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Redfin CEO: To survive, keep thinking like a startup

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
May 11, 2017
Glenn Kelman says the most important qualification for his job is passion.
“We still have to be financially disciplined in a different way than Google or Facebook, because we still employ real people to help sell these houses,” says Glenn Kelman, Redfin CEO.
Photo courtesy of Redfin
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How crowdfunding is democratizing real estate investing

by Molly Wood and Maria Hollenhorst
Mar 30, 2017
Crowdfunding platform founder Rodrigo Nino says the JOBS Act opened access to one of the best assets in the world.
"Crowdfunding means democratizing access, in our case, to large-scale commercial real estate assets," says Rodrigo Niño, founder and CEO of Prodigy Network.
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A bankruptcy with plenty of parking spots

by Annie Baxter
Oct 10, 2016
ITT has shut its doors and is now selling off 30 owned properties.
Most of ITT's students get federal aid.
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Gentrifying a public housing neighborhood

by David Brancaccio
Feb 8, 2016
What if you could sell public housing land to developers of regular housing and stores?
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Here’s how those Halloween pop-up stores work

by Mark Garrison
Oct 30, 2015
It's a symbiotic relationship between landlords and specialty retailers.
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Cities are vying to land data center projects

by Lauren Silverman
Oct 23, 2015
Dallas-FortWorth offers low cost of power, low taxation and central location
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What Apple and a convenience store have in common

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
May 16, 2014
How do stores end up atop a list of sales per square foot of U.S. retailers?
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Malls are dead, long live the mall

by Kai Ryssdal
Apr 17, 2014
Rick Caruso of The Grove says shopping centers are in the entertainment business.
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Residential rental market is booming

by Adriene Hill
Mar 2, 2012
Some would-be home buyers are unable to get loans for new places, but people who are getting back to work as the economy improves still want to move out of their parent's basement.
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One closed Borders is another retailer's new location

by David Weinberg
Feb 16, 2012
One year ago, Borders declared bankruptcy and began the process that would lead to the total shutdown of the chain -- which in turn made available tons of commercial real estate. Now other retailers are starting to fill up the spaces.
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