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Many rookies think they need more money, experience, or even “perfect timing,” but waiting for these things could just be holding you back from building wealth with real estate. If you’re on the fence about investing, or if you need an extra nudge to get off the sidelines, this is the episode for you!Welcome back to the Real Estate Rookie podcast! Today, Ashley and Tony are sharing four clear signs that you’re ready to buy your first rental property. As you’re about to hear, you don’t need to know everything about real estate investing, have a huge bank account, or…
If you’re a renter and planning to buy your first home, it’s undoubtedly a big step in your life. It also raises an important question: what happens to your lease if the right home comes along before it ends? The short answer: you can break a lease when you buy a house, but purchasing a home doesn’t automatically let you leave without penalties. What happens depends on the terms in your lease and the laws in your state. In this Redfin article, we’ll answer your questions about breaking a lease if you buy a house. Whether you’re in the process…
You’ve sold your home and are ready to move but when should you actually stop your utilities? It’s best to wait until after your home sale officially closes and the buyers take possession. Turning them off too soon can lead to last-minute headaches during inspections or final walkthroughs. This helps ensure a smooth handover for the new owners and protects the property in the meantime. Whether you’re searching for a home in Austin, TX, Portland, OR, or Atlanta, GA, this Redfin guide will walk you through when to stop utilities when selling a house, why the timing matters, and how…
Good morning. Just three years ago, most companies treated generative AI like an uncertain curiosity. Today, it’s hard to find a Fortune 500 company that isn’t rethinking core processes to leverage it—momentum that’s only accelerating as 2026 approaches.Leaders are no longer debating whether generative AI will matter; they are racing to determine how to operationalize it. That shift was the topic of my conversation with Wharton marketing professor Stefano Puntoni, co-director of the Wharton Human-AI Research (WHAIR) initiative. Puntoni noted that generative AI adoption is progressing at an eye-opening pace. “I don’t think there’s any company that now says, ‘Generative…
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…