We started a website to help foreigners buy cheap homes in Japan. We've bought 6 homes ourselves, but it's not the money-maker you'd expect.

Tech Insider : Business
Two men posing back to back.
AkiyaMart founders Joey Stockermans and Take Kurosawa.

AkiyaMart

I'm an interior designer who works with wealthy clients. Here are 10 things I never see in their kitchens.

Tech Insider : Business, Style
A photo illustration of Benjamin Franklin doing a thumbs-down next to a modern kitchen.
If you want your kitchen to feel high-end, you may want to take notes.

Getty Images; BI

We bought America's ugliest home. After renovating it, we sold it for more than $600,000.

Tech Insider : Business, Environment
Paul and Tanice Myers headshot.
Real estate investing team Tanice and Paul Myers.

Courtesy of Tanice Myers

Backyard tiny homes are finally legal in New York City. They could be a boon for homeowners who can afford construction.

Tech Insider : Business
An ecological living module, a 22-square-meter 'tiny house,' is on display at the United Nations Plaza in New York City.
Thousands of New York City homeowners are finally eligible to build a tiny home, or accessory dwelling unit, in their backyards.

Drew Angerer/Getty Images

Saving for a down payment is getting easier. Here are 8 markets where it takes under 5 years.

Tech Insider : Business
An aerial view of a neighborhood in New Braunfels, Texas.
The time it takes to save for a home down payment fell to about seven years in 2025.

TrongNguyen/Getty Images

Blackstone is acquiring a small, mostly undeveloped resort island near the Great Barrier Reef. Take a look at the stunning destination.

Tech Insider : Travel, Business
Hamilton Island in Australia
Blackstone is acquiring Hamilton Island, a vacation destination near the Great Barrier Reef.

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I bought a fixer-upper with my 2 siblings. It's a work in progress, but we hope to spend summers there together.

Tech Insider : Business, Travel
A side view of the author's fixer-upper.
My siblings and I bought a fixer-upper in Vermont and have been renovating it this year.

Bridget Shirvell

A family of 4 downsized to a 1-bedroom home so they could live rent-free. Storage hacks help them make the most of the space.

Tech Insider : Business
A side-by-side of a family walking through a field and a kitchen with white cabinets and a butcher block island.
The Johnson family downsized to save money for their future.

Mckayle Buckley Kallschmidt/Ashley Johnson

Inside Floyd Mayweather's lavish, debt-filled post-boxing life

Tech Insider : Business, Crypto, Sports
Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Mark J. Terrill/AP Photo; Ethan Miller/Getty Images; The Ring Magazine via Getty Images; The Ring Magazine via Getty Images; Rebecca Zisser/BI

The hottest amenity in ultra-luxury buildings isn't the spa — it's a private restaurant downstairs

Tech Insider : Business
A rendering of a restaurant in Florida.
Resident-only restaurants are increasing in popularity.

Tara Berner & Partners

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