Category: NAWRB Magazine
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Nonprofit Counseling: Protecting and Preserving a Vital Service to American Homeowners and the Finance Community
The past decade has taught us a great deal about housing loss and preservation. Many of us were personally affected, or know someone affected, by the 2007-08 economic downturn period our country experienced. There have been several lessons learned. Most of all, we learned that too many U.S residents have too much debt and lack…
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4th Annual NAWRB Conference
Scores of executive women and industry leaders came together for women’s economic growth, million-dollar contracting opportunities and invaluable resources at the 2017 NAWRB Nexus Conference: Women’s Collaboration for the Future. From July 16th-19th, 2017, NAWRB’s expert panelists equipped attendees with actionable solutions and specialized forecasts, providing a comprehensive inside look at the near future of…
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Addressing the Concerns of American Families
Since founding the Women2Women Conversations Tour in 2014, I have joined six of Main Street’s Congresswomen and many state officials across the country to speak with local women business owners and community leaders who are a seeking a greater voice and role in their government. I wanted the tour to give female members of Congress…
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Life of a Female Veteran: U.S. Army Combat Veteran Erica Courtney
I am proudly part of the 1.4 percent of American women who served in the military. The day I signed the paperwork to join as a teenager the Gulf War kicked off and I watched tanks fire through the night on TV thinking, “What in the world did I do?” Having grown up in surf…
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The Gender Gap: Women as Mortgage Consumers
In the last 200 years, women’s voice and role in society has evolved quite substantially in the United States and around the world. The mortgage industry is no exception. As first-time homebuyers, women face patterns of discrimination. These discriminatory lending patterns, in violation of many regulations including those promulgated by the U.S. Department of Housing…
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Attracting Millennials to Homeownership
Are Millennials interested in settling down into homeownership? This question is subject to heavy debate in the housing industry. In the first part of our “Attracting Millennials” series, “Attracting Millennials into the Housing Ecosystem,” we discussed how we can encourage this young and thriving generational segment as leaders in the housing ecosystem. This second installment…
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Breaking Down The Barriers: Unconscious Bias and its Effects on Women in Commercial Real Estate Careers
According to research published last year by the Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW) Network, the industry median annual compensation for women in commercial real estate fields is $115,000, compared with $150,000 for men—an income gap of 23 percent. The gap is actually widest in the C-suite at nearly 30 percent. While there are examples of…
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Women Business Owners Are Missing Out On Billions in Tax Incentives & Investments: Congress Can Change That
When her short-term corporate housing company started to draw sizable revenue, Chicago-based business owner Francine Manilow realized she needed to change how her business was organized in order to take greater advantage of tax breaks. Women-owned businesses like Manilow’s represent more than a third of all U.S. companies. Yet they are often disadvantaged by the…
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The Truth about the Creative Drive
You know when you lack sleep. You might feel a bit disoriented, crave sugar, and start noticing random details around the room instead of focusing on what you wanted to do. Unfortunately, as a full-time, bootstrapping female entrepreneur this scenario is far too familiar. Being a great entrepreneur takes effort, dedication and persistence, and it…
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How I Reinvented my Career without Reinventing Myself
Baby Boomers are living longer, retiring later and, the truth is, we’re finding that one lifelong career just isn’t enough. Long gone are the days when a high school or college graduate finds a dream job, spends the next 30-35 years moving up the company ladder and retires with a pension at 62. In fact,…