Real Estate

After following his work for years, I recently became a student of coach and marketing expert Dean Jackson, who introduced me to idea that every business has three parts: a before unit, a during unit and an after unit. Roughly, the before unit refers to bringing people into your business initially; the during unit is

If you’ve worked as a real estate broker, you may have considered starting your own brokerage firm. Opening your own firm can lead to increased freedom as well as financial opportunity. However, like any entrepreneurial endeavor, building a company from the ground up can be a daunting task. Members of Forbes Real Estate Council know about the challenges

The great room is lined with floor-to-ceiling windows, and a sofa is built into the steps. Heritage Auctions A live auction will be held August 12 for the Sondern-Adler house, a Kansas City, Missouri home that inspired famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright to call it “a little gem.” Heritage Auctions is preparing to hold the

Have you ever walked through a major city and counted all the different commercial property types? There are gas stations, hotels, strip malls, apartment buildings, industrial buildings, municipal buildings, office buildings, funeral homes, churches, synagogues, cemeteries and more. Yes, cemeteries! Did you know that grave plots are sold by the inch? They are commercial real

This diagram shows the cutaway of a house with a sprinkler system. Drawing courtesy of The Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition Every day on the news you see another house going up in flames. People’s total belongs gone in a flash, lives lost.  One simple solution to this problem is the installation of fire sprinkler systems.

The gallery provides the perfect display for fine art, sculptures or collectibles. James Chororos A sprawling seven-room condominium that was formerly the grand ballroom of the Barbizon-Plaza Hotel in New York City has returned to the market after a remarkable two-year renovation that has taken the home to a whole new level. Currently on the

NEW JERSEY, UNITED STATES – 2014/08/06: New housing construction. (Photo by John Greim/LightRocket via Getty Images) LightRocket via Getty Images The Labor Department’s much-anticipated July jobs report released Friday morning offers a mixed bag for real estate. The upshot is that a tight labor market will continue to underpin the housing market like a safety

Storage unit renter carrying a box of belongs Credit: Shutterstock Moving is stressful enough without having to deal with the loss of irreplaceable family treasures. But that’s what happened to Sid Barrett and his family when they moved from Atlanta to Taos, New Mexico last year. Barrett said that after charging him “a fortune” to

Water Views Bespoke Marketing “I gave up 60 percent of my development rights,” said Jay Bialsky, principal behind a forthcoming development on the waterfront in downtown Sag Harbor. The entire 1.94 acre site has sat for the past 13 years without any developer being able to get past the Architectural Review Board, but the now-approved

As cost, consumer demand and design capabilities shape the direction of smart home technology, where do new business opportunities lie? What’s in the walls of a home? What used to be wood and insulation with a few electrical wires is now becoming a complicated mess of connected devices, a central nervous system controlling every action

A Redfin yard sign outside a home in Seattle, where the company had its headquarters. (Stephen Brashear/Getty Images for Redfin) Getty Better than expected second quarter earnings lifted shares of discount real estate brokerage Redfin in after trading hours Thursday. Revenue for the quarter was $197.8 million, up 29% from a year ago. While the

Back view of happy family is standing near their modern house and hugging Getty There’s no denying that building a custom home is a huge investment of time and money. You’re going to want to go into the building process feeling as informed as possible on what you can do to ensure you end up

This Hamptons-style home on Kiawah Island lists for nearly $10 million. Kiawah Island Real Estate Kiawah Island, South Carolina is a beach, golf and luxury resort playground, currently basking in summer tourism. An unspoiled sanctuary, the island’s landscape of maritime forests, sand dunes, and upland marshes is equally amenable to wildlife such as deer, bobcats,

San Francisco city – Telegraph Hill and Coit Tower. Getty Here’s how the hot Bay Area IPOs have impacted the housing market according to Selma Hepp, chief economist and VP business intelligence at Compass in San Francisco. In the last several months several notable IPOs have hit the area including. Uber, Pinterest, and Lyft. The newly

With a population of 95, Shionohara is a hamlet nestled in the rural town of Minamiaizu in Fukushima Prefecture Jenna Wang MINAMIAIZU, JAPAN – 72-year-old Haga Ichio and his 66 year-old wife, Tomio Ichio, live in a dying village in Japan. Their humble two-story abode in Shionohara has been home to the Ichio family for

Meredith Baer, CEO of her eponymous home staging company based in Los Angeles, California Meridith Baer Home Not many women can say they started their multi-million dollar business at age 50 fresh out of a divorce, but Meredith Baer is one of those women. At 71 years old, Baer is the CEO and founder of

Minted x Samsung Lyrical by Sarah McInroe Minted In recent years, television technology has rapidly improved. Screens are clearer and larger. Colors are truer and brighter. Units are thinner and designed to be to less obtrusive. But no matter which make and model you choose, whether it is sitting on top of an entertainment center

Weather prediction is getting much better. Now, innovative companies are spinning that increased capability into lucrative new business models. ClimaCell, featured in a July 24 Forbes story, combines data analytics, traditional inputs and the analysis of signals beamed between cellular towers to predict local weather six hours in advance. The dark clouds. The sky in black. Pattern

Interest Rate – Variable Interest Rate – a conceptual look at variable interest rates. Will they go up or down? Getty When it’s time to refinance, one of the biggest hurdles homeowners face is securing the best interest rates. With that in mind, I’ve brought you four things that you can do to set yourself

The Castle, asking $75 million Unvarnished “I’m not a big fan of walking through the front door and giving up the water right away,” says designer Scott Gillen. He’s referring to the design intent behind his latest project, The Malibu Series—a collection of 12 homes throughout Malibu which total over $500 million in combined asking