How to Fire Yourself and Still Scale Your Portfolio Successfully
This article is presented by RentRedi. There’s a big difference between working in and on your business. When you bought your first rental property, doing everything yourself probably felt right. […]
Harness the ‘Hawthorne Effect’ to Get More Done
There’s a fine line between being micromanaged and overly surveilled and being monitored enough that you get good work done. That line is actually called the Hawthorne Effect, and it’s a phenomenon in which people are more productive when they feel they’re being observed. If you’ve ever noticed you push yourself a little more when […]
Flying Without a REAL ID Is Soon Going to Cost You
If you don’t yet have a REAL ID, you can continue to fly, but it’s going to cost you. Beginning Feb. 1, 2026, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will start collecting a $45 fee from travelers using non-compliant forms of identification at airport security checkpoints. The agency previously proposed a fee of $18 to cover […]
Microsoft’s Latest ‘Patch Tuesday’ Update Fixes These Three Zero-Days
Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday update for December is here, and Windows users should ensure their machines are updated as soon as possible to fix three zero-day vulnerabilities. These are security flaws that are actively exploited or publicly disclosed before the developer releases an official patch. As reported by Bleeping Computer, this month’s update addresses 56 bugs […]
The big catch: How whaling attacks target top executives
Is your organization’s senior leadership vulnerable to a cyber-harpooning? Learn how to keep them safe.
Daily Search Forum Recap: December 10, 2025
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web. Google updated its search documentation to state that it does smaller core updates more often without confirming them. Google Discover is now minimally aligned to search rankings…
Why Keeping Your Job Makes You Richer (Quicker) in Real Estate
We know you’ve been thinking about it. Dreaming about it. Talking to your spouse, friends, and family about it. Take our advice: don’t do it…yet. Obviously, we’re talking about the […]
I Built a Real Estate Business That Replaced My High-Paying W2 (Here’s How)
Many rookies assume it’s easier to buy a rental property in their own market, but today’s guest proved you don’t need to by taking down his first deal in another […]
Silk Road crypto activity resurfaces as dormant Bitcoin wallets move again
Silk Road-tagged wallets sent $3.14 million in Bitcoin across 176 transfers this week. The transactions are the most significant Silk Road-linked activity in five years. The wallets sent funds to a new address beginning with bc1qn. Silk Road-linked cryptocurrency activity has resurfaced, drawing attention to long-quiet Bitcoin wallets connected to the darknet marketplace. The movement […]
Bing Search Ads Tests Ad Labels On Right
Microsoft is testing moving the ad labels in the Bing Search results from the left side of the ad to the right side of the ad. I am not sure which makes it harder to see the label or not but I assume Microsoft is testing this to see which will get more clicks.
Google Updates Docs: We Do Smaller Core Updates Without Announcements
Google updated its core update documentation to say it does smaller core updates and does not announce those updates. This is not new; Google told us this back in 2019. What is new is that Google added it to its search developer documentation.
Google Shopping Crawlers Are Too Fast For JavaScript Generated Structured Data
14 months ago, Google updated its documentation around its shopping related structured data warning not to generate your structured data dynamically through JavaScript. Yesterday, at the Search Central Live event in Zurich, a Google engineer explained why – it’s because the shopping bot crawls a lot and fast.
Google Ads Contact Us Support Tests Integrating Ads Advisor
Google is testing incorporating Ads Advisor into the contact us page for Google Ads support. Google was doing this for policy disapproval support requests as well.
Google: Discover Minimally Aligned To Search Ranking
Google has told us that core updates impact visibility within Google Discover, but that may have changed at some point. Andy Almeida from the Google Trust and Safety spoke about Google Discover and one of his slides wrote, “Minimal alignment to Search ranking…”
Instagram May Be Quietly Adding AI-Generated Headlines to Your Posts
Few of us are under the illusion that we own the content that we post on Instagram, but we do get a say in how that content is presented—w can choose which photos and videos we share, what captions appear (or don’t appear) on each post, as well as whether or not we include where […]
