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Steve Marcinuk
21 Jun 2025

“Our mission is simple: automate the back office for franchise brands,” says Sanjay Mahalingam, Founder and CEO of Spacetil. In an era where multi-location businesses struggle with fragmented systems and operational inefficiencies, Spacetil emerges as a game-changing solution. This AI- native ERP platform is transforming how franchisees, private equity groups, and real estate investors manage ...

Steve Marcinuk
21 Jun 2025

“We’re a Zero Energy Ready production builder, and we’re the only Zero Energy Ready production builder in Connecticut,” explains Jason Helton, Realtor and Sales Consultant at EG Home. In a market where energy efficiency and maintenance-free living are increasingly in demand, this veteran-owned company has positioned itself at the forefront of Connecticut’s sustainable housing movement. ...

Steve Marcinuk
20 Jun 2025

“We’re witnessing what I would call a quiet surge of ultra luxury home buyers, driven primarily by flight to quality, both in where they spend their time and the quality of area where their family will gather,” says Jonathan Spears, founder of Spears Group and Compass. At just 33 years old, Spears has established himself ...

Steve Marcinuk
19 Jun 2025

“The deed to your home is just a flimsy piece of paper that validates the ownership of your most important asset,” says Dan Silverman, CEO of Balcony, a blockchain technology company that recently announced the largest blockchain deed initiative in U.S. history with Bergen County, New Jersey. This groundbreaking partnership will tokenize approximately 460,000 properties, ...

Steve Marcinuk
19 Jun 2025

“If you can flip a house, you can be the developer in your town,” says Kristi Kandel, host and founder of the Local Real Estate Developers Podcast. With a career spanning from small-town Ohio to California’s competitive development landscape, Kandel is on a mission to remove the barriers that have traditionally surrounded real estate development. ...

Steve Marcinuk
18 Jun 2025

“If I asked you, would you buy a farm in New York City or Miami today? The answer is, of course you would, because the cost of a farm is generally valued at much less than equal acreage in a large city,” says Derek Distenfield, Managing Partner of DDB Capital Fund. This simple insight forms ...

Steve Marcinuk
17 Jun 2025

“Real estate is more stressful than being a cop,” says Garrett Decker, a former sheriff’s deputy who now serves as Broker Associate at NextHome Endless Summer. This surprising comparison immediately captures the intensity of today’s Florida housing market through the eyes of someone who has experienced both professions firsthand. From Badge to Broker: An Unconventional ...

Steve Marcinuk
17 Jun 2025

“We’re experiencing a strong buyer’s market with abundant inventory. There’s an imbalance—many sellers, fewer buyers,” explains Todd Siegrist, a seasoned Realtor with LPT Realty serving Florida’s Emerald Coast. This market shift presents both challenges and opportunities, particularly in the condo sector where competition among sellers has reached remarkable levels. In one Destin resort, Siegrist’s two-bedroom ...

Steve Marcinuk
17 Jun 2025

“Many home buyers we interviewed struggled to understand the necessity of working with a buyer’s agent,” says Arman Javaherian, CEO and Co-Founder of Homa. “They understood the role of a seller’s agent on the listing side, but questioned the need for a buyer’s agent.” This observation, gained during Javaherian’s six-year tenure at Zillow and Trulia, ...