Real (Estate) Talk: Dr. King's Most Challenging Struggle Was Housing and Where It Stands Today

<div><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">As featured in my monthly <a href="https://www.inman.com/2022/01/17/dr-martin-luther-king-jr-s-most-challenging-struggle-was-housing/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Inman News column on race and real estate</span></a>.</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><br></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">"Location, location, location" signals the crème de la crème of real estate. On its surface, "location, location, location" seems to be a benign phrase. Unfortunately, <a href="https://www.epi.org/publication/the-color-of-law-a-forgotten-history-of-how-our-government-segregated-america/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">for much of the 1900s</span></a>, there had not always been equal opportunities to buy, rent, sell, and enjoy prime properties if you were not white and Gentile. </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><br></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjYzQSM9GuHkasALRU2jO0mbNqDGq2F1_thnVhljOc1IVJT38elklCFJRLhPSv7MkhXgzQVZHxWiwCTRXzaGDNMDRi3hNKWx0sHQzyPhud9Nn-p7z0Zt-R4DXqpw_2lgAedAIu8DoMXIVhNR4fICvxhLxmEHzRMGZAYk-20fxVwzki05KNXzwqFpDpv=s1600" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjYzQSM9GuHkasALRU2jO0mbNqDGq2F1_thnVhljOc1IVJT38elklCFJRLhPSv7MkhXgzQVZHxWiwCTRXzaGDNMDRi3hNKWx0sHQzyPhud9Nn-p7z0Zt-R4DXqpw_2lgAedAIu8DoMXIVhNR4fICvxhLxmEHzRMGZAYk-20fxVwzki05KNXzwqFpDpv=w640-h360" width="640"></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Example of a deed restriction that barred everyone that was not white or Gentile from real estate. Source: https://illinoisnewstoday.com/new-illinois-law-allows-homeowners-to-remove-the-racist-language-of-restrictions-from-housing-practices/460122/</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br><span></span></span></div>

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Real (Estate) Talk: Dr. King's Most Challenging Struggle Was Housing and Where It Stands Today

As featured in my monthly Inman News column on race and real estate . "Location, location, location" signals the crème de la crème...

Real (Estate) Talk: "I Only See Green" How the Real Estate Industry Still Struggles to Treat Everyone's Money Fairly + Remedies in the Works

<div><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">As featured in my monthly column on race and real estate in <a href="https://www.inman.com/2022/01/14/how-the-industry-still-struggles-to-treat-everyones-money-fairly-real-estate-talk/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Inman News</span></a>. </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0q4OKtZJwpY/YYsMwZyc_TI/AAAAAAAAcK8/iHYZnepLHZMBfhMaDc5OQivl7wW4bz8MQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1280/Amy%2BMcCoy%2BAppraisal%2BBias%2BB%2BRoll%2BNov%2B2021%2B%25281%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0q4OKtZJwpY/YYsMwZyc_TI/AAAAAAAAcK8/iHYZnepLHZMBfhMaDc5OQivl7wW4bz8MQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h360/Amy%2BMcCoy%2BAppraisal%2BBias%2BB%2BRoll%2BNov%2B2021%2B%25281%2529.jpg" width="640"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Actual listing photo courtesy of My Hometown Realty Group Broker/Owner Amy McCoy. </td></tr></tbody></table><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br></p><span style="font-size: large;"><span></span></span><p></p></div>

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Real (Estate) Talk: "I Only See Green" How the Real Estate Industry Still Struggles to Treat Everyone's Money Fairly + Remedies in the Works

As featured in my monthly column on race and real estate in Inman News .  Actual listing photo courtesy of My Hometown Realty Group Broker/O...

Newish Year, Newish Plan? 2 Quick Indications It is Time to Switch Things Up

<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Also featured by the <a href="https://www.ypn.realtor/the-lounge/new-year-new-plan-2-indications-its-time-to-switch-things-up/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">National Association of Realtors YPN Page</span></a>.  </div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgS0nNxmCqGif6NwJ6Kb5Nd37sY6GwJumr9hwjcAaFI1Clwr7BK-RlNUV2Y60awBcjfJR9JSBgNNAwgXBJi2qcfq8gViFncU1fGXt5knb3cROqbHXtB8ACIbTwsUM1Xfn-VFkcbrqdWDkSCFouReSf06hJAITBduwp7EmiATFcSxOHrHohx7RrHNZEQ=s1920" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1920" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgS0nNxmCqGif6NwJ6Kb5Nd37sY6GwJumr9hwjcAaFI1Clwr7BK-RlNUV2Y60awBcjfJR9JSBgNNAwgXBJi2qcfq8gViFncU1fGXt5knb3cROqbHXtB8ACIbTwsUM1Xfn-VFkcbrqdWDkSCFouReSf06hJAITBduwp7EmiATFcSxOHrHohx7RrHNZEQ=w640-h400" width="640"></a></div><br><span style="font-size: large;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">"We are a few weeks into a new year," - thanks, Captain Obvious.<span></span></span></div>

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Newish Year, Newish Plan? 2 Quick Indications It is Time to Switch Things Up

Also featured by the National Association of Realtors YPN Page .   "We are a few weeks into a new year," - thanks, Captain Obvious.

2022: New + Improved Year (we hope!), New + Improved Appraisals

<div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi4j-E4GFATfW-SpxhNnGNTiDjLQzZim3a1UcvnrhUpXRriA3ULvCXV4zOYcgScmd6klPWOU4L89qS67UVbQ0C-SGkRmerp-KRJDbIinCdTo75TNBacXHBT_MSOdBtzDbfML9_rpWPJjJhsMaBaT_0MtjVQTN8wW6iEWDeJscp8JTLlh2S79Xj9nZYF=s1280" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1280" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi4j-E4GFATfW-SpxhNnGNTiDjLQzZim3a1UcvnrhUpXRriA3ULvCXV4zOYcgScmd6klPWOU4L89qS67UVbQ0C-SGkRmerp-KRJDbIinCdTo75TNBacXHBT_MSOdBtzDbfML9_rpWPJjJhsMaBaT_0MtjVQTN8wW6iEWDeJscp8JTLlh2S79Xj9nZYF=w640-h400" width="640"></a></div><br>Happy 2022, Real Estate Friends!<span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">January is the perfect time to challenge yourself to see, stretch and grow your business. <span></span></span></div>

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2022: New + Improved Year (we hope!), New + Improved Appraisals

Happy 2022, Real Estate Friends! January is the perfect time to challenge yourself to see, stretch and grow your business. 

Real (Estate) Talk: Chris Voss's Company on the "F-Bomb" (Fairness) and How To Diffuse this Explosive in Real Estate

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As Featured in my monthly <a href="https://www.inman.com/2021/12/21/how-to-diffuse-the-f-bomb-fairness-in-real-estate-real-estate-talk/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Inman News column on Race and Real Estate</span></a>. </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi8QCdHvpn5wB6EEW0lWBqgj9-mgpsgaQzQNwoqHc7ufGoRCEquGCDxnpVvmqdr693lw9oSYh0zm7-qqdCjuugFwr0lMXJ0zMr1mW1nFUi5BnYPQjtAP4F25KVXRUKU1B2eNQMJl0euOYcmyx5E7ZP-fqZUevptz3jfNez9z5zYHuC5PXxbU4XzIunD=s1980" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1980" data-original-width="1800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi8QCdHvpn5wB6EEW0lWBqgj9-mgpsgaQzQNwoqHc7ufGoRCEquGCDxnpVvmqdr693lw9oSYh0zm7-qqdCjuugFwr0lMXJ0zMr1mW1nFUi5BnYPQjtAP4F25KVXRUKU1B2eNQMJl0euOYcmyx5E7ZP-fqZUevptz3jfNez9z5zYHuC5PXxbU4XzIunD=w582-h640" width="582"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.vox.com/2016/12/12/13867692/poor-neighborhoods-targeted-ads-internet-cartoon" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Source</span></a> </td></tr></tbody></table><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">What do you think of the word, <i>fair</i>? <span></span></span></div>

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Real (Estate) Talk: Chris Voss's Company on the "F-Bomb" (Fairness) and How To Diffuse this Explosive in Real Estate

As Featured in my monthly Inman News column on Race and Real Estate .  Source   What do you think of the word, fair ? 

Coach YOURSELF to A Better New Year with These 7 Key Questions

<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A <a href="https://www.ypn.realtor/the-lounge/coach-yourself-to-a-better-new-year-with-7-key-questions/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">NAR YPN Lounge feature</span></a>. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-W1NPp0jPiBI/YaaCNcdMdfI/AAAAAAAAcMo/43YvydQWLsUhKhXs-2g2Ubr_JO_YTcgJgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1280/new-year-g334df129b_1280.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="853" data-original-width="1280" height="213" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-W1NPp0jPiBI/YaaCNcdMdfI/AAAAAAAAcMo/43YvydQWLsUhKhXs-2g2Ubr_JO_YTcgJgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/new-year-g334df129b_1280.png" width="320"></a></div><br><span style="font-size: large;"><br></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">There is an uptick happening. <span></span></span>

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Coach YOURSELF to A Better New Year with These 7 Key Questions

A NAR YPN Lounge feature .    There is an uptick happening.