Real estate’s ghosts: A compliance carol for past, present and future On the eve of a new year, the real estate industry often finds itself at a crossroads of reflection and resolution. Compliance expert Summer Goralik offers a timely parable, a “compliance carol,” urging agents, brokers, and firms to heed the lessons of past missteps,…
I’ve Watched Real Estate for Decades: Here’s Why You Should Have Hope If you’re a young person staring at today’s housing market, despair can feel like the only rational response. But after decades of watching cycles of boom, bust, and recovery, I see a different path forward. The Anatomy of the Current Affordability Crisis To…
Has the Fight Against al-Shabab Failed? The persistent drumbeat of violence in Somalia offers a grim answer to a critical question. Despite nearly two decades of intense international and regional counterterrorism efforts, the al-Qaeda-linked militant group al-Shabab remains a potent and adaptive force. Recent reports from UN experts deliver a sobering assessment, confirming the group…
The Story Every morning at dawn, 72-year-old Walter Jenkins walks the perimeter of his modest suburban property with a weathered toolbox in one hand and a thermos of black coffee in the other. He’s not checking fences or repairing gutters. He’s scanning the ground and the lower branches of his oak trees for fallen nests,…
