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Bitcoin accumulator Strategy Inc. returned to profitability in the third quarter, with results bolstered by an unrealized gain tied to the rising value of the company’s roughly $69 billion cryptocurrency stockpile.  Net income was $2.8 billion, or $8.42 a share, compared with a loss of $340 million, or $1.72 in the year-ago period, the Tysons Corner, Virginia-based firm said in a statement Thursday. The company, formerly known as MicroStrategy, adopted accounting standards in January that required it to include the fair value of its Bitcoin holdings in its earnings. The change triggered multibillion dollar swings between profits and losses in…

Teresa and Marty Strelecky met while Mr. Strelecky was in the Navy and stationed in Bremerton, Wash., just across Puget Sound from Seattle. After a stint in Mr. Strelecky’s native Chicago, the couple settled in West Seattle, where he worked as a lawyer and she was a stay-at-home mother to their four children, who are now adults.“We’re committed Pacific Northwesterners,” said Mr. Strelecky, who works at a real estate title insurance firm.[Did you recently buy a home? We want to hear from you. Email: thehunt@nytimes.com. Sign up here to have The Hunt delivered to your inbox every week.]Still, the couple,…

AI can help enhance your image, knowledge, and consistency of message, but it’s you, your relationships, how well you communicate, and your local knowledge expertise that will determine if you are successful or not. Craig and Toby will break down how to balance the onset of AI with the personal value and expertise you offer […]

Chef Andrew Zimmern, wearing a blue chore jacket, stands in front of his kitchen island. Ask the chef Andrew Zimmern when he arrived in the Twin Cities, and he’ll respond with unsparing detail: “The night of Jan. 28, 1992. I had tried to kill myself four or five days earlier, and I was at the end of my rope, a horrible user of people and taker of things and an active addict and alcoholic.”Chef Andrew Zimmern, wearing a blue chore jacket, stands in front of his kitchen island. By then, he had no home, so he’d found room at a…

Dave:We are in a housing correction, at least on a national level, but everyone knows real estate and real estate investing are local. What happens in one market can be totally different from what happens in other markets. Where BRRRR works may not be great for short-term rental investing, where short-term rental investing works might not be great for flipping. It all comes down to what you’re trying to accomplish and what’s happening on the ground in your individual market. In today’s episode, we’re going deep into the dramatic regional differences we’re seeing in the housing market across the US…

Timor-Leste, Southeast Asia’s smallest economy, is now ASEAN’s newest member.  On Oct 26, the regional body voted in the island nation as its eleventh member at the ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur. Timor-Leste first applied for membership in 2011, just under a decade after it won formal independence from Indonesia, its much larger neighbor. Timor-Leste, also known as East Timor, is ASEAN’s first new member since 1999, when the bloc welcomed Cambodia into the group. “Timor-Leste has struggled with securing investments, due to the country’s instability and associated risks,” says Norashiqin Toh, a post-doctoral fellow at Tsinghua University’s Institute for…

In This Article This article is presented by NREIG. Your tenant hosts a weekend barbecue, and a guest trips on a loose deck board, falls down the stairs, and breaks their wrist. Three weeks later, you get served with a lawsuit demanding $150,000 in medical bills, lost wages, and pain and suffering. The crazy part is, you could be personally liable. And even if you have homeowners’ insurance, it often does not cover this sort of loss or lawsuit. Most landlords focus on finding great tenants, maintaining properties, and maximizing cash flow. But without the proper liability insurance, you could…

Zillow’s second product launch of the year includes collaborative search. Buyers can now invite family and friends to help them search and discuss listings through in-app messaging. A little more than three months after its breakout summer feature launch, Zillow is introducing another slate of new features for consumers. The features include: Virtual staging: Available only on Zillow Showcase listings, buyers can virtually redecorate listings with several curated design styles, including modern, Scandinavian, industrial, midcentury, luxury, coastal and farmhouse. The tool also allows buyers to instantly switch furniture arrangements or clear the room for a blank slate. Zillow Home Loans: Following…

CEO Agenda provides unique insights into how leaders think and lead and what keeps them busy in a world of constant change. We look into the lives, minds and agendas of CEOs at the world’s most iconic companies. When Iñaki Ereño assumed the role of Group CEO of Bupa in 2021, the global healthcare landscape was being rewritten in real time. At the helm of a company serving over a million customers worldwide, Ereño faces the challenge of transforming a large and established organization into a faster, more agile, and digitally enabled provider of care.  Founded in 1947 with the…

If it’s time to sell and your house is in a flood zone, you may be concerned about getting the best price for your home. The good news is that there are plenty of buyers interested in purchasing properties regardless of the flood zoning. In this article, we’ll review everything you need to know if you’re selling your home in a flood zone, from insurance to mitigation to pricing strategies. The basics of FEMA flood zone classifications and the implications of each designation FEMA (the Federal Emergency Management Agency) is responsible for evaluating flood zones in the United States. As…