Many cities are fighting the urban 'doom loop' by turning empty offices into 24/7 social districts

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A view of The Strat Hotel & Casino & Tower from downtown Las Vegas.

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The meteoric rise — and spectacular fall — of the Queen of Airbnb

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Amid Tulsa's booming Airbnb market, Dani Widell claimed to have more listings than anyone.

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On a mild Tuesday evening in early 2022, some 150 people packed into the VFW hall in Tulsa to hear the Queen of Airbnb make her pitch.

I've been to 54 countries and have lived in 10. These 5 underrated places are worth the trip.

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Kate Boardman, a content creator that travels the world, in Guatemala.
Kate Boardman, a content creator who has traveled the world, in Guatemala.

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Inside Bill Gates' real estate portfolio, from a Seattle mansion to houses at some of the US's most exclusive clubs

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Bill Gates and Medina property
Bill Gates' first major real estate property was an expansive property on Lake Washington. He's since spent more than $100 million on homes across the country.

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The growing reason people can't afford to own a home

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Inside the disastrous apartments of NYC men, exposed by a TikTok comedian

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Jerome Peel's bedroom, as featured on the new show "Boy Room."

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I'm a New York real-estate agent who's not worried about losing guaranteed commission. Here's what I'm doing to replace those funds.

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There's a conservative 'great migration' from blue states — and one place is the big winner

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Signs outside Republican Rep. Joe Wilson's office in West Columbia, South Carolina in February, 2024.

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Mortgage rates spike above 7% for the first time this year as the market adjusts to delayed Fed cuts

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Homebuyers signing a mortgage.

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The new first rule of home buying: fire your realtor

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The best part of (briefly) having an agent was realizing just how much I had already figured out on my own.

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Last summer, when I told my then-girlfriend that I had just hired a real-estate agent to help me buy an apartment, her response annoyed me: "Sounds like a scam."

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