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.
A condo or townhouse looks like the cheapest way into Arizona’s East Valley, until the HOA bill arrives. In a growing number of communities, monthly association fees have climbed high enough to wipe out the purchase-price discount that drew budget-conscious buyers to condos in the first place. In some cases, a single-family home down the ...
In a typical home sale, a buyer who discovers problems during inspection can negotiate a lower price, and the seller – motivated to keep the deal together – often agrees to meet somewhere in the middle. That expectation is so deeply ingrained that many buyers carry it straight into a bank-owned purchase, where it does ...
Small investors eyeing Orange County often default to the most familiar playbook: buy a single-family home, rent it out, build equity over time. But at Orange County’s current entry-level prices – $1.5 million to $2 million for a starter-to-mid-range home, according to Kathy Thomson, a residential agent with eXp Realty who has worked across Orange ...
In Anderson, South Carolina, the number most sellers fixate on when listing a home – what similar properties sold for recently – may be the reason their listing sits unsold. Builders sitting on unsold new construction have cut prices aggressively enough that the past twelve months of sales data no longer reflects what buyers actually ...
Home prices across Chicago’s western suburbs remain high enough that short-term investors cannot execute the buy-low half of a flip. With roughly one and a half months of single-family inventory across DuPage County, according to Debbie Pawlowicz, owner and designated managing broker at DPG Real Estate Agency in Lisle, Illinois, sellers have little reason to ...
When a large landlord or equity fund lists a former rental property in Dallas-Fort Worth, the home that reaches the market is not always what a buyer expects. These were investment assets managed for cash flow, not curb appeal. Deferred maintenance is common. Cosmetic updates were rarely a priority. And for buyers drawn to the ...
The standard way London homeowners measure a renovation’s success is simple: how many square meters did you add? But homes renovated with strong design vision – focused on volume, light, and spatial quality rather than raw floor area – are consistently outperforming larger, conventionally refurbished properties at resale, according to Matthew Withers, co-founder of Stylus ...
First-time buyers in Chicago’s south suburbs face a problem patience alone cannot solve: the homes they want cost more than they can afford at today’s interest rates. Rather than settle for a smaller house or wait for rates to drop, a growing number are buying small multi-unit properties and letting a tenant cover part of ...
When buyers relocate to a metro area where they have no local ties, the usual priorities – square footage, lot size, finishes – often take a back seat to something harder to measure: a built-in social life. In the suburbs east and south of Tampa, communities with shared amenities like pools, splash pads, and lakefront ...
Many self-employed borrowers who are told they do not qualify for a mortgage are not actually unqualified. They are applying through a loan type that measures income in a way that works against them. Conventional mortgages rely on tax returns, and for self-employed borrowers, tax returns are designed to minimize taxable income. That creates a ...
Plainfield, Illinois, about 40 minutes southwest of Chicago, spent the last two decades building itself into a family-oriented suburb with good schools, highway access, and prices well below neighboring Naperville. That growth phase worked. Families moved in, raised children, and put down roots. Now many of those original homeowners are entering retirement, and their homes ...
In a city with enough inventory to give buyers real leverage, the segment of the Houston housing market that should be busiest, homes priced between $300,000 and $600,000, is among the slowest to move. Properties below $300,000 are attracting first-time and value-oriented buyers, and listings above $500,000 continue to draw move-up purchasers with less rate ...
Most small mountain towns in the American West have a straightforward real estate story: pandemic-era demand inflated prices, and now those prices are correcting. Taos County, New Mexico, is not following that pattern. Per-square-foot prices there are still climbing, according to Karen Todd, a real estate professional with The Dragonfly Group at Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices ...
A declining median price usually signals a cooling market. In Northeast Dallas, the story is more complicated. The number of homes selling in 2026 has actually increased compared to 2024 and 2025, according to Cindy Dunnican of The Dunnican Team at Coldwell Banker Apex, who has worked the Northeast Dallas market since 1998. But the ...
