I run a tiny-home community in Texas for women fleeing toxic relationships

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A woman holding a level in a field.
Robyn Yerian.

Robyn Yerian

A real estate agent was fined $15,000 for drinking milk out of a carton from a seller's fridge

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A man holding a gallon of milk.
A stock image shows a man taking a gallon of milk out of a fridge.

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A father-son duo built 2 vacation homes on a remote Australian island that rent for $6,200 a night — and Chris Hemsworth was their first guest

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Timmy and Michael Maxwell.

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This tiny home built in a Seattle backyard was designed to maximize sunlight in one of the rainiest cities in America — see inside

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An ADU in Seattle.

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China's property woes continue to mount with another developer posting steep losses

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Property projects under go construction in downtown area on July 9, 2007 in Chongqing Municipality, China.

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Apartment rents in the US declined in July for the first time since the pandemic began

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The exterior of their apartment block.

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See inside Arnold Schwarzenegger's childhood home in Austria where he grew up without running water or electricity

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Arnold Schwarzenegger's childhood home, with an inset of him as a child.
Arnold Schwarzenegger's childhood home, with an inset of him as a child.

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You can own this Santa Barbara home shaped like a whale for $3.25 million. Or you can rent it on Airbnb, so long as you're 40 or older — see inside.

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Whale House backyard with a dinner table for 6
The patio and entrance to the Whale House.

Courtesy of Scott Gibson for Sotheby's International Realty

I visited an oil-rich West Texas city, where half the homeowners are millennials. See what I found.

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Young women walking towards The Tailgate.
Young women walking towards The Tailgate.

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I don't stay in Airbnbs anymore. It's morally sketchy — and hotels are cheaper and better in every way.

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Isabel Heine was an early user of Airbnb, but has since turned away from the platform.
Isabel Heine was an early user of Airbnb, but has since turned away from the platform.

Isabel Heine

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