Author: NAWRB
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Deadliest Fires in California 2018: Resources for Financial Recovery
After dealing with numerous deadly fires earlier this year, California is currently dealing with three major wildfires, including the Camp Fire in Butte County, the Woosley Fire in Los Angeles County and the Hill Fire in Ventura County. California Governor-elect Gavin Newsom recently issued emergency proclamations in response to the wildfires and requested statewide FEMA…
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AI & Blockchain in Real Estate: How to Leverage the Disruption
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Blockchain are emerging technologies that are impacting the way industries conduct business, especially in real estate. Not much is known about blockchain to the general public besides its association with bitcoin, and most people associate AI with either Siri or Alexa. However, more professionals in the housing ecosystem are increasing their…
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NDILC in the News
● Dr. Chitra Dorai, Computer Scientist, Data Science and AI Expert, and Founder and CEO at Amicus Brain Innovations, Inc., attended the Web Summit in Lisbon, Portugal, which had over 70,000 attendees and was the largest entrepreneurial conference with participants ranging from IBM, Google, Amazon, and other major companies. Dr. Chitra Dorai also recently participated…
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Life of a Female Veteran: U.S. Army Combat Veteran Erica Courtney (Part 4 of 6)
With my EMBA close to completion, I was offered a senior level job at a logistics company in Miami. They needed me to lead and grow the government market. Even though I kicked and screamed about being pigeon-holed in logistics and contracting, it sure was a marketable skill. I used to buy everything, from BBQs…
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Special Guest Interview with Wendy Federman, Award-Winning Broadway & Film Producer & President of Foolish Mortals Productions
What is a Producer? “A producer is a rare, paradoxical genius: hard-headed, soft-hearted, cautious, reckless, a hopeful innocent in fair weather, a stern pilot in stormy weather, a mathematician who prefers to ignore the laws of mathematics and trust intuition, an idealist, a realist, a practical dreamer, a sophisticated gambler, a stage-struck child. That’s a…
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CA Passes Women on Corporate Boards: Disrupting Real Estate Businesses
NAWRB had the pleasure of writing a formal letter to the various committees on the California State Assembly and Governor Jerry Brown regarding the passing of SB 826 bill, which requires that at least one woman be on the board of publicly held companies in California by year end 2019. At time of writing, California…
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One World Trade Center: A Symbol of Hope & a Hallmark of Building Safety
Seventeen years later, the aftermath of 9/11 continues to haunt us. All of us who were alive and old enough to remember will never forget where we were and the effect it has had on our lives. The Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, a division of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, under the Dept. of…
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sheCall – Crowdfunding with Vow2Save
NAWRB sheCall: The New Way Women are Earning Down Payments – Crowdfunding with Vow2Save featuring Angie M Weeks, Realtor, First Time Buyer, & Move Up Specialist
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NAWRB sheCall: Bitcoin and Blockchain: Where it fits into the Housing Ecosystem
Debbie Hoffman, CEO and Co-Founder, Symmetry Blockchain Advisors, will be featured and interviewed on our NAWRB sheCall: Bitcoin and Blockchain: Where it fits into the Housing Ecosystem.
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Jessica Lautz – Director, Demographics & Behavioral Insights at National Association of REALTORS
Jessica Lautz, Director, Demographics & Behavioral Insights at National Association of REALTORS, will be featured on our NAWRB sheCall: Profile of Single Female Buyers & Sellers