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Heather Hook
21 Jan 2026

From Where has released a comprehensive mattress guide for 2026 that addresses the most frequent product inquiry short-term rental hosts receive from guests: where did you get that mattress? The guide features 10 mattresses selected based on customer reviews, expert rankings, and long-term durability tests, with particular attention to performance in high-turnover rental environments. The ...

Alejandra Rodriguez
21 Jan 2026

Veteran broker Jeff Quintin, CEO of The Quintin Group, says the real estate team model is undergoing a structural change that challenges long-standing assumptions about how agents grow their businesses. After decades of building a top-producing local team, Quintin now operates two parallel organizations with distinctly different approaches — and the newer, digital network is ...

Steve Marcinuk
20 Jan 2026

Insurance has become a frequent obstacle in Florida real estate transactions. Still, one agent argues that deals collapse mainly when agents fail to anticipate and address insurance issues early, rather than because insurance is inherently unmanageable. “It’s easy for a deal to fall apart because of insurance if you don’t know what you’re doing,” says ...

Steve Marcinuk
19 Jan 2026

The luxury real estate business operates on a fundamentally different timeline than most professionals realize, according to Jed Weaver, a Realtor with The Keyes Company who has spent two decades in South Florida’s high-end markets. “The average real estate agent is going to close five deals a year, but those five deals come very seasonally,” ...

Rudi Davis
18 Jan 2026

In Texas real estate, most property owners closely track price per square foot and monthly rent as their primary metrics. However, Sergio Grado, a Texas-based business development consultant of GradCoDistributors, LLC with years of experience in commercial and residential development, says the real factor stabilizing property budgets is often overlooked: maintenance contracts. “The key thing ...

Rudi Davis
17 Jan 2026

Buying your first home is often more complex than expected. Instead of a straightforward process, you may find yourself managing paperwork, strict deadlines, and multiple parties you didn’t know would be involved. Simple mistakes can lead to costly delays or lost opportunities. Rockwell Tornow, a realtor with Amy Stockberger Real Estate in Sioux Falls who ...

Rudi Davis
15 Jan 2026

Broadcast towers are often viewed simply as technical infrastructure. Still, according to industry expert Roger Rafson, they function as valuable “vertical real estate” assets that generate steady lease revenue from cellular carriers, municipalities, and emergency services. This income stream is often overlooked in traditional radio station valuations, yet it can significantly impact a station’s overall ...

Rudi Davis
14 Jan 2026

In New York City, challenging your property tax assessment is far from straightforward. The city’s property tax appeal system is so understaffed, rushed, and opaque that even large institutional investors are often surprised by how little attention their cases receive. For homeowners and small investors, the odds of a fair review are even slimmer. “It’s ...

Rudi Davis
14 Jan 2026

David Helbraun, founder and chairman of Helbraun Levey, has spent more than 20 years representing restaurant owners, from small cafes to large hospitality groups. His firm, which has handled thousands of openings, repeatedly sees the same lease mistakes. “People fall in love with spaces,” he says. “They stop looking at the numbers.” Here are seven ...

Rudi Davis
13 Jan 2026

The real estate industry faces a widespread but largely unaddressed financial problem: agents carry credit card debt at far higher levels than the general population, often as a direct result of their income structure. Brandon Wright, CEO of the financial services company Tongo, says the numbers are revealing. “If you look at the credit card ...

Rudi Davis
13 Jan 2026

Jesse Whalen, Vice President of The Office Group at Bull Realty, argues that companies leasing office space face the most significant disadvantage in commercial real estate when they forgo professional representation. “If there’s one person in commercial real estate across all sectors who needs a broker more than anybody else, it’s a company occupying any ...

Alejandra Rodriguez
13 Jan 2026

Lucas Piper, owner of Five Star Vacation Home Rentals in Austin, has seen many short-term rental owners spend thousands on upgrades that fail to increase bookings. Despite investments in new furniture, complete repaints, or landscaping, some properties remain vacant for weeks. In contrast, owners who focus on a handful of targeted, inexpensive improvements consistently secure ...