Author: NAWRB
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Women in Business: Real Estate — Q&A with Desiree Patno
With over 20 years of real estate experience and proven results, NAWRB CEO Desiree Patno addresses pertinent questions for women in housing. Addressing topics such as the increased utilization of women-owned businesses and the value of industry conferences and networking, our CEO succinctly outlines a few of NAWRB’s focuses.
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WHAT CITY’S RIGHT FOR YOU?
Since 1926, there’s been an old adage about three key factors when choosing a property to buy: Location, Location, Location. But with so many varied factors, what truly makes a city great? Obviously, there are a variety of features, and a recent WalletHub study reveals that these features are gender specific. Of course they are!…
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THE VALUE OF WOMEN’S ORGANIZATIONS
Why join a women’s organization? One word: success. Businesswomen are creating higher-level success stories and it is in no small part a result of collective camaraderie and new tools like the NAWRB Women’s Global Database. Women are starting over 1,100 businesses a day and women-owned businesses grew by 27.5 percent from 2007 to 2012. This…
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IF YOU LIKE DEPARTMENT STORE SALES, YOU’RE GOING TO LOVE FLINT
Like a Macy’s dress on sale, Flint, Michigan is hanging on the proverbial, real estate clearance rack. While the town endures a serious water crisis, the fact is, many investors are buying up Flint like a new pair of Pradas on Black Friday. It may be shocking, but the Flint real estate market is making…
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Women By The Numbers
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Women in Business
Women in business are faced with a prevalently-stagnant imbalanced professional field. From being unable to obtain capital to ill-advised stereotypes within the workplace, the barriers for women entrepreneurs are abundant and firm. NAWRB CEO Desiree Patno and NAWRB member Irma Delgado-Trikas address these challenges and identify the ways in which we are working to eliminate…
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NAWRB MAGAZINE RELEASE: VOLUME 5, ISSUE 1!
NAWRB is happy to announce the release of NAWRB Magazine Volume 5, Issue 1: Women’s Homeownership! From the current housing market conditions to socioeconomic effects on health and disease, we bring our readers the latest developments in the housing continuum. Our profiles of Hispanic and Asian-American homebuyers illustrate the potential these groups have to bring…
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SUCCESSFUL WOMEN LEADERS
Today is the last day of women’s history month and as significant as the support and awareness of women has been these past 31 days, it is important to maintain this solidarity the rest of the year. In the professional arena, women entrepreneurs are reaching historic achievements. Women are starting 1,100 new businesses every day…
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FUTURISTIC CENTRAL PARK
The future of technology and design is a topic always at the helm of modern discussions. How will the next model of that luxurious car look? When will we see in real life the technology we’ve long observed in films? Essentially, how will the things we know and see everyday change next? We are surely—at…
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THE STATE OF WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESSES
At the beginning of 2016, the National Women’s Business Council (NWBC) released the 2015 annual report detailing the current state and progress of women-owned businesses in the U.S. The report identified several breakthroughs for women entrepreneurs, among them the fact that there are 10 million women-owned businesses in the country, these firms employ 8 million…