyous rebound from Covid, and growing interest in rubbing shoulders at social gatherings is one telling manifestation. A degree of physical closeness verboten just 12 months ago is now eagerly embraced, often literally. Just in time for this new era of in-person conviviality, the club room has enjoyed a celebrated

Remember when homebuyers and builders wrote off living rooms as useless formalities a decade or two ago? Apparently, rumors of their death were greatly exaggerated. Or, more likely, a deadly pandemic forcing millions of Americans to rethink their space needs created an opportunity for their revival. A recent study by Ferguson Bath, Kitchen & Lighting

A decade ago, the Sunset Strip in the West Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles was known for its nightlife scene and being a hotspot for the paparazzi. But in recent years, it has undergone a transformation, becoming a true luxury enclave. Then, in June 2021, the opening of Pendry Residences West Hollywood by Montage Hotels

Samuel Clemens, the writer known as Mark Twain, is celebrated at a museum in Hartford, Connecticut, at the grand house he and his wife, Olivia,  built in 1874. Although he earned quite a bit of money, Clemens made a number of unwise investments; the family experienced financial insecurity and, for a time, lived in Europe to

Chris Doyle, President and CEO at Billd, 120-Day Terms on Material Purchases for Commercial Contractors. The real estate business is complex — there’s no question about it. Consider the tasks real estate developers oversee regularly, from researching and finding the right piece of land to purchase, to financing the deal, to working with contractors and builders

What more could an avid golfer want? This castle-like chateau in southwest France comes with an 18-hole course, a driving range and a pitching green. Set near the rural village of Navarrenx, in the Nouvelle Aquitaine region, the 321-acre estate centers on a more than three-story stone house that dates to the 19th century. A

It may have taken four years, but Kelly Clarkson has finally sold her lakefront mega mansion in Hendersonville, Tennessee for $6.3 million. The original listing price was $8.75 million in 2017 with the most recent reduction early this year to $7.49 million.  The singer, songwriter and talk-show host still raked in a profit, as she bought