A 2021 survey showed that 1 in 3 real estate transactions were targeted by cyber criminals. Real estate agents can no longer afford to...

APRIL 10, 2022 | Issue 10 PREDICTING THE FUTURE WITH CONFIDENCE Certainty. We crave it in our personal lives and professional lives....

APRIL 03, 2022 | Issue 09 ON APRIL FOOL'S DAY, WHO IS THE BIGGER FOOL – THE FOOLER OR FOOLEE? I couldn't resist sending out an April...

MARCH 27, 2022 | Issue 08 WE'RE NOT HARDWIRED TO THINK LONG TERM, BUT IF WE DO, BIG THINGS CAN HAPPEN This morning, I listened to Tim...

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele led the effort for his country to be the first one in the world to adopt bitcoin as its legal...

Proof of Work The Bitcoin blockchain is secure from hackers because of a mechanism referred to as Proof-of-Work. Unlike a traditional...

MARCH 20, 2022 | Issue 07 RESIST THE HYPE AND URGENCY FROM CRYPTO EVANGELISTS For about a year, I've been learning about crypto,...

In the fifteenth century, Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press. His machine paved the way for book production and for the first...

CRYPTO CLASS - Smart Contracts A smart contract is a computer program that automatically executes a transaction when certain conditions...

MARCH 13, 2022 | Issue 06 ARE YOU FEELING UNSETTLED ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE US DOLLAR? I am. The more I read about how the US economic...

Before explaining Web 3.0, let's take a quick look at the evolution of the web. Web 1.0 was the internet from 1991 to 2004. Websites were...

Let’s start with the basics. Spreadsheets like those in Excel or Google Sheets easily store information. You probably keep a spreadsheet...

Bitcoin has two meanings. Bitcoin, with a capital B, is a software protocol, or a set of rules. The monetary unit is bitcoin with a...

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies threaten the authority of central banks. Central banks will respond by issuing their own digital...

MARCH 6, 2022 | Issue 05 WHAT'S YOUR VANTAGE POINT? Real estate agents are uniquely situated to see challenges from many perspectives....

FEBRUARY 27, 2022 | Issue 04 TAKE A DEEP BREATH. PAUSE. READ. Too many agents and friends are repelled by the complexity of crypto. They...

FEBRUARY 20, 2022 | Issue 03 I FEEL CONFLICTED. I NEED YOUR HELP. I've been fascinated with crypto since last March and I can't get...

FEBRUARY 13, 2022 | Issue 02 CNR LAUNCHED LAST WEEK. NOW WHAT ? This was a HUGE week for real estate crypto and I'm excited to share what...

FEBRUARY 6, 2022 | Issue 01 WHY A WEEKLY EMAIL ABOUT CRYPTO? Imagine you are a real estate agent in 1996. You’ve been hearing about this...

In 2017, my wife and I became victims of real estate wire fraud when we sold our house. Cybercriminals changed the mortgage payoff wiring...

How these scams happen, and how to prevent them Published in Inman, July 18, 2018. Written by Richard Hopen

Cybercriminals increasingly target real-estate deals, breaking into email accounts to craft custom scams [This article appeared in the...

What you can and should be doing to prevent criminals from stealing real estate transaction funds. [This article was written by Jessica...

Shortly after I joined a residential real estate firm, I had breakfast with a friend whom I had not seen in over three years. We both...