Category: Great Articles
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The New Model for Business is Excellence with Impact
Real estate or otherwise, your product or service is excellence. If you are doing business right, you are selling excellence to your customers. We all desire excellence; with it your business will grow. Now you have reputation and resources. Use your reputation and resources to impact the world, locally and globally, both as a community…
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Protect Your Small Business From Cyber Attacks
With October and National Cybersecurity Awareness Month—an annual campaign established by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to raise awareness about and educate the public and business owners on cybersecurity—in the rearview mirror, it is vital to ensure that your business is protected. According to the Wall Street Journal, over 34,000 computer security incidents occur…
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Doing Business with California
The California state government spends approximately $10 billion annually on goods, services and public works. Do you own or work for a small business? Are you interested in expanding your client base? Perhaps you should look into the government sector. The State of California does business with numerous Small Businesses (SB) throughout the state, buying…
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2017: The Year of Women & Minorities
The housing ecosystem is evolving and we are witnessing circumstances to be more favorable for underrepresented groups than previously. Will 2017 continue this progression? While low mortgage rates are undermined by high home prices, buying in southern metros is at times over 50 percent cheaper than renting, according to Trulia. Buyers in the West, where…
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The 3rd Annual NAWRB Women’s Diversity & Inclusion Leadership Conference
The 3rd Annual NAWRB Women’s Diversity & Inclusion Leadership Conference took place at the Hilton of Orange in Costa Mesa, California, on August 30th-31st, 2016. The women’s synergy of connecting both professionally and personally in the housing ecosystem was infectious. “The conference provided excellent opportunities for networking with other women in the industry,” stated Sharon…
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sheCenterfold Rebecca Steele
CEO and President of Sigma Associates, LLC Rebecca Steele Rebecca Steele, an incredible courageous woman and mother, reveals her valuable lessons as a senior executive woman leader. From playing junior Olympics basketball to her excitement in advancing women’s inclusion, Steele shares her unique journey and what the future holds for her life and career. NAWRB:…
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SBA Releases New Research Findings on Diversity Trends in Small Business Investing
In October 2016, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) issued a report, Measuring the Representation of Women and Minorities in the SBIC Program, revealing diversity-related trends in small business investing. In order to address the diversity of SBICs and portfolio company program participants, the SBA approached the Library of Congress’s Federal Research Division with the…
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Happy Holidays from NAWRB!
The adorned trees in front windows, decorative neighborhood lights and bustling shopping malls all communicate the same message, the holidays are coming! The recently decreased traffic on the way to work suggests that many have already begun their holiday vacations and are travelling around the country to be with their loved ones during this…
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No House for the Holidays
The recovering housing market—home prices are the highest they’ve been since July 2006, appreciating 5.5 percent annually in September, according to the recently released S&P Case-Shiller index—unfortunately has not translated to improved homeownership rates.
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Open Houses: Cookies Can’t Redeem a First Impression
Think about your favorite products, your favorite cereal, chips or toothpaste. Whatever the merchandise, we all have preferred items that aren’t the most inexpensive or even “best” product on the market. This is because when we find something we like—because of the way it works, its appearance or a memory with which we associate…