Can Eminent Domain Home Seizures Ever Be Fair? Maybe with These 7 Courtesies, Any Pro Can Nail

<div><span id="docs-internal-guid-86ca5240-7fff-9d2e-77ae-eb56d83a7f81"><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 30pt; margin-top: 20pt; text-align: left;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">As featured in <a href="https://www.inman.com/2024/08/29/7-procedural-components-to-make-eminent-domain-seizures-more-fair/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Inman News</span></a>. </span></span></div></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-6ef87e7c-7fff-abf6-49f0-0b6f28a7c44e"><h1 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 30pt; margin-top: 20pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 20pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The Reality of Eminent Domain and Displacement </span></h1><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 30pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Did you know that from 1949 to 1973 alone, over a million people were </span><a href="https://ij.org/issues/private-property/eminent-domain/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">reportedly</span></a><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> displaced due to unfair eminent domain practices, some of whom are still affected today?</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 30pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">History can be a cruel reminder of the cost of what some consider necessary development and progress.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 30pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Decades-old unfair land and home seizure issues have garnered media attention and ongoing community resistance (like </span><a href="https://www.kcrw.com/news/shows/press-play-with-madeleine-brand/weight-loss-ebony-beach-club-life-examined/silas-white" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">this</span></a><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> – see picture inserts below, </span><a href="https://ceo.lacounty.gov/ardi/bruces-beach/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">this</span></a><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> and </span><a href="https://apnews.com/article/south-carolina-black-family-land-development-hilton-head-6cfa2025c5a6db8620a47d974d7604db" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">this</span></a><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">).</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 30pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 30pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmsptz6JgMga242Lyv7BJ7Qi3G1v3T0lO97VN3fb9bX4wtet4ufmAD3d80SblyPSfgl4eWhx9nXCwEny1Jh6SS0l2Tzg-9uAmdKmdLcfVfENYXYmjZaRF5mnxPMP_1Mm1qw3XHW-YNIkZ9lc_7w9bOfuGf0V7FLYHKxcY3QnngWm4yMH-si4JltPQGWLY/s1350/IMG_0404.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Can Eminent Domain Home Seizures Ever Be Fair? Maybe with These 7 Courtesies, Any Pro Can Nail

As featured in Inman News . The Reality of Eminent Domain and Displacement Did you know that from 1949 to 1973 alone, over a million people...

Stranger Than Fiction: Eminent Domain Displacement

<div><span id="docs-internal-guid-4dbb0a59-7fff-8de9-3442-fda2275d2fdd"><h1 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-top: 20pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Featured in <a href="https://www.housingwire.com/articles/stranger-than-fiction-eminent-domain-displacement/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Housing Wire</span></a>.</span><br><br><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYVhxynzeNVX7oncT1YMQDLM4B7nT8zO4zWB-UXPVW6FaQqlCuVtSLctKD3wDKiXFV64fx3PmMSl84NnOzadF5iLc7OMVFmjVrkuK_IIWKfNw_sDTokEosNbT3cmahUCDekR_XCLBqadstcJQZBamhQYrpsURRXnKo2ruAEal6YHwJG29wITzMKZP7M6k/s7812/ambitious-studio-rick-barrett-wnNnlsFX8u8-unsplash.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="7812" data-original-width="5211" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYVhxynzeNVX7oncT1YMQDLM4B7nT8zO4zWB-UXPVW6FaQqlCuVtSLctKD3wDKiXFV64fx3PmMSl84NnOzadF5iLc7OMVFmjVrkuK_IIWKfNw_sDTokEosNbT3cmahUCDekR_XCLBqadstcJQZBamhQYrpsURRXnKo2ruAEal6YHwJG29wITzMKZP7M6k/w426-h640/ambitious-studio-rick-barrett-wnNnlsFX8u8-unsplash.jpg" width="426"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@weareambitious?utm_content=creditCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash">Ambitious Studio* | Rick Barrett</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/a-large-yellow-truck-driving-down-a-dirt-road-wnNnlsFX8u8?utm_content=creditCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash">Unsplash</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: 20pt;"><br></span></span></h1></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-054d4efe-7fff-5506-8983-7161362def9e"><h1 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-top: 20pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 20pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Stranger Than Fiction: Eminent Domain Displacement</span></h1><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Imagine that the local government where you live is invoking eminent domain rights concerning your dear home in order to build a road, park, or let a private developer do as they will (as of Kelo v. New London in 2005). <span></span></span></p></span></div>

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Stranger Than Fiction: Eminent Domain Displacement

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“That’s Not Fair!” 4 Essentials of Fair Housing Every Pro Should Know & Practice

<span id="docs-internal-guid-864872d1-7fff-5048-e23d-8378d4b2fc3a"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">As featured in <a href="https://www.inman.com/2024/06/14/4-fair-housing-essentials-any-real-estate-professional-can-champion/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Inman News</span></a>.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">That’s not fair!”</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">“Life’s not fair, honey” is a familiar response to children to typically get them to radically accept a situation instead of throwing a temper tantrum.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Conversely, as adults, particularly in the U.S. housing arena, housing is legally required to be fair, so go ahead and let your voice be heard if you witness unfairness.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">But what is fairness?</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">As I am out on the road as a fair housing instructor, I often hear from learners that fairness in housing means that every protected class is treated equally. That’s a good start, but there is more to it. However, some do not seem to grasp fair housing beyond knowing the protected classes – whether federally or locally (such as religion, familial status, military status, criminal record status, etc.) – are off-limits, so let’s delve deeper.</span></p><br><h1 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-top: 20pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 20pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Four Types of Fairness Essential to Fair Housing that the Everyday Real Estate Pro (and Firm) Can Champion</span></h1><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2rIpmYC8THjJwedq8FAQGTYFZUIG5sb6ehK_-Y23WeZ4r1A2Zua6XCAV61YjtL8FNHN8BPMSc2-7e3oeZQiaWsTE7THZA3i1HUM3zyd7lwwbd4c6RxmtIsdxtQXjN1lj9ue7mIkIFXq6UzyCWFgX9uxN2u6wj0RVKchWBGhMd-xvH37GB2SM-H1-DR0Y/s1920/Fair%20Housing%20CURRENT%20(33).gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2rIpmYC8THjJwedq8FAQGTYFZUIG5sb6ehK_-Y23WeZ4r1A2Zua6XCAV61YjtL8FNHN8BPMSc2-7e3oeZQiaWsTE7THZA3i1HUM3zyd7lwwbd4c6RxmtIsdxtQXjN1lj9ue7mIkIFXq6UzyCWFgX9uxN2u6wj0RVKchWBGhMd-xvH37GB2SM-H1-DR0Y/w640-h360/Fair%20Housing%20CURRENT%20(33).gif" width="640"></a></div><br><span></span></span>

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“That’s Not Fair!” 4 Essentials of Fair Housing Every Pro Should Know & Practice

As featured in Inman News . That’s not fair!” “Life’s not fair, honey” is a familiar response to children to typically get them to radically...

Florida Has a New HOA Law. Should We All?

<div><span id="docs-internal-guid-127ff20d-7fff-f28b-f888-3f532824854c"><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 3pt;">As featured in <a href="https://www.housingwire.com/articles/opinion-should-floridas-new-hoa-law-go-nationwide/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">HousingWire</span></a>. </p><div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDtBT1z4uQqHSSQVt2a_ntD0661nDNTWG_LfIQoybyvogx-0nGJ9zhXitIR2H0D7ene_ZnEvP4ps8pUBXUAlESUvtv2a1JwvBdrQDZd9Xs3WN1bUQDdxxU1zgbl339g0vaf6BCIZMUBrqhs-fbCiIGozuB-NX7L7KDEVKyvrBCp0-P5B0vwgRlc1RzNOg/s1280/yes-941500_1280.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="989" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDtBT1z4uQqHSSQVt2a_ntD0661nDNTWG_LfIQoybyvogx-0nGJ9zhXitIR2H0D7ene_ZnEvP4ps8pUBXUAlESUvtv2a1JwvBdrQDZd9Xs3WN1bUQDdxxU1zgbl339g0vaf6BCIZMUBrqhs-fbCiIGozuB-NX7L7KDEVKyvrBCp0-P5B0vwgRlc1RzNOg/s320/yes-941500_1280.jpg" width="247"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Open Sans", system-ui" style="background-color: white; color: #191b26; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">Image by </span><a href="https://pixabay.com/users/cheerfully_lost-920941/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=image&utm_content=941500" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #191b26; font-family: "Open Sans", system-ui; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">M.</a><span face=""Open Sans", system-ui" style="background-color: white; color: #191b26; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;"> from </span><a href="https://pixabay.com//?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=image&utm_content=941500" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #191b26; font-family: "Open Sans", system-ui; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">Pixabay</a>. </td></tr></tbody></table></div><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 3pt;"><br></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-ccb15c06-7fff-4abd-4c06-4c45f0b42ecb"><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.04; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 16pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #666666; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">NEW LAW: </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #666666; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">On July 1st in Florida, there will be unprecedented new curbs on the power and excesses of HOAs (HB 1203).</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.04; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 16pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #666666; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">-Residents can no longer be cited or fined for trivial transgressions, like leaving their trash cans out beyond collection day, or having holiday lights and decorations still hanging long after the last visitors have returned home – at least without 14 days’ written notice, a hearing and appeals.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 2.04; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 16pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #666666; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">-Anyone seeking to become an HOA board member will be required to be trained and regulated.</span></p><h1 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-top: 20pt;"><span></span></h1></span></span></div>

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Florida Has a New HOA Law. Should We All?

As featured in HousingWire .    Image by  M.  from  Pixabay .  NEW LAW: On July 1st in Florida, there will be unprecedented new curbs on the...

Coaching Insider Tips: 4 Ways Home Sellers Can Maximize Appraisal Value (That Have Nothing to Do with Curb Appeal)

<div><span id="docs-internal-guid-43636fae-7fff-8b4e-4dd6-40ca49f28432"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 30pt; margin-top: 0pt;">As featured in <a href="https://www.inman.com/2024/07/16/4-ways-homesellers-can-maximize-their-homes-appraisal-value/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Inman News</span></a>. </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 30pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 30pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></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/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEfJsAvrynckV6MaRNZPKGiCYGaqDnd-8b06jbpRegIOHCKgUWeLM7N57qK7NRnzMY19X75xd9jA-kBiyYU-v00nDm9LnVvA8PedUnHh1-KxHBVbbZ6SUbzmOrxRyyDcH8DNO_26Txsd6zsDECXefgFhAZnGmcmDbyDEHQfMWoB7PYmdI4_PM8bDPKcCQ/s1280/laptop-3173612_1280.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEfJsAvrynckV6MaRNZPKGiCYGaqDnd-8b06jbpRegIOHCKgUWeLM7N57qK7NRnzMY19X75xd9jA-kBiyYU-v00nDm9LnVvA8PedUnHh1-KxHBVbbZ6SUbzmOrxRyyDcH8DNO_26Txsd6zsDECXefgFhAZnGmcmDbyDEHQfMWoB7PYmdI4_PM8bDPKcCQ/s320/laptop-3173612_1280.png" width="320"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Open Sans", system-ui" style="background-color: white; color: #191b26; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">Image by </span><a href="https://pixabay.com/users/krzysztof-m-1363864/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=image&utm_content=3173612" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #191b26; font-family: "Open Sans", system-ui; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">krzysztof-m</a><span face=""Open Sans", system-ui" style="background-color: white; color: #191b26; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;"> from </span><a href="https://pixabay.com//?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=image&utm_content=3173612" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #191b26; font-family: "Open Sans", system-ui; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">Pixabay</a>. </td></tr></tbody></table><br></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-3f059f05-7fff-1332-bbd4-50d5c89bb267"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 30pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">In a perfect world, we will all buy low and sell high. Astonishingly, in some places, home prices have increased by</span><a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/91119427/housing-market-more-home-price-growth-this-decade-more-than-1990s-and-2010s" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">47% since the start of the 2020 pandemic</span></a><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">, meaning many should be able to sell high. <span></span></span></p></span></div>

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Coaching Insider Tips: 4 Ways Home Sellers Can Maximize Appraisal Value (That Have Nothing to Do with Curb Appeal)

As featured in Inman News .  Image by  krzysztof-m  from  Pixabay .  In a perfect world, we will all buy low and sell high. Astonishingly, i...

Will Your Chatbot Get You "Canceled"? 10 Coaching Questions for Responsible AI

<div><span id="docs-internal-guid-ab878975-7fff-ebe5-1670-9c92844e495a"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> As featured in <a href="https://www.housingwire.com/articles/responsible-ai-in-real-estate-will-artificial-intelligence-like-ai-chatbots-get-me-canceled-blocked-fined-or-jailed/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">HousingWire</span></a> and <a href="https://www.inman.com/2024/07/02/will-your-chatbot-get-you-canceled-10-ai-questions-to-ask/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Inman News.</span></a> </span></span></p></span><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"></span></p></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-940d9f6c-7fff-6618-7fdb-3c72be329ebd"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br></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/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNnOcoPqX6vcRc-zXcNhiiBDz6mGRTF1NtOCpxOWnyXQ3gnRIL1efBMp90GhZSRiNOteXcZPjIgxnjx-QoiH1TLrHCV_-XdvLdN8y9xn8J99bFh9GYi3c-1Ctl9S3EQRGRjrXgjvHA2xvGEnT1K2aifeKuqMesVK2o-NfiYrYIveFipTftWlnYenUFtMs/s3840/mariia-shalabaieva-fluoEjpdj60-unsplash.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="3840" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNnOcoPqX6vcRc-zXcNhiiBDz6mGRTF1NtOCpxOWnyXQ3gnRIL1efBMp90GhZSRiNOteXcZPjIgxnjx-QoiH1TLrHCV_-XdvLdN8y9xn8J99bFh9GYi3c-1Ctl9S3EQRGRjrXgjvHA2xvGEnT1K2aifeKuqMesVK2o-NfiYrYIveFipTftWlnYenUFtMs/s320/mariia-shalabaieva-fluoEjpdj60-unsplash.jpg" width="320"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span face="-apple-system, "system-ui", "San Francisco", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Ubuntu, Roboto, Noto, "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: #f1f1f1; color: #111111; font-size: 13px; text-align: start; text-wrap: nowrap;">Photo by </span><a href="https://unsplash.com/@maria_shalabaieva?utm_content=creditCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash" style="background-color: #f1f1f1; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: -apple-system, "system-ui", "San Francisco", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Ubuntu, Roboto, Noto, "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start; text-decoration-skip-ink: auto; text-wrap: nowrap; transition: color 0.1s ease-in-out 0s, opacity 0.1s ease-in-out 0s;">Mariia Shalabaieva</a><span face="-apple-system, "system-ui", "San Francisco", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Ubuntu, Roboto, Noto, "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: #f1f1f1; color: #111111; font-size: 13px; text-align: start; text-wrap: nowrap;"> on </span><a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/a-square-object-with-a-knot-on-it-fluoEjpdj60?utm_content=creditCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash" style="background-color: #f1f1f1; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: -apple-system, "system-ui", "San Francisco", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Ubuntu, Roboto, Noto, "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start; text-decoration-skip-ink: auto; text-wrap: nowrap; transition: color 0.1s ease-in-out 0s, opacity 0.1s ease-in-out 0s;">Unsplash</a>. </td></tr></tbody></table><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #3e3e3e; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Would you stake your business success and longevity on a tool that has a 40% error rate? <span></span></span></p></span></div>

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Will Your Chatbot Get You "Canceled"? 10 Coaching Questions for Responsible AI

 As featured in HousingWire and Inman News. Photo by  Mariia Shalabaieva  on  Unsplash .  Would you stake your business success and long...