I'm a New Yorker who spent 2 days in Scottsdale and Paradise Valley. 8 things surprised me.

Tech Insider : Travel, Travel
The author in a cowboy hat and sunglasses stands smiling in front of cacti and an adobe building in Scottsdale
Business Insider's reporter encountered a few surprises during her trip to Scottsdale and Paradise Valley, Arizona.

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An Arkansas county doesn't want families to move. It's offering them up to $50,000 to build or renovate their homes.

Tech Insider : Economy, Economy, Politics
A shot of a street in Blytheville, Arkansas, with the Ritz civic center, which has an Art Deco-style marquee, at the center. Also visible are other storefronts, most with brick facades.
A street in Blytheville, Arkansas.

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There are 4 cities where housing is now 'impossibly unaffordable' — and they're all in the same state

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"Selling Sunset" follows real estate agents in California.

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A millennial who makes 6 figures says she's looking across the US for a home but is struggling to find one in her budget that has green space and a 'metropolitan vibe'

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Madelyn Driver said she and her husband are struggling to find a home in the US that checks all their boxes.

Madelyn Driver

Their trip to Bali was going to be a month long. But they fell in love with the island and built a house near the sea, giving up city life for good.

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The garden creeps into the living area.
The garden creeps into the living area.

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New York City briefly opened its housing voucher waitlist. But getting that assistance is as unlikely as getting into Harvard.

Tech Insider : Economy
Looking east from the Hudson River in Riverside Park past the West Side Highway are high rises on the upper west side in Manhattan.

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A real-estate agent shares 3 things people should know before they build a home in Bali

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Collage of a luxurious villa in Uluwatu, Bali, with a photo of a white male.
A luxurious villa in Uluwatu, Bali (left) and real-estate agent Nathan Ryan (right).

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Giant loophole may protect Trump-property liquor licenses throughout US, despite his felony hush-money conviction

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Donald Trump addresses reporters outside his Manhattan hush-money trial.

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I thought I'd have to get my driver's license to move out of NYC until I visited this car-free neighborhood in Arizona

Tech Insider : Travel, Travel
The author stands in a courtyard with trees and picnic tables. Behind her is a white building with boutique storefronts
Business Insider's reporter visited a car-free neighborhood in Tempe, Arizona, called Culdesac.

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A real-estate investor was fined $180,000 for running an Airbnb. He says his tenant is to blame for renting it out.

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Rows of identical homes with uniform driveways and streets stretch towards the desert
A Las Vegas homeowner accused of running an unauthorized Airbnb for years says that his renter is to blame.

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