Screening job candidates online? Know the laws

If you’re a business owner, you may have noticed the ads in a spam folder or on the corner of your favorite page on a browser: apps and websites that offer to do background checks, some with lurid headlines like, “Find sex offenders in your...

11 business lessons from my travels to 80 countries and all 7 continents

As business owners, we are often heads-down — driven and focused on meeting our responsibilities. Leaving your business to go see the world is inconceivable. Or is it? What if it helped you lead your business better? Travelling to all seven continents (including 80...

How big cities that restrict new housing harm the economy

For the last couple of years, San Francisco has been erupting with periodic protests aimed, rather imprecisely, at a nexus of grievances related to gentrification, affordable housing, transportation, the tech industry, newcomers to the city, its changing skyline and...

TIPS ON BRINGING YOUR POOCH TO THE FARMERS MARKETS

dogs are welcome in many places, and one of the favorite places are the Farmers Markets. We love to see people and dogs enjoying the market! At times, the not so great things to see are people becoming frustrated or angry because of the dogs. Here are a few tips to...

NAR Identifies Best Purchase Markets for Aspiring Millennial Homebuyers

WASHINGTON (July 24, 2014) – First-time homebuyers have been largely absent from the housing market in the current economic recovery, but some metropolitan areas – particularly in the Midwest and West – are well positioned to see increases in home-buying from the...