An idea we toss around in meetings is that we, as real estate agents, have to stand out. And that means doing something memorable. However, it has to stand out in a good way — potential clients should not be thinking “Now that was dumb!” And it doesn’t matter how much the thing you did [...]

Approval was granted today for the largest hotel tower in the world, 1,064 feet high, with 5,000 rooms and 800 condos. Oh, and a 250,000 square foot casino, and all the meeting space and retail establishments that people have come to expect from a grand, Las Vegas casino resort! This project is so big that [...]

A new study released today lists the top metropolitan areas in terms of “walkability”. Las Vegas came in ranked at number 20. It is almost certain that the Strip and the sidewalks and trails within Master Planned Communities contributed to this ranking. As more pedestrian-friendly mixed-use developments are completed, moving to Vegas will mean even [...]

I have a love-hate relationship with the writings of Barbara Ehrenreich. She has a knack of starting with a good idea, some decent research, a clever insight.  And then, almost without fail, she goes off a rhetorical cliff. Take for example, her essay called “What’s So Great About Gated Communities?” If you only have patience [...]