DOGE Staffers at HUD Are From an AI Real Estate Firm and a Mobile Home Operator

The current balance in the LOCCS system, according to a record reviewed by WIRED, is over $100 billion—money Congress has approved for HUD projects but which has yet to be drawn down. Much of this money has been earmarked to cover disaster assistance and community development work, a source at the agency says. Normally, those … Read more

Developer Boris Mannsfeld’s death in Belize was targeted hit, police say

Investigators believe the killing of a former Colorado real estate developer in Belize last week was a targeted hit, investigators said in a news conference Monday. Belize Police Commissioner Chester Williams said Boris Mannsfeld, 56, had just arrived in the Central American country on the day of his death, which “has all indications of a … Read more

Fire-torched rubble of old Victorian homes is cleared away in San Jose

SAN JOSE — Demolition crews cleared away fire-torched piles of rubble that once were Victorian homes on a property in downtown San Jose that has long been neglected. Near the corner of North Fourth Street and East St. John Street, the area has been one of the city’s most high-profile sites of blight after a … Read more

Bitcoin Or Real Estate? It’s Time To Change How We Think About Wealth

A man comforts his daughter on the charred ruins of their family home burned in the Eaton Fire in … [+] Altadena, California, January 9, 2025. (Photo by ZOE MEYERS/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images For generations, conventional wisdom has dictated that real estate is one of the safest and most reliable ways … Read more

Council Post: Adding Private Real Estate To Your Portfolio: Considerations For Investors

Andrew Sinclair is CEO and Principal of Midloch Investment Partners, a real estate investment fund manager and operator based in Chicago. getty Most Americans own stock, also known as equities, in publicly traded companies. More precisely, says Gallup, 62% of American adults own stocks directly, through mutual funds or in their retirement accounts. Bonds, which … Read more

Real Estate Inflation: What It Is and How It Works

What Is a Registered Investment Advisor? What Is Right of First Refusal? What Are Retained Earnings? What Is the Relative Strength Index (RSI) Indicator? What Does Rent to Own Mean? What Is a Repurchase Agreement (RePo)? What Is Real Estate Owned (REO)? What Is Reinforcement Learning? What Does Regression Mean in Machine Learning? What Is … Read more

How To Protect Your Real Estate And Hard Assets

Blake Harris is an Asset Protection Attorney and Founding Principle of Blake Harris Law. getty It’s hard to grasp the sobering feeling of seeing your home address in a court filing, or worse, watching a beloved property threatened by natural disaster until you’ve experienced it firsthand. The emotions—fear, disbelief and vulnerability—can be overwhelming. Real estate … Read more

Trump’s Middle East peace broker now at centre of Ukraine talks

When US President Donald Trump wanted someone to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin last week to open negotiations for a potential deal to end the Russia-Ukraine war, he didn’t dispatch his secretary of state. The man he sent to the Kremlin to handle a titanic geopolitical challenge does not even have a diplomatic background. Instead … Read more