In New York City’s challenging housing landscape, one organization stands out with a clear vision: transforming lives through affordable homeownership. Since July 2024, Sabrina Lippman has led Habitat for Humanity New York City and Westchester County as CEO, bringing a uniquely comprehensive real estate perspective to what she calls “the top crisis in our country ...
In a home improvement industry dominated by aggressive lead generation and unclear pricing models, BidList has developed a platform that brings clarity and efficiency to roofing and solar installations. Drawing from direct experience with traditional home improvement sales challenges, the company offers a solution that reimagines how homeowners, contractors, and solar installers collaborate. The origins ...
In the heart of Manhattan’s Financial District, an elegantly curved 60-foot planter with integrated seating catches the eye of passersby. Meanwhile in Stuart, Florida, just north of West Palm Beach, a loggerhead turtle glides through warm waters to rest on its custom-designed concrete reef. While these structures seem worlds apart, they share a fascinating origin: ...
“I think any broker who goes into this business should really concentrate on an area they know and love, because that is the key to success,” reflects Lois Kirschenbaum, a prominent figure in Long Island’s luxury real estate market. This insight has shaped her 30-year journey from architecture enthusiast to one of the region’s most ...
“Most surveyors give me the same answer when I ask about their top three business challenges,” says Rob Cammack, founder and CEO of SmartDrone. “They say: ‘That’s easy – people, people, and people.’” With an aging workforce where the average surveyor is 57 years old and only 50,000 licensed professionals nationwide, the industry faces a ...
“For the first time living in San Diego, we didn’t have to live in a place where we didn’t want to be. We now get to live somewhere that we actually want to call home,” Christian Spicer, President of SDRE, recounts the words of tenants who moved into one of his company’s recently completed projects. ...
“Power is such a huge focus right now for everyone,” explains Todd Holley, Senior Vice President at Voit Real Estate Services, describing an emerging trend that’s reshaping industrial real estate in Southern California. “Data centers are just sucking up all this power. It’s really a key component for everyone involved in industrial real estate right ...
“What gets measured gets done. You can’t evaluate what you can’t measure.” – Larry Stone, Santa Clara County Assessor In Silicon Valley, where tech innovations and billion-dollar valuations dominate headlines, one of the most impressive success stories belongs not to a startup, but to a public servant who has quietly run a county department with ...
“We had no idea about the extent of non-compliance until we looked at the data. Suddenly we realized 60-70% of property owners weren’t meeting the insurance requirements in their management agreements.” – Ryan Letzeiser, CEO of Obie Insurance A silent crisis is brewing in the property management industry. While property managers focus on maintenance requests, ...
When Julie Schechter graduated from Brooklyn Law School during the recession 15 years ago, she jokes she “begrudgingly” took a job at her father’s small firm representing co-ops and condos because he was the only one hiring. That career move evolved into building one of New York City’s preeminent co-op and condo practices, now serving ...
When Jared Epstein looks at a neighborhood, he sees possibilities that others might miss. As President of Aurora Capital Associates, Epstein has built his reputation not just by developing luxury properties, but by reimagining entire districts – most notably in Manhattan’s Meatpacking District, which his firm helped transform from an industrial zone with a handful ...
When a historic South Shore residence sold for $1.44 million in December 2024, it set more than a neighborhood record – it challenged assumptions about luxury real estate markets in Chicago’s South Side. The sale, brokered by Jay Butts of Coldwell Banker’s Gold Coast office, exceeded the previous Jackson Park Highlands record by $500,000. For ...
In a mortgage industry facing high interest rates and affordability challenges, Jeff Bode, President and CEO of Click n’ Close, is creating solutions that could reshape how Americans finance their homes. As an early technology adopter in the mortgage space, Bode has spent decades developing systems that make mortgage origination more efficient, cost-effective, and accessible. ...
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in early 2020, Shiv Gettu and his co-founder Kendrick Bradley watched their thriving short-term rental business collapse virtually overnight. Within five days, they went from being “wildly profitable” to losing $100,000 a month. With landlords threatening legal action and no travelers booking their properties, they faced a business catastrophe. “We ...
