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Don’t Fear Disruption, Control It: Travelocity Founder Shares Business Acumen at RISMedia Power Broker Event

By Beth McGuire

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Disruption and innovation are two sides of the same coin, says Terry Jones. “It’s a question of, ‘Did you do it?’ or ‘Did someone do it to you?’” The Travelocity and Kayak founder will delve into this topic and other vital strategies for business success when he headlines RISMedia’s 21st Annual Power Broker Reception & Dinner on Nov. 4 in Orlando, Fla.

Currently chairman of the start-up WayBlazer.com and managing principal of ON Inc., a consultancy he founded to help companies in their transition to the digital economy, Jones will show Power Broker attendees what they need to know now for success in our complex digital world and offer key insights to creating a more innovative organization.

“In real innovation, being comfortable isn’t good. You have to be uncomfortable,” says Jones. “You don’t necessarily need to know how to do it; you just need to know that you have to do it.”

Jones will also talk about how savvy entrepreneurs can do more with less. Successful leaders are those who are unafraid to fail and who realize, “what got you here won’t necessarily get you there,” he explains. His address will offer the audience tactics for overcoming the fear of change and mitigating risk in order to keep their companies growing and moving forward.

The invitation-only Power Broker Reception & Dinner will take place on Friday, Nov. 4, at the Rosen Centre Hotel in Orlando, Fla., during the annual 2016 REALTORS® Conference & Expo in Orlando. For more information on attending, please contact Randi Vannucchi, randiv@rismedia.com

Presented by RISMedia, publisher of Real Estate Magazine, and Platinum Sponsors Quicken Loans and Xome, the 21st Annual Power Broker Reception & Dinner is an annual gathering of real estate’s most powerful individuals. The dinner honors the nation’s leading brokers who ranked among the Top Residential Brokerage Leaders in RISMedia’s Annual Power Broker Report & Survey. The event’s Master Level Sponsors are: Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices; Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate; Buffini & Company; CENTURY 21; Clareity; ERA Real Estate; Homes.com; National Association of REALTORS®; realtor.com; RE/MAX. Host Level Sponsors are: American Home Shield; HSA Home Warranty; Leading Real Estate Companies of the World; Pillar To Post Home Inspectors; Real Estate Webmasters; Realtors Property Resource; Wells Fargo Home Mortgage; Zillow Group. Event Level sponsors are: Buyside; David Knox Productions Inc.; Dell; Delta Media Group; HMS Home Warranty; Lone Wolf Real Estate Technologies; MRE – Win Local; National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals (NAHREP); zipLogix.

Earlier on Nov. 4, RISMedia will host the 21st Annual Power Broker Forum at the Orlando Convention Center during the REALTORS® Conference & Expo. The Forum, “Seizing the Day, Winning the Future,” will feature a panel of leading brokers and real estate executives who will discuss strategies for building and sustaining business in any market. The Power Broker Forum will be held from 1:30-3 p.m. at the Orlando Convention Center, Valencia Room W415A, and is open to all full-and day-conference attendees.

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Don’t Fear Disruption, Control It: Travelocity Founder Shares Business Acumen at RISMedia Power Broker Event

By Beth McGuire

terry_jones_print

Disruption and innovation are two sides of the same coin, says Terry Jones. “It’s a question of, ‘Did you do it?’ or ‘Did someone do it to you?’” The Travelocity and Kayak founder will delve into this topic and other vital strategies for business success when he headlines RISMedia’s 21st Annual Power Broker Reception & Dinner on Nov. 4 in Orlando, Fla.

Currently chairman of the start-up WayBlazer.com and managing principal of ON Inc., a consultancy he founded to help companies in their transition to the digital economy, Jones will show Power Broker attendees what they need to know now for success in our complex digital world and offer key insights to creating a more innovative organization.

“In real innovation, being comfortable isn’t good. You have to be uncomfortable,” says Jones. “You don’t necessarily need to know how to do it; you just need to know that you have to do it.”

Jones will also talk about how savvy entrepreneurs can do more with less. Successful leaders are those who are unafraid to fail and who realize, “what got you here won’t necessarily get you there,” he explains. His address will offer the audience tactics for overcoming the fear of change and mitigating risk in order to keep their companies growing and moving forward.

The invitation-only Power Broker Reception & Dinner will take place on Friday, Nov. 4, at the Rosen Centre Hotel in Orlando, Fla., during the annual 2016 REALTORS® Conference & Expo in Orlando. For more information on attending, please contact Randi Vannucchi, randiv@rismedia.com

Presented by RISMedia, publisher of Real Estate Magazine, and Platinum Sponsors Quicken Loans and Xome, the 21st Annual Power Broker Reception & Dinner is an annual gathering of real estate’s most powerful individuals. The dinner honors the nation’s leading brokers who ranked among the Top Residential Brokerage Leaders in RISMedia’s Annual Power Broker Report & Survey. The event’s Master Level Sponsors are: Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices; Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate; Buffini & Company; CENTURY 21; Clareity; ERA Real Estate; Homes.com; National Association of REALTORS®; realtor.com; RE/MAX. Host Level Sponsors are: American Home Shield; HSA Home Warranty; Leading Real Estate Companies of the World; Pillar To Post Home Inspectors; Real Estate Webmasters; Realtors Property Resource; Wells Fargo Home Mortgage; Zillow Group. Event Level sponsors are: Buyside; David Knox Productions Inc.; Dell; Delta Media Group; HMS Home Warranty; Lone Wolf Real Estate Technologies; MRE – Win Local; National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals (NAHREP); zipLogix.

Earlier on Nov. 4, RISMedia will host the 21st Annual Power Broker Forum at the Orlando Convention Center during the REALTORS® Conference & Expo. The Forum, “Seizing the Day, Winning the Future,” will feature a panel of leading brokers and real estate executives who will discuss strategies for building and sustaining business in any market. The Power Broker Forum will be held from 1:30-3 p.m. at the Orlando Convention Center, Valencia Room W415A, and is open to all full-and day-conference attendees.

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Are You Overlooking Any of These Fair Housing Laws?

By Mary Girsch-Bock

In a recent post, I talked about HUD’s new guidelines for renting to tenants with a criminal history. Today, we’ll take a look at some of the other Fair Housing Laws that property managers may be overlooking.

While all property managers are likely (or should be) familiar with standard Fair Housing Laws, such as the prohibition of discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of dwellings based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, familial status or disability, there are also a variety of rules and regulations that have been implemented in the last few years that property managers may not be familiar with. Here is a summary of those recently implemented rules and regulations:

  • Civil Monetary Penalties Inflation Adjustment. The maximum civil penalty for a first violation of the Fair Housing Act was $55,000. Due to inflation, this has been increased to $75,000. Subsequent violators previously faced a penalty of $110,000, which has now been increased to $150,000.
  • Reasonable Accommodation for those with a disability. While not new, not everyone may be familiar with exactly what falls under the umbrella of reasonable accommodation. Currently, disability is defined by HUD as individuals with a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits life activities. These impairments can include visual and hearing impairments, cancer, heart disease, muscular dystrophy, diabetes, AIDS, mental illness, drug addiction, and chronic alcoholism. These additional protections include making reasonable accommodations in current property rules and policies in order to allow the disabled person to use the housing. Reasonable accommodations can range from assigning a parking space to a resident with a mobility impairment, to making an exception to a “no pets” policy to allow a visually or hearing impaired tenant to have an assistance animal. They also include things such as removing carpeting in a unit where a resident has severe chemical sensitivity. They also include giving mentally ill tenants the ability to seek treatment prior to evicting them due to violating property rules.
  • Newer buildings must abide by a different set of standards. For instance, for any buildings built after 1991 that has four or more units, kitchens and bathrooms must be able to be used by those in a wheelchair. Reinforced bathroom walls are also necessary in order to allow the future installation of grab bars. These requirements are for all 4 unit buildings that have an elevator. For buildings that do not have any elevator, these requirements extend to the ground floor units.

For more information, visit the Department of Housing and Urban Development website at http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD, or contact your local and state agencies for additional information.

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EIA reports an increase of 77 bln cubic feet in U.S. natural-gas supplies

Natural-gas futures continued to trade lower Thursday after the U.S. Energy Information Administration reported that supplies of the commodity rose 77 billion cubic feet for the week ended Oct.14. That was slightly above the 72 billion-cubic-foot rise expected by analysts polled by S&P Global Platts. Total stocks now stand at 3.836 trillion cubic feet, up 46 billion cubic feet from a year ago and 185 billion cubic feet above the five-year average, the government said. November natural gas fell 4.8 cents, or 1.5%, from Wednesday’s settlement to $3.122 per million British thermal units. It traded at $3.135 before the data.

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Deutsche Bank shares leap on report investors may raise stake

Deutsche Bank AG shares jumped as much as 4.2% Thursday following a report the embattled German lender may land more cash from some of its investors. The sovereign wealth funds from Abu Dhabi and Qatar and investors from China are willing to increase their total stake in the bank to 25% if the company had to raise more capital, according to Germany’s Manager Magazin. Deutsche Bank has been trying to work out a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice stemming from the sales of mortgage-backed securities, and the DOJ had sought $14 billion from Deutsche Bank.

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U.S. stocks open lower on earnings, data

U.S. stocks opened modestly lower on Thursday, pressured by some weak economic data, as well as by quarterly results from Verizon Communications [S: VZ] and Travelers Cos. Inc. [S: TRV], both of which fell in morning trading. Jobless claims rose in the latest week, while a read on regional manufacturing retreated from a 19-month high. The Dow Jones Industrial Average [S: DJIA] fell 24 points, or 0.1%, to 18,179.5. Verizon and Travelers were among the biggest losers among Dow components; Verizon fell 2% while Travelers lost 2.5%. The S&P 500 [S: SPX] fell 3.9 points, or 0.2%, to 2,139.73. The Nasdaq Composite Index [S: COMP] fell 9 points, or 0.2%, to 5,237.

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Euro posts wild swings as Draghi grilled on QE

The euro jumped to an intraday high during European Central Bank President Mario Draghi’s news conference on Thursday, but was quickly sent lower as the ECB boss answered questions on monetary easing. The shared currency rallied to as high as $1.1040 after Draghi said the Governing Council had not discussed an extension of its quantitative easing program at Thursday’s meeting. The comment was seen as dashing hopes the central bank would extend the bond purchases beyond March 2017, which many economists have built into their forecasts. However, shortly after, Draghi also said the bank has no plans to abruptly end the QE program, swiftly taking the euro off its high, to $1.0966. The euro bought $1.0975 late Wednesday in New York. Other markets were also reacting to Draghi’s comments. The yield on the German 10-year bund , considered the eurozone’s benchmark bond, rose as high as 0.074% before falling back to 0.035% in recent trade. The Stoxx Europe 600 index pared losses to 0.3%, while the S&P 500 opened 0.2% lower.

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Dow futures’ early gain is all because of American Express

Shares of American Express Co. surged $3.94, or 6.4%, in premarket trade Thursday, after the credit card and travel services company reported late Wednesday better-than-expected third-quarter results and raised its profit outlook. That price gain would add about 27 points to the Dow Jones Industrial Average , which is a price weighted index. Meanwhile, Dow futures were last up 23 points. Meanwhile, Verizon Communications Inc.’s stock slumped $1.25, or 2.5%, in premarket trade after reporting disappointing third-quarter wireless postpaid net additions. That would shave about 9 points off the Dow’s price. AmEx’s stock has tumbled 12 year to date through Wednesday, while Verizon shares have climbed 9% and the Dow has gained 4.5%.

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