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Dave:2025 is winding down and so much has changed, but somewhat frustratingly, some things have not changed at all. I’m Dave Meyer, and today I am joined by Brian Burke to wrap up the year, cut through the headlines and talk about opportunities that are going to exist for investors going into 2026. We’ll touch on where the opportunities have opened up, what risks are getting bigger and how to avoid them. And generally just how to position your portfolio for the next 12 months. This is on the market. Let’s get into it. Brian Burke, welcome back to On…
Key takeaways Open houses are a powerful tool for generating fast buzz, maximizing visibility, and driving high-volume traffic in a short window of time. Private showings are best reserved for serious, pre-qualified buyers and offer a targeted, personalized experience that often leads directly to an offer. A combined strategy, using an open house for launch and private showings for serious prospects, is often the most effective way to maximize your sale price. Deciding how to showcase your home to potential buyers is an important consideration in the selling process. As a seller, you have two primary options for allowing buyers…
Courage. Creativity. Resilience. For years, self-help books and articles have pegged these traits, among others, as the qualities to look for in workplace leaders. But when behavioral scientist and author Jon Levy researched that accepted wisdom further for his new book, he realized it wasn’t true. “We’ve been sold this bill by all the major consultancies and all the major university MBA programs that here are these essential skills, and if I want to be a leader, I need to develop myself in all these ways I’m just never going to be able to accomplish,” Levy told me. “What’s really…
Rookies are often told to stick to one investing strategy, but today’s guest is going against the grain by combining the long-term appreciation of rental properties and the passive income of private money lending. Want to build a diversified real estate portfolio that can weather any kind of market shift or job loss? He has the blueprint!Welcome back to the Real Estate Rookie podcast! Shalom Yusufov’s first real estate deal wasn’t your average single-family rental. In fact, it wasn’t a rental at all, but a private lending opportunity that gave him a whopping 11% return. Leaning on the experience from…
The modern leader faces a leadership environment that is rapidly growing in complexity, grappling with roughly twice as many issues on a CEO’s desk as just five to seven years ago. This pressure has driven senior partners Kurt Strovink and Carolyn Dewar, co-leaders of McKinsey & Company’s CEO Practice—the firm’s top “CEO whisperers”—to empirically study the world’s top 200 corporate chiefs. Their new book, A CEO for All Seasons, breaks down the mindsets and methods required to succeed in a role that 68% of incumbent CEOs admitted they felt “ill-prepared” for when they stepped into the shoes. While the research…
Anthony Scaramucci briefly served as the White House’s communications director in President Donald Trump’s first administration, but soon after became a prominent critic of the commander- in-chief. Still, that hasn’t stopped the SkyBridge Capital founder and his son, AJ Scaramucci, from backing American Bitcoin, the Bitcoin miner that counts the President’s sons Eric as a cofounder and Donald Jr. as an investor. Solari Capital, an investment firm founded by AJ Scaramucci, led a July $220 million funding round in the Trump family firm, the Scaramuccis told Fortune. American Bitcoin raised the money before it went public via a reverse merger…
In This Article This article is presented by RentRedi. When I first started managing my rental properties, maintenance requests would throw off my entire week. A tenant would call, text, or email about something being broken, and I would drop everything and scramble to find the right vendor, follow up for updates, and track receipts for bookkeeping. This scramble was not sustainable, and I realized I needed a better system if I was going to continue self-managing my rental properties. Creating a standard operating procedure (SOP) for handling maintenance requests is one of the easiest ways to streamline your property…
In This Article Is every asset class in a bubble? Whether you think so or not, the fears are all too plausible. Despite the longest government shutdown in history, reheating inflation, continuing tariff fears, a weakening labor market, and fraying geopolitical ties, the S&P 500 just recently notched a record high and remains close to it as I write this. The index has soared 19.6% over the last year. Big tech and artificial intelligence (AI) stocks look particularly bubblicious. Nvidia’s stock has skyrocketed 416% over the last two years, and the industry keeps announcing circular deals among the same few…
Hunger, sadly, is as American as apple pie: a crisis we seem to revisit each budget cycle but never resolve. With the record-breaking federal government shutdown finally over and access to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) no longer in enteringthe Supreme Court’s domain, millions of Americans have been once again caught in the crossfire of political brinkmanship. The country’s food safety net — already in tatters — has been grievously abused. Hunger, meanwhile, has no party affiliation. As Republican Senator Josh Hawley points out in The New York Times, this isn’t a fringe issue. Hunger affects every corner of…
In This Article The realities of a housing market correction are setting in. This could be the turning point for real estate that investors (and homebuyers) have been waiting for. Are you ready? We’re back with our November housing market update, giving you the latest data on home prices, housing inventory, days on market, affordability, and where (and what) are the best opportunities for investors. Sellers are growing increasingly desperate as the buyer’s market shifts further toward the investor’s side. And, with the seasonally slow winter months coming up, this could be the perfect moment to strike a deal. There’s…