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February 27, 2026 — In a recent Beyond the Build podcast conversation, Jennifer Conoley reveals how Florida’s Great Northwest leverages military talent pipelines and strategic collaboration to attract aerospace and maritime investments When Jennifer Conoley became President and CEO of Florida’s Great Northwest in March 2020, she took on an unusual challenge: coordinating economic development across 13 counties stretching from Pensacola to Tallahassee. Six years later, her “professional matchmaker” approach is delivering results that offer lessons for regions competing in today’s site selection environment.
February 26, 2026 — Michigan-based referral platform to present breakout session at Real Estate Distilled, one of few national conferences focused exclusively on independent brokerages. Realay will attend Real Estate Distilled in Louisville, Kentucky from March 16-18, marking the company’s first major conference appearance since launching its voice AI-powered mobile app in late 2025.
February 26, 2026 — The conversation about artificial intelligence disrupting professional services intensifies weekly. Legal research, radiology interpretation, financial analysis, content creation – entire career categories face genuine automation threats.
February 24, 2026 — In an industry built on relationships, handshakes, and property tours, Vlado Konatar from Kona Realty Group just closed one of his most unusual transactions. A buyer in Croatia, who has never set foot in the United States, purchased a million-dollar Sarasota property after seeing the Kona Realty Group founder in a social media video.
February 24, 2026 — Billionaire-funded “Ambition Accelerated” initiative positions Gold Coast as unified business capital while corporate relocations accelerate The $10 Million Regional Marketing Play Ken Griffin and Stephen Ross each contributed $5 million to launch “Ambition Accelerated,” a national campaign targeting CEOs and founders in high-cost cities with messaging positioning South Florida’s Gold Coast as a unified economic corridor. The initiative, which debuted at the WSJ Invest Live conference in West Palm Beach on February 2, represents a strategic shift from market-by-market competition to coordinated regional positioning.
February 23, 2026 — For years, Litchfield County in northwestern Connecticut was a well-kept secret – a place where New Yorkers retreated on Friday afternoons and left by Sunday evening. That dynamic has fundamentally shifted, and the data is hard to ignore.
February 20, 2026 — Darwin Stephens explains how luxury high-rise condos are replacing single-family teardowns in Dallas’s most prestigious neighborhoods, and buyers moving to the city without the right strategy are paying for it. Dallas is shifting vertically.
February 2, 2026 — The real estate staging industry has gained a determined advocate in Las Vegas, where Fiorenza Bilak, an interior design graduate and founder of Stage The Space, LLC, is building a business around a straightforward reality: most buyers cannot visualize how to use empty rooms. Bilak’s entry into home staging was unplanned.
January 30, 2026 — Industrial real estate has moved from the margins to the mainstream over the past two decades, becoming one of the most competitive sectors in commercial property. David Ebrahimzadeh, President and Founder of Corniche Capital, has closely tracked this change and adjusted his strategy to profit from the sector’s rapid rise.
January 22, 2026 — Something unexpected is happening in Sarasota’s luxury real estate market. While much of Florida grapples with inventory challenges and buyer hesitation, Vlado Konatar of Kona Realty is seeing a demographic shift that signals a fundamental change in who’s buying high-end properties and why.
January 21, 2026 — From Where has released a comprehensive mattress guide for 2026 that addresses the most frequent product inquiry short-term rental hosts receive from guests: where did you get that mattress? The guide features 10 mattresses selected based on customer reviews, expert rankings, and long-term durability tests, with particular attention to performance in high-turnover rental environments.
January 21, 2026 — Dallas real estate expert Darwin Stephens explains how shifting market realities are redefining homeownership timelines, and why it’s never too late to start. The traditional American Dream timeline, graduate college, land a career, buy a home by 30, retire comfortably, no longer reflects reality for millions of Americans.
January 16, 2026 — The American dream of homeownership is evolving. As housing affordability challenges intensify and economic uncertainties mount, a growing number of U.
January 16, 2026 — Michigan-based platform brings hands-free referral tracking to real estate professionals nationwide. Independent real estate brokers and agents now have a new tool for managing referrals on the go.
January 13, 2026 — While Trump’s tariffs dominate headlines, ACME Real Estate’s Courtney Poulos says interest rates and pandemic-era pricing dynamics are the real story. The real estate industry loves a narrative.
January 13, 2026 — London’s Holborn district has a new player in flexible workspace, and it’s built on hard-won lessons from the WeWork era. Alex Passler, who previously led WeWork’s Northern Europe operations, has opened Vallist‘s flagship location at Finlaison House – a 30,000-square-foot space that challenges how the industry thinks about flex office economics.
January 13, 2026 — As we start 2026, I’m seeing South Florida real estate continue its transition from pandemic-era extremes toward more balanced market conditions. Inventory is up about 30% across Palm Beach County, and that’s changing the dynamics for both buyers and sellers.
January 9, 2026 — With a background in traditional insurance at AIG, Matan Slagter, CEO and Co-Founder at Armadillo, recognized a hard truth the industry had long ignored: home warranty companies were primarily responsible for their own poor reputations. The industry’s poor track record isn’t speculation – it’s evident in online reviews where countless homeowners share negative experiences.
January 7, 2026 — Real estate professionals continue deploying “I have a buyer for your home” marketing despite evidence the tactic frequently results in sellers leaving substantial value on the table. The approach offers immediate execution and reduced commission, creating the perception of a favorable outcome while potentially costing hundreds of thousands in foregone bidding competition.
