Michael Crist

If you’ve tried to explain net neutrality rules to someone and wound up being a little too abstract, here’s how to explain it with hamburgers. Budweiser has switched all of its U.S.-based brewing to 100% renewable energy. Is this equivalent to taking 10,000 cars off the road? 20,000? 30,000? Find out just how many. Apple’s… Continue Reading Net Neutrality Explained With Burgers; Clean Energy Through Beer; More in Five for Wednesday

The REALTORS® Confidence Index (RCI) survey gathers monthly information from REALTORS® about local real estate market conditions, characteristics of buyers and sellers, and issues affecting homeownership and real estate transactions.[1] This report presents key results about market transactions from December 2017. View and download the full report here. [2] Market Conditions and Expectations The REALTORS®… Continue Reading REALTORS® Confidence Index Survey: December 2017 Highlights

I live in Chicago, a city that consistently ranks among the most segregated in the nation. This fact is starkly evident to anyone who makes their lives here – a city where black and white citizens live separately, learn separately, and move through the city separately. It is conceivable to spend the majority of one’s… Continue Reading Uncovering the Government’s Role in the History of U.S. Segregation

@maialisa, 2016. pixabay.com I’ve always been skeptical of personality assessments. After taking the DISC twice—once getting a D/C and more recently getting a high, nearly even I/D—I found that both results matched my personality on some levels and conflicted on others. This is where my skepticism come in. There’s truth in assessments to varying degrees.… Continue Reading Do Personality Assessments Work? Sometimes.

The dollar volume of U.S. land sales rose at a stronger pace of 4% percent in the months of October 2016‒September 2017 compared to levels in the prior 12-month period[1], according to respondents in the 2017 Land Market Survey (Press Release), a joint undertaking of the REALTORS® Land Institute and the National Association of REALTORS®.… Continue Reading Residential and Commercial Sales Bolstered Land Market in 2017

If your 2018 New Year’s Resolution is to buy a home, check out the National Association of REALTORS® advice for making it a reality! Powered by WPeMatico

By Melissa Dittmann Tracey, REALTOR® Magazine Black is getting popular in home design. Black fixtures, appliances, and even black furniture are emerging as one of the hottest trends in the new year. Black fixtures are replacing brass or rubbed bronze as a trendy home hardware in 2018. Black makes a great finish because it goes… Continue Reading Hot Home Trend: Black Is Back

Rebecca Donatelli By Rebecca Donatelli It’s no secret that social media dominates today’s technology-based society, and has become a crucial part of everyday life for most. The rapid spread of news, celebrity gossip, and the genuine interest in other people’s lives has made social media the prime go-to resource to stay up-to-date. The world we… Continue Reading Dominating Social Media for Your Real Estate Business

National Association of Realtors® President Elizabeth Mendenhall issued the following statement in response to the potential shutdown of the federal government: “The government shutdown will have an impact on real estate transactions should it continue for an extended period of time.  The National Association of Realtors® urges Congress to come together and reach an agreement to keep the government open… Continue Reading NAR Statement on Possible Federal Government Shutdown

Shortcuts, epidemics, VR, junk food, winter, technology, trends, and meteors. Save yourself a keystroke and implement these shortcuts. The flu is near epidemic threshold. If you’re sick, stay home. One Way Stock/flickr/2013 Some of our members might find this VR real estate game intriguing. Salted Caramel Pepsi is bad for you. Did that need to… Continue Reading What We’re Reading: January 15-19