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Key takeout Many offers are within a day or two of the open house. Market conditions, pricing, and presentations all affect timing. Offers in a few days are not uncommon and can lead to future interests. Stay proactive, work closely with your agents and coordinate as needed. Hosting an open house is an important part of many home sales strategies. Give potential buyers the opportunity to tour the house, ask open house questions, and imagine themselves living there. But when the event ends and the last visitor leaves the door, sellers often wonder how long before the offer begins? Whether…
Key takeout1. No 20% down is required. You don’t need a 20% down payment to buy a house. Many loan options are much less.2. Access low-down payment loans. FHA, VA, and USDA loans, etc. offer programs with low 0% payments to eligible buyers.3. Understand trade-offs. Down payments under 20% may require Private Mortgage Insurance (PMI). This is an additional monthly fee that can avoid a larger down payment. For many aspiring homeowners, saving a 20% down payment feels like an impossible goal. This is a long-standing rule of thumb, but is it still a requirement in today’s housing market? The…
What can leaders gain from conducting stay interviews? The concept of interviews is very well known for leadership, especially in the early stages of individual employment. But what happens later when employees have already spent several years with your company? No more need for a conversation to discuss their goals, overall satisfaction, and involvement? These interim interviews are known as stay interviews and can be valuable tools for employers who want to combat high sales rates or maintain and improve their retention. This article explains what stay interviews entail and what benefits leaders can expect when they command regularly. What…
Key takeout Anyone can usually participate in an open house unless you respect your property personally or by booking, and do not have to follow the instructions of the host. Open Houses are the perfect way to explore properties, whether you’re actively hunting homes in Omaha, NE or just interested in the Oregon market. But many people wonder, can anyone actually go to an open house? The simple answer is, yes, open houses are generally open to the public. However, there are a few things you need to know before walking down the entrance. What is an open house? Open…
Turn your skills into business benefits Earlier this year, we asked the L&D community how upskills are within the organization. Over 1,300 learning experts responded, and the outcome within the high state was a wake-up call (but a good variety). TLDR: Upskills are officially a top priority for the L&D team. That’s good news. Not that good news? Most teams are thinking of ways to actually do that. Here we dive into where the team is struggling, what is actually working, how to move from good intentions to real influence. Cutting up 44% of survey respondents said their organization has…
Check out the companies making the biggest move at noon: Figma – The design company fell 22%, returning a mass of IPO profits since last week. Figma began trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday. On the first day, the stock price tripled. On Friday, the stock received an additional 5%. FORTREA – The pharmaceutical company has collected over 21% after outperforming the Baird upgrade. “This isn’t the short-term numbers, the second quarter, or even 2025. It’s about long-term compounding opportunities. I hope we’ll be here for a long game,” Baird said. IDEXX Laboratories – Healthcare diagnostics firm…
Why onboarding is more important than ever Onboarding is not a checklist. It is an opportunity to build a culture. In today’s hybrid work environment, the initial learning experience defines how new recruits feel about your organization. A powerful onboarding programme must be intentional, interactive and inspiring. To tell stories, we create a sense of belonging, transcending documents and policies, telling your story. This is an 8-step guide to building an effective e-learning onboarding programme that presents real examples of our journey. How to build a successful eLearning Onboarding Program 1. Start with discovery: engaging stakeholders and employees Do not…
After months of debate, and substantial changes along the way, this summer Congress successfully enacted a landmark package of tax and spending cuts, a key component of Donald Trump’s legislative agenda. Trump’s “big beautiful bill” (HR 1) will reduce taxes by around $4.5 trillion while also cutting roughly $1.5 trillion in federal spending. It is very likely the most important bill this Congress will take up, arguably the most important bill in decades. And while there are many provisions in the sprawling 1,000-page proposal, much of the discussion is focused on the tax reduction. Tax cuts are a perpetual debate…
Friedrich A. Hayek Is there a right to education? Even in today’s polarized political environment in the United States, the overwhelming majority of citizens think there is such a right, and many hold that it applies through the completion of college. Every one of the fifty state constitutions includes language providing for free public education, although the language of rights is not explicitly cited. But to Friedrich Hayek, such expressions reveal confusion about both what rights are and what role education should have in a free society. Hayek warns us that the inevitable consequence of the right to education is…
Book Review of: Why Nothing Works: Who Killed Progress–and How to Bring It Back by Marc J. Dunkelman,; and Abundance by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson. Vera Coking and the Cost of Progress In 1961, Vera Coking and her husband purchased a home in Atlantic City, New Jersey. They paid $20,000 for the modest three-story house, or about $215,000 in 2025 dollars. Coking was looking for a summertime home, not an investment. But if she had been looking to make money, she would have been hard pressed to do better. Twenty years later, Coking received an offer of one million…