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Buying a historic home offers a unique opportunity to own a piece of the past, filled with character, craftsmanship, and architectural detail you won’t find in newer builds. But along with that charm comes a different set of responsibilities, from understanding original materials to planning for ongoing maintenance. For many buyers, the key is learning how to preserve what makes the home special while still making it functional for modern living. In this Redfin article, we’ll explore what to know before purchasing a historic home and how to protect its defining features for years to come. From navigating local guidelines…
Most Americans are worried about money. Paying the bills, having enough for retirement, and being able to afford emergency expenses. And, like many of us, you may have grown up in a household watching your own parents constantly worry or fight over finances. This is one of the crucial anxiety points of Americans—and rentals can change that.Today, Joel Larsgaard from the How to Money podcast shares his story about how rental properties, and just paying attention to his money, changed his worldview and his family’s financial future. He, too, saw his parents constantly keeping up with the Joneses—buying more house…
Europe is weeks away from crossing a critical threshold that represents a severe and immediate shortage of jet fuel, triggering many more flight cancelations and even the possible closures of smaller airports. A new Goldman Sachs research report estimates that Europe’s commercial jet fuel inventories are slated to dip below the International Energy Agency’s critical 23-day shortage threshold sometime in June. “The U.K. appears most at risk of jet fuel rationing given its large net imports,” the report argued. The threshold doesn’t mean Europe will run out of fuel supplies 23 days from that point—that would only occur without any…
TurboHome is betting that the best way to teach people about San Francisco’s brutal housing market is to make them guess their way through it. The AI-powered homebuying startup is set to launch TurboHome Markets, a free daily prediction game that asks users to forecast the final sale prices of five active San Francisco listings […]
In This Article Imagine two investors, Grinding Gretchen and Relaxed Rachel, who both start with $50,000 to invest. Most people—including Gretchen—think they’ll sprint or trip based on market timing, hustle, luck, or choosing the perfect market. Rachel takes a different approach. Here’s why investors like her will not only come out ahead in the long run, but also have more fun and get better sleep along the way. Good Investors Don’t Time the Market It’s so tempting to try to time the market, because it feels like you should be able to spot the bottom and the top—they always look…
I spent most of the school holidays of my childhood at my father’s office in Beirut. While other children were at the beach or the mountains, I was watching a man run his businesses through one of the longest civil wars of the 20th century. My father did not stop working when our city was being shelled. He did not stop paying his people when the banks were closed. He did not stop honoring his commitments when the contracts were technically unenforceable. He went to work and took me with him. I saw him every morning take stock of what was…
Two of the nation’s largest independent brokerages are joining forces on a multi-year marketing partnership — and say the model could offer a blueprint for other independents facing consolidation pressure. As brokerage consolidation accelerates across the industry, Brown Harris Stevens and FirstTeam have chosen a different path — a multi-year marketing partnership designed to expand reach and share buyer pools without a merger or acquisition. The deal unites two of the nation’s largest independently held brokerages, representing more than 5,000 agents across more than 70 offices in New York, New Jersey, Florida, Connecticut, California, Arizona and Washington. Both firms are…
Brett Hundley doesn’t want an employer or a nine-to-five job. Ever. At just 32 years old, he has already retired from one career and is now chasing the freedom and flexibility that real estate investing can provide.During his eight years as an NFL quarterback, Brett spent evenings after practice learning the ins and outs of real estate from teammates who had already discovered its wealth-building potential. Early on, he tried a little of everything—short-term rentals, new construction, and other investing strategies—before zeroing in on house flipping, which has since become his bread and butter.Brett says the skills he developed running…
Call it the FedEx of energy. Calgary-based Enbridge has grown into the largest oil and gas pipeline company in the world by market cap—$120 billion—delivering vital energy supplies across the globe. Just don’t simplify Enbridge to only putting pipe in the ground. With assets that span renewables to utilities, Enbridge boasts a broad array of businesses that’s matched by the lofty role it sees itself playing on the world stage. Enbridge—whose name is a contraction of energy bridge—is committed to keeping the economic and cultural bonds between North America’s neighbors strong and healthy; it doesn’t hurt that CEO Greg Ebel,…
As AI threatens to wipe out jobs, the American dream—stable employment, a clear ladder to climb, and a company to grow old with—is quietly dying. More people are ditching the 9-to-5 to build something of their own. And Zoom is putting $150,000 behind the movement. The $26 billion video conferencing giant is giving away $30,000 each to five solo business owners as part of its first-ever Zoom Solopreneur 50 rankings, shared exclusively with Fortune. No strings attached. The first-of-its-kind list, which showcases the top 50 solo entrepreneurs in the U.S., was selected by an independent jury of business leaders and…