The best cycling hack is a pool noodle — “that $2 piece of foam visualizes what the minimum three feet of safe passing distance looks like that is our legal right in more than 30 states in the US” | 🚲🚲 #biking qz.com/1620913/the-be…
+1 “Many blame early school start times that are out of sync with their sleep habits, but the real culprit is our car-oriented culture and suburban sprawl.” twitter.com/citylab/status…
“taking the average monthly rent on a 2 bedroom apartment in some major U.S. cities, SmartAsset determined that Airbnb hosts could cover more than 70% of rent using the avg. occupancy rate & room rate for their cities.” 🏠 (Via @HousingWire) #airbnb housingwire.com/articles/49010…
A nice case study in pricing a home correctly. 🏠📈 “How A Bad Real Estate Agent Can Kill Your Chances Of Getting The Best Selling Price” ••••• #realestate #housing financialsamurai.com/how-a-bad-real…
It’s tough being a landlord & building a biz on long-term rentals. Can you really blame prop. owners for using AirBnB? It’s not that simple. So many stories paint 1 side — the “gutting communities” side. Try to enforce a lease in NY for example. Good luck. theguardian.com/technology/201…
Not to mention — “In 2008, Howard Schultz pledged that 25 percent of Starbucks cups would be reusable by 2015. More than 10 years later, less than 2 percent of its drinks are sold in reusable cups.” #greenwashing ♻️☕️ twitter.com/civileats/stat…
I'm not surprised Austin (78721) and San Antonio make the list. Tear-downs in 78721 are disappearing for under $200K. | bit.ly/2PCRV3N | #realestate #Austin #atxrealetstate #gentrification 🏡🏡 (@realtordotcom)
We’re in Buda this afternoon for an open house at 12512 Taylor Drive. Beautiful home on almost a 1/2 acre and no HOA. Let us know if you have questions! $385K… instagram.com/p/Bwz3wPtpBl8/…
“data reveals that Airbnb, by introducing far more accommodation options that appeal to a broader range of travelers than typical hotels would, helps drive hotel demand in every city, especially ones that have fewer hotels.” 🏙🏣 #airbnb commercialobserver.com/2019/05/new-st…
"With mortgage rates flat and inventory picking up, we expect more buyers to take advantage of easing housing market headwinds” 📈🏚 #realestate nbcnews.com/business/real-…
Nice to see #HTown on the list! #travel twitter.com/cntraveler/sta…
+1 — “we can’t tell the difference between needs and wants, between necessities and desires—and we sure can’t defer gratification” 💸🛍📉 #money #frugal #consumption marketwatch.com/story/these-16…
8 Things You Can Do to Care for the Planet 🌎 #simple nytimes.com/2019/02/24/sma…
Case-Shiller index out today — ••••••• “Las Vegas had the fastest home-price growth in the country for the ninth straight month, at 9.7%. Phoenix had the second-fastest price growth at 6.7%, followed by Tampa at 5.4%. 🏠 #realestate #housing wsj.com/articles/home-…
"The Johnston Terrace neighborhood in far East Austin appears at No. 4 on Realtor.com’s list of the country’s fastest-gentrifying neighborhoods. The website’s data shows a massive shift in the demographics of Johnston Terrace, which is bordered by Airport Boulevard to the west, and U.S. Highway 183 to the east and south. The neighborhood, traditionally anchored by people of color, sits less than five miles northwest of Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. Realtor.com says the median sale pri
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Good piece — “Getting Rich vs. Staying Rich” [Collaborative Fund] collaborativefund.com/blog/getting-r…
Good post from @farnamstreet •••••• “The most successful people I know have one thing in common: they are masters at eliminating the unnecessary from their lives.” | #GTD #work #productivity ⏰📊📆 fs.blog/2018/06/succee…
Best Days of the Year to Sell A Home | ATTOM Data Solutions
+1 🏚🌿 “Now, what’s happening is that...If you take too good care of your lawn, you’re wasting water.” curbed.com/2019/5/1/18524…
“Marriott’s homes are not home sharing in the sense that the owner gives you the keys or the door code, but the term has effectively been stretched to include rentals managed by third-party companies.” 🏢 #airbnb #STR #homesharing #homeaway nytimes.com/2019/04/29/tra…
"The neighborhoods gentrifying the fastest today are still in big cities, but they're mostly secondary markets with room to grow, packed with affordable historic homes, and usually located near overpriced urban hot spots."
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“five #REITS servicing the tech industry are collectively worth $250bn, more than double their value five years ago.. — In places where land and labour are cheap, it has become a boon to the owners of industrial reits, which mostly focus on logistics” economist.com/business/2019/…
"1) Pricing is extremely important. Do not get too greedy with your asking price. It’s better to price slightly below market to draw people in and create a bidding war rather than price too high and have the property sit. 2) Do not blame the homeowner. I spoke to the listing agent at 25 Lomita after the first big price drop to ask what was going on. She said she wanted to list the house closer to $1.79 million but her sellers insisted at $1.975 million. She is supposed to be the real estate exp
Good piece @FastCompany — ——- “There’s been so much emphasis on independence and on privacy that we really designed community right out of our lives without knowing it” 🏠 #housing #multifamily #realestate fastcompany.com/90342219/the-f…
This is ridiculous 👉 “U.S. accounts for about 120 billion paper, plastic and foam coffee cups each year, or about one-fifth of the global total. Almost every last one of them—99.75 percent—ends up as trash, where even paper cups can take more than 20 years to decompose.” twitter.com/environment/st…
Smh / “To keep grass green, some of us pump our landscapes full of pesticides, chemicals that potentially harm our children, pets & waterways. We use 7 billion gallons of water a day on our yards, wasting half of it to runoff, over-watering & evaporation” nytimes.com/2019/04/26/rea…
Good piece on the societal pressures to renovate our homes. [@Curbed] 🏠💵🏠 “Take a moment to consider this simple idea: There is nothing wrong with your house.” curbed.com/2018/3/7/17087…
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