Alejandra Rodriguez-Villamizar is a communications specialist, editor, and researcher based in Medellín, Colombia, with experience working at the intersection of investigative journalism, strategic communications, and multimedia storytelling. She is currently Editorial Consultant at KeyCrew, where she leads and refines editorial processes, and manages and mentors the editorial team. Before this role, Alejandra coordinated multimedia content production and designed impact metrics. She conducted in-depth research on organized crime across Latin American countries, contributing to investigative reports that inform public debate and policy discussions. Her career also includes work in digital strategy and audience engagement at University College London, where she supported the Anthropology Department’s outreach and career initiatives. Alejandra holds a BA in Communications and Journalism from Universidad EAFIT and an MSc in Politics, Violence and Crime from UCL, graduating with distinction. Her work is grounded in a people-centered approach that combines rigorous research, clear storytelling, and strategic thinking to generate social impact.
If you’re shopping for a home in one of the fast-growing communities on the edges of the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, the math on building equity looks very different than it did a few years ago. The typical three-to-five-year ownership timeline, long considered enough to build a cushion before selling, may leave you competing directly against ...
Buyers shopping for homes in Chino, California, face a gap of $25,000 to $40,000 depending on whether they choose new construction or resale, a gap created by builder incentives that resale sellers cannot match. According to Thomas Ryan, a Realtor with Thomas Ryan Real Estate at Real Broker who focuses on the Chino and Chino ...
The properties generating the strongest cash flow in South Florida are not the ones most investors notice first. Polished Class A buildings, waterfront luxury units, and newly built complexes attract attention but compress returns. Experienced investors working in Miami-Dade and Broward County are instead buying mobile home parks, working-class rental portfolios, and properties in neighborhoods ...
Buyers relocating to Santa Fe County’s Eldorado community almost always arrive with the same assumption: that their money will go further in New Mexico than it did back home. According to Lisa Smith, an associate broker at Sotheby’s International Realty who has worked Eldorado’s market for 21 years, the opposite is true, most end up ...
The fix-and-flip model has long attracted small investors who want a tangible, short-cycle return. But in lower Westchester County, the conditions that once made flipping viable are eroding. Rising labor costs, expensive materials, and drawn-out project timelines are compressing the margins that used to make these deals worthwhile. Frank Palombo, a Realtor with Howard Hanna ...
Condominium projects originally designed for sale are converting to rental use across Quebec, adding inventory to a market where vacancy is already rising, and rents are falling. For small landlords who bought properties during the post-COVID boom, these conversions introduce competitors that national housing data does not capture until units are actually listed, according to ...
If you own a home in southern New Hampshire right now, selling it probably won’t be your problem. Homes still move quickly, often at or above asking price. The real challenge – the one that catches sellers off guard – is figuring out where you’re going next. In a market this competitive, selling without a ...
In most markets, falling inventory pushes prices up and accelerates sales. In South Florida, that relationship has broken down. Inventory is thinning, but buyers aren’t competing for what remains; they’re waiting, unwilling to pay current carrying costs for homes that don’t meet their standards. The result is a market that feels slow across segments despite ...
The Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex has more than 200 cities and suburbs, and it continues to expand outward. That expansion has flooded outer suburbs with new construction inventory, and the downstream effects are now visible in longer days on market, price corrections, and a shifting calculus for both resale sellers and rental investors trying to compete. ...
Buyers moving inland from Los Angeles and Orange County to stretch their purchasing power in Chino and Chino Hills, California, are running into a cost that wasn’t part of their original math. Homeowners insurance, particularly for hillside properties near open space and wildland areas, has become difficult, expensive, or in some cases impossible to obtain ...
A city of 10,000 people surrounded by 400 lakes within a 15-to-20-minute radius doesn’t have an obvious expansion path. Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, sits in a geography that simultaneously attracts investment and constrains where that investment can physically go. The result is a market where available commercial space is hard to find, industrial park lots are ...
For years, Buffalo and its surrounding counties were among the hottest investor markets in the Northeast. Affordable entry points, low property taxes, and strong rental demand made two- to four-unit residential properties an easy pitch. That pitch has gotten harder. In recent months, the number of listings expiring without a sale has exceeded the number ...
Southern New Hampshire’s residential market ran hot this spring: multiple offers, prices well above asking, timelines measured in days. By midsummer, the pace eased into a seasonal rhythm that agents in the region have come to expect. But the underlying demand picture hasn’t changed: population is growing, inventory remains tight, and sellers still hold meaningful ...
Montreal’s rental market spent the post-COVID years absorbing a wave of investment capital. Smaller developers and larger companies alike bought properties, renovated them, and listed them in a market where vacancy was low and demand was relentless. That era is over. Vacancy has climbed, prices are falling, and landlords across the province are competing through ...
In Cleveland’s multifamily investment market, the frenzied pace of 2021 and 2022 has given way to something more measured. Properties that once drew multiple offers within days of listing are now sitting longer. Sellers who acquired buildings during the low-rate era are discovering that what they paid and what the market will bear today are ...
