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John Quinn is joined by Michael Barlow, Managing Partner and Founding Member of Quinn Emanuel's Wilmington, Delaware office.  They discuss the evolving state of Delaware corporate law and the legislative response to growing dissatisfaction among corporations over the recent legal treatment of conflicted transactions.  Traditionally, Delaware law has deferred in general to corporate decision-making under the business judgment rule, but rigorously reviewed transactions involving conflicts of interest—particularly those involving controlling shareholders—under an “entire fairness review.”  Entire fairness reviews are fact-intensive and include scrutinizing both the process and terms of the transaction, making early dismissal of claims rare.  In response, Delaware courts developed a safe harbor called the “MFW” framework.  The “MFW” framework involved approval by a special committee of disinterested directors and the minority shareholders.  Still, even under the MFW framework, motions to dismiss were granted in fewer than 40% of cases, leading to frustration among deal planners.Despite these odds, a Quinn Emanuel team led by Michael recently won a rare complete dismissal of an entire fairness case on behalf of Fidelity National Financial, Inc.  In that case, the court ruled that there were no alleged facts that could support the conclusion that the preferred stock transaction at issue was unfair. Frustration among corporate deal planners with what was perceived as activist judicial decisions creating uncertainty (e.g., as to what was a “controlling stockholder,” among other things) has recently led to Tesla, Dropbox and other corporations to express their intent to leave Delaware as their state of incorporation.  “DExit,” is the term coined to describe this trend.  To address these concerns, Delaware enacted Senate Bill 21, a bipartisan effort to clarify and narrow the standards for conflicted transactions.  The legislation provides clearer definitions of controlling stockholders and establishes safe harbors for dismissing cases early if certain procedural protections are followed.  It also reforms the state's books-and-records statute (Section 220) by limiting the scope of pre-suit corporate document demands.  The next few years will test how effectively the new legislation meets the corporate world's demand for greater legal certainty.  Finally, Michael believes that Delaware will continue to lead the nation in corporate law due to its unparalleled legal infrastructure and judicial expertise. Podcast Link: Law-disrupted.fmHost: John B. Quinn Producer: Alexis HydeMusic and Editing by: Alexander Rossi

Breaking the Cycle: Bill Risser's Journey through Health ChallengesBill Risser shares a personal and reflective monologue in episode 405 of the Real Estate Sessions podcast, highlighting the importance of staying connected with clients in the real estate industry. Drawing on his own experiences with health challenges over the years, he discusses the six-year cycle of significant health events in his life and how these experiences have shaped his perspective. Bill emphasizes the critical nature of building relationships through effective communication and understanding client needs, rather than simply presenting products or services. He also provides updates on his friend John, who continues to inspire despite his own health struggles, and shares insights from his role at Fidelity National Financial, where he focuses on sales enablement. As the year comes to a close, Bill encourages listeners to prioritize connection and communication in their professional lives, ensuring that no client feels neglected.Bill Risser, the host of the Real Estate Sessions podcast, takes a reflective journey in episode 405, sharing personal anecdotes and insights from his career in real estate. With nearly 25 years of experience, Risser dives deep into his own life experiences, discussing a curious pattern of health challenges that have emerged every six years since 2006. This cycle began with a serious health scare from West Nile fever, followed by a colon cancer diagnosis in 2012, and most recently, the excision of malignant melanoma in 2024. Risser candidly shares how these experiences have shaped his perspective on life, resilience, and the importance of staying connected with loved ones and colleagues. Amidst these personal revelations, Risser also touches upon the significance of relationships in the real estate industry. He emphasizes the connection between realtors and their clients, underscoring the necessity of maintaining communication and offering value beyond transactions. Drawing from his current role in sales enablement at Fidelity National Financial, he articulates that success in real estate hinges on asking the right questions, understanding clients' needs, and nurturing those relationships over time. This insight resonates deeply, especially in light of the loyalty gap highlighted by the National Association of Realtors, where many clients fail to return to their original agents due to lack of ongoing engagement. Risser's reflections serve not only as personal storytelling but as a call to action for real estate professionals to prioritize client relationships.Takeaways: Bill Risser reflects on a six-year health cycle, sharing personal experiences with illness. The importance of asking the right questions to build relationships in real estate. Maintaining connections with clients is crucial for success in the real estate industry. Bill discusses his current role at Fidelity National Financial and its impact on sales. A personal update on Bill's friend John, who continues to fight cancer. Bill emphasizes that past clients should always be viewed as current clients to maintain relationships. Links referenced in this episode:ratethispodcast.com/resessionsJohn Bjorlie's Music Channel

Episode Summary: In this episode, Greg Robertson talks with Kevin McCarthy, co-founder and CEO of Real Geeks, about his journey from a small-town tech enthusiast to creating a leading real estate technology company. Kevin shares insights into Real Geeks' origins, its evolution, and how its all-in-one platform empowers real estate agents. The conversation touches on the early challenges of building a tech company, the role of SEO in the early internet era, and how AI is shaping the future of real estate technology.   Key Topics Discussed: 1. The Birth of Real Geeks • How Kevin's move to Hawaii led to a partnership with Jeff Manson, Real Geeks' co-founder. • The transition from building a single real estate website to creating a scalable product for agents. 2. The Real Geeks Platform • Combining IDX websites with a CRM for seamless lead generation and management. • The importance of fast, user-friendly software and SEO optimization. 3. AI Innovations • Introduction of “SEO Fast Track,” an AI-powered website builder. • The future of CRMs: AI taking over repetitive tasks to let agents focus on client relationships. 4. The Journey of Growth • Challenges of starting in Hawaii and expanding operations to Dallas, TX. • Navigating the sale of Real Geeks to Fidelity National Financial while preserving its mission. 5. Advice for Entrepreneurs • Building a profitable, self-funded business in challenging markets. • The value of focusing on user experience and sustainable growth.   Quotable Highlights: • “Fast software is good software. Even milliseconds matter when it comes to user experience.” • “AI will make CRMs fade into the background, automating tasks agents hate so they can focus on building relationships.” • “Real Geeks is more than just software; it's a tool that powers the livelihood of real estate agents.”   Reach Out: LinkedIn for Kevin McCarthy Real Geeks - Tools Tailored to Your Ambitions   Our Sponsors Trackxi – Real Estate's #1 Deal Tracking Software Giant Steps Job Board – Where Proptech gets hired   Production and editing services by: Sunbound Studios  

Thanks to today's podcast sponsor, LoanCare. LoanCare has successfully navigated clients and homeowners through market change for 40 years. The mortgage subservicer is known for delivering superior customer experience through personalization and convenience. Its award-winning portfolio management tool, LoanCare Analytics™, supports MSR investors with a focus on customer engagement, liquidity, and credit risk. LoanCare is part of Fidelity National Financial, a Fortune 500 company and leading provider of services to real estate and mortgage industries.

Thanks to today's podcast sponsor, LoanCare. LoanCare has successfully navigated clients and homeowners through market change for 40 years. The mortgage subservicer is known for delivering superior customer experience through personalization and convenience. Its award-winning portfolio management tool, LoanCare Analytics™, supports MSR investors with a focus on customer engagement, liquidity, and credit risk. LoanCare is part of Fidelity National Financial, a Fortune 500 company and leading provider of services to real estate and mortgage industries.

Thanks to today's podcast sponsor, LoanCare. LoanCare has successfully navigated clients and homeowners through market change for 40 years. The mortgage subservicer is known for delivering superior customer experience through personalization and convenience. Its award-winning portfolio management tool, LoanCare Analytics™, supports MSR investors with a focus on customer engagement, liquidity, and credit risk. LoanCare is part of Fidelity National Financial, a Fortune 500 company and leading provider of services to real estate and mortgage industries.

Thanks to today's podcast sponsor, LoanCare. LoanCare has successfully navigated clients and homeowners through market change for 40 years. The mortgage subservicer is known for delivering superior customer experience through personalization and convenience. Its award-winning portfolio management tool, LoanCare Analytics™, supports MSR investors with a focus on customer engagement, liquidity, and credit risk. LoanCare is part of Fidelity National Financial, a Fortune 500 company and leading provider of services to real estate and mortgage industries.

Thanks to today's podcast sponsor, LoanCare. LoanCare has successfully navigated clients and homeowners through market change for 40 years. The mortgage subservicer is known for delivering superior customer experience through personalization and convenience. Its award-winning portfolio management tool, LoanCare Analytics™, supports MSR investors with a focus on customer engagement, liquidity, and credit risk. LoanCare is part of Fidelity National Financial, a Fortune 500 company and leading provider of services to real estate and mortgage industries.

Co-hosts Michael O'Donnell and Bethany Abele welcomed special guest Scott Sumner, Vice President and Underwriting Counsel of Fidelity National Financial, who has played various roles in his 21-year career, including serving as NJ State Counsel and NJ State Manager for the business operations. Scott provided insights as to what title agents can do to get their deals closed efficiently, including urging agents to raise potential issues as early as possible and to provide all known facts to the underwriting counsel.  Some of the more challenging situations that  Scott addressed were tidelands searches, bankruptcies and mortgage foreclosures, and application of the new Community Wealth Preservation Act. He also discussed the ramifications of two new State statutes on tax sale foreclosures. In addition, Scott shared details of one complex project, an energy generation facility on the Raritan River with a cable extending to the NY state line, presenting myriad title issues.  Finally, Scott also had recommendations for affinity groups that young professionals in the industry should seek out, including the NJ Land Title Association, American Land Title Association, state and county bar associations, and others. Then three of Riker Danzig's Summer Associates provided summaries of some recent decisions affecting the title insurance industry that are posted on the firm's blog on banking, real estate and title insurance. Brandon Li, a rising third-year law student at Seton Hall University School of Law, discussed NorthMarq Financial, Ltd. v. Fidelity National Title Insurance Company decided in federal court in Colorado.  In the case, the Court rejected the insured's claim for defense and indemnity for mechanic's liens on a construction project for a senior living center. Brandon said the case highlights the need for parties to include specific endorsements if they want coverage for post-policy liens. Georgia Macedo Cardoso is also a rising third-year law student at Seton Hall University School of Law.  Georgia discussed 771 Allison Court LLC v. Sirianni, in which the New Jersey Appellate Division decided that the failure to disclose a right of first refusal clause in a prior deed prevented good, marketable, and insurable title from being delivered at closing. Georgia said the case confirms the obvious:  any seller of real estate should be forthcoming and disclose a right of first refusal before entering into any real estate contract and should not take shortcuts. Keshav Agiwal, a rising third-year law student at the University of Richmond School of Law, discussed Nationstar Mortgage, L.L.C. v. Scarville, decided in the Court of Appeals in Ohio.  The case involved the doctrine of lis pendens and the timeliness of a third party's motion to intervene in a foreclosure litigation. Keshav suggested two major takeaways from this case: one is the importance for parties to know the intricacies of various state law doctrines, such as lis pendens and how it is used in one state versus another. The other big takeaway is that a buyer of property needs to know that property's history of litigation and what litigation the property may still be involved in or could be in the future.

Thanks to today's podcast sponsor, LoanCare. LoanCare has successfully navigated clients and homeowners through market change for 40 years. The mortgage subservicer is known for delivering superior customer experience through personalization and convenience. Its award-winning portfolio management tool, LoanCare Analytics™, supports MSR investors with a focus on customer engagement, liquidity, and credit risk. LoanCare is part of Fidelity National Financial, a Fortune 500 company and leading provider of services to real estate and mortgage industries.

Thanks to today's podcast sponsor, LoanCare. LoanCare has successfully navigated clients and homeowners through market change for 40 years. The mortgage subservicer is known for delivering superior customer experience through personalization and convenience. Its award-winning portfolio management tool, LoanCare Analytics™, supports MSR investors with a focus on customer engagement, liquidity, and credit risk. LoanCare is part of Fidelity National Financial, a Fortune 500 company and leading provider of services to real estate and mortgage industries.

Thanks to today's podcast sponsor, LoanCare. LoanCare has successfully navigated clients and homeowners through market change for 40 years. The mortgage subservicer is known for delivering superior customer experience through personalization and convenience. Its award-winning portfolio management tool, LoanCare Analytics™, supports MSR investors with a focus on customer engagement, liquidity, and credit risk. LoanCare is part of Fidelity National Financial, a Fortune 500 company and leading provider of services to real estate and mortgage industries.

Thanks to today's podcast sponsor, LoanCare. LoanCare has successfully navigated clients and homeowners through market change for 40 years. The mortgage subservicer is known for delivering superior customer experience through personalization and convenience. Its award-winning portfolio management tool, LoanCare Analytics™, supports MSR investors with a focus on customer engagement, liquidity, and credit risk. LoanCare is part of Fidelity National Financial, a Fortune 500 company and leading provider of services to real estate and mortgage industries.

Thanks to today's podcast sponsor, LoanCare. LoanCare has successfully navigated clients and homeowners through market change for 40 years. The mortgage subservicer is known for delivering superior customer experience through personalization and convenience. Its award-winning portfolio management tool, LoanCare Analytics™, supports MSR investors with a focus on customer engagement, liquidity, and credit risk. LoanCare is part of Fidelity National Financial, a Fortune 500 company and leading provider of services to real estate and mortgage industries.

The Real Estate Sessions podcast, hosted by Bill Risser, offers a treasure trove of almost 400 episodes that delve into the journeys and strategies of prominent figures and rising stars in the real estate industry. Celebrated for its diverse voices and valuable insights, the podcast has become a go-to resource for those looking to understand the intricacies of the real estate world. Bill Risser, who recently transitioned to an internal role at Fidelity National Financial, brings a wealth of experience and a passion for real estate technology, supporting sales teams across multiple states. With a background of over 20 years in the industry, Bill enjoys the dynamic nature of his podcast, mixing interviews with monologue episodes where he shares his personal insights. He acknowledges the contributions of industry experts like Sean Carpenter, Anthony Malafronte, Sue Benson, Jeff Chalmers, Tiffany McQuaid, and Chelsea Pietz, encouraging his audience to follow them for further valuable content. Bill remains committed to providing helpful information to his listeners.

Join us for an insightful episode with Marty Frame as he shares his extensive experience in real estate technology. Learn about the innovative solutions his company, MyHome, is bringing to the real estate industry and how these advancements are transforming processes to be more connected, efficient, and secure.     What you'll learn from this episode Key innovations of MyHome in consumer collaboration platforms and process automation Challenges and opportunities in delegating and automating processes for title agencies The significance of AI and emerging technologies in the real estate industry Insights into improving customer and practitioner experiences.     Resources mentioned in this episode  HubSpot  SugarCRM  Realtors Property Resource® (RPR)     About Marty Frame Marty, President of West, a Williston company. Marty is the president of Williston Enterprise Solutions and Technology, where he is responsible for the company's product strategy and business operations. Prior to joining WEST, he enjoyed a long career as a senior executive in the real estate and mortgage services industry at Realtors Property Resource, a subsidiary of the National Association of REALTORS, Cyberhomes, a subsidiary of Fidelity National Financial and Lender Processing Services, and REALTOR.com, a subsidiary of Move, Inc.     Connect with Marty Website: WFG National Title Insurance Company | MyHome, a Williston Financial Group Company™ Connect With Us Love what you're hearing? Don't miss an episode! Follow us on our social media channels and stay connected.  Explore more on our website: www.alltechnational.com/podcast Stay updated with our newsletter: www.mochoumil.com Follow Mo on LinkedIn: Mo Choumil  

Script Link: https://www.theloanatlas.com/scripts/Thanks to today's podcast sponsor, LoanCare. LoanCare has successfully navigated clients and homeowners through market change for 40 years. The mortgage subservicer is known for delivering superior customer experience through personalization and convenience. Its award-winning portfolio management tool, LoanCare Analytics™, supports MSR investors with a focus on customer engagement, liquidity, and credit risk. LoanCare is part of Fidelity National Financial, a Fortune 500 company and leading provider of services to real estate and mortgage industries.

Thanks to today's podcast sponsor, LoanCare. LoanCare has successfully navigated clients and homeowners through market change for 40 years. The mortgage subservicer is known for delivering superior customer experience through personalization and convenience. Its award-winning portfolio management tool, LoanCare Analytics™, supports MSR investors with a focus on customer engagement, liquidity, and credit risk. LoanCare is part of Fidelity National Financial, a Fortune 500 company and leading provider of services to real estate and mortgage industries.

Thanks to today's podcast sponsor, LoanCare. LoanCare has successfully navigated clients and homeowners through market change for 40 years. The mortgage subservicer is known for delivering superior customer experience through personalization and convenience. Its award-winning portfolio management tool, LoanCare Analytics™, supports MSR investors with a focus on customer engagement, liquidity, and credit risk. LoanCare is part of Fidelity National Financial, a Fortune 500 company and leading provider of services to real estate and mortgage industries.

Thanks to today's podcast sponsor, LoanCare. LoanCare has successfully navigated clients and homeowners through market change for 40 years. The mortgage subservicer is known for delivering superior customer experience through personalization and convenience. Its award-winning portfolio management tool, LoanCare Analytics™, supports MSR investors with a focus on customer engagement, liquidity, and credit risk. LoanCare is part of Fidelity National Financial, a Fortune 500 company and leading provider of services to real estate and mortgage industries.

Thanks to today's podcast sponsor, LoanCare. LoanCare has successfully navigated clients and homeowners through market change for 40 years. The mortgage subservicer is known for delivering superior customer experience through personalization and convenience. Its award-winning portfolio management tool, LoanCare Analytics™, supports MSR investors with a focus on customer engagement, liquidity, and credit risk. LoanCare is part of Fidelity National Financial, a Fortune 500 company and leading provider of services to real estate and mortgage industries.

Alicia Berruti is a seasoned professional in the real estate industry, having spent more than eight years at Bomb Bomb before transitioning to Fidelity National Financial as the Director of Agent Engagement. Alicia believes the real estate industry has a substantial opportunity to rebuild consumer trust, especially in light of the ongoing commission lawsuits. Her perspective is shaped by her experience in the industry and the belief that real estate agents can demonstrate their value and protect consumers throughout the real estate process. This viewpoint suggests a proactive approach, with agents showing up stronger and emphasizing their professional value to regain trust rather than focusing on the negative aspects of the lawsuits. Alicia's experiences and her current role in fostering trust and transparency in real estate through innovative product design greatly contribute to her perspective.In a recent episode of 'The Real Estate Sessions' podcast hosted by Bill Risser, Alicia Berruti shared insightful tips on rebuilding consumer trust in the real estate industry. Drawing from her experiences at Bomb Bomb, Alicia highlighted the significance of providing value and excellent service to clients to enhance industry relationships and trust. Here are three key takeaways from the episode:1. **Show Your Value**: Alicia emphasized the importance of demonstrating value as a means to regain consumer trust amidst commission lawsuits. By showcasing the unique services and expertise agents bring to the table, they can establish credibility and rebuild confidence in the industry.2. **Prioritize Relationships**: Alicia spoke about the lasting relationships she built within the real estate community, underscoring the value of connections in fostering trust and mutual respect. By nurturing professional relationships, agents can create a supportive network that benefits both clients and industry peers.3. **Provide Tools and Resources**: Offering tools for home management and maintenance can be a valuable resource for potential buyers and sellers. By equipping clients with practical resources, agents not only add value to their services but also demonstrate a commitment to supporting clients beyond transactions.Alicia encapsulated her perspective with a powerful quote, "Provide value and abundance will follow." This mantra underscores the principle that by prioritizing client needs and delivering exceptional service, agents can cultivate meaningful relationships, establish trust, and ultimately achieve success in the real estate industry.

Transition in the real estate industry, such as incorporating advanced technologies, is a fascinating topic that highlights the industry's adaptability and future prospects. Bill Risser, a veteran in the real estate industry, sees this transition as a testament to the industry's resilience and ability to evolve. Risser has weathered numerous changes in his 25 years of experience, including market crashes and booms and the recent shift towards virtual operations spurred by the 2020 pandemic. His career trajectory, from embracing new technologies like Zoom back in the day for training sessions to joining innovative startups like RateMyAgent, showcases his adaptable, forward-thinking approach to the industry. Now, as the VP/Regional Sales Enablement Manager at Fidelity National Financial, Risser continues to champion growth and success in real estate, demonstrating his unwavering commitment to the industry's evolution.

Thanks to today's podcast sponsor, LoanCare. LoanCare has successfully navigated clients and homeowners through market change for 40 years. The mortgage subservicer is known for delivering superior customer experience through personalization and convenience. Its award-winning portfolio management tool, LoanCare Analytics™, supports MSR investors with a focus on customer engagement, liquidity, and credit risk. LoanCare is part of Fidelity National Financial, a Fortune 500 company and leading provider of services to real estate and mortgage industries.

Thanks to today's podcast sponsor, LoanCare. LoanCare has successfully navigated clients and homeowners through market change for 40 years. The mortgage subservicer is known for delivering superior customer experience through personalization and convenience. Its award-winning portfolio management tool, LoanCare Analytics™, supports MSR investors with a focus on customer engagement, liquidity, and credit risk. LoanCare is part of Fidelity National Financial, a Fortune 500 company and leading provider of services to real estate and mortgage industries.

Thanks to today's podcast sponsor, LoanCare. LoanCare has successfully navigated clients and homeowners through market change for 40 years. The mortgage subservicer is known for delivering superior customer experience through personalization and convenience. Its award-winning portfolio management tool, LoanCare Analytics™, supports MSR investors with a focus on customer engagement, liquidity, and credit risk. LoanCare is part of Fidelity National Financial, a Fortune 500 company and leading provider of services to real estate and mortgage industries.

Thanks to today's podcast sponsor, LoanCare. LoanCare has successfully navigated clients and homeowners through market change for 40 years. The mortgage subservicer is known for delivering superior customer experience through personalization and convenience. Its award-winning portfolio management tool, LoanCare Analytics™, supports MSR investors with a focus on customer engagement, liquidity, and credit risk. LoanCare is part of Fidelity National Financial, a Fortune 500 company and leading provider of services to real estate and mortgage industries.

Thanks to today's podcast sponsor, LoanCare. LoanCare has successfully navigated clients and homeowners through market change for 40 years. The mortgage subservicer is known for delivering superior customer experience through personalization and convenience. Its award-winning portfolio management tool, LoanCare Analytics™, supports MSR investors with a focus on customer engagement, liquidity, and credit risk. LoanCare is part of Fidelity National Financial, a Fortune 500 company and leading provider of services to real estate and mortgage industries.

In 2024, technology is set to revolutionize the way we do business even further. It's not just about staying relevant; it's about thriving in a landscape where innovation is key.    AI is not here to replace us but is a tool that can make our jobs easier, increase efficiency, and unlock new possibilities.   What is AI doing right now? What's coming down the pipeline in 2024, and how will it reshape our business landscape?   In this episode, Realtor and leader in the delivery of Project and Program Management solutions for Support Geeks, Michael Fielden joins us to talk about the latest AI developments, functionality, and embracing the fun and different ways technology can enhance our work. You'll also learn; Should we keep making cold calls? Moving forward with marketing Breaking into different marketplaces Authenticity and AI How to get in front of people   Guest Bio   Michael Fielden is a leader in the delivery of Project and Program Management solutions for Support Geeks. He is a licensed REALTOR®. He has been actively involved in real estate, and real estate technology for over 25 years, and he has worked in a VP level role with firms of all sizes – from boutique to Top 50 brokerages.   He is happily married with two great teenagers and feels blessed for his time with family and friends. He enjoys his Bay Area community and the small business environment that it supports.   Prior to Support Geeks, he spent 14+ years at Fidelity National Financial-owned J. Rockcliff Realtors, starting as a director of technology before being promoted to Vice President of Technology. He continued to grow in leadership, ultimately assuming the role of Vice President of Technology for Christie's International Real Estate Sereno after they acquired J. Rockcliff Realtors.   When he is not in the office, he is usually enjoying spending time with his family, enjoying his dog, Tucker, and exploring the Bay and surrounding areas.   Visit https://supportgeeks.com/  Visit https://michaelfielden.com/  Find Michael on LinkedIn @mfielden  Follow Michael on Facebook @michaelcfielden       Subscribe on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify, and don't forget to leave a review if you like what you heard. Your review feeds the algorithm so our show reaches more people. Thank you!   

In this week's Security Sprint, Dave and Andy talk about the following topics. TribalHub's Fall 2023 Magazine is Here! ZeroFox Unspoken Security Podcast: Build Diverse Teams...or Die! In this episode of Unspoken Security, AJ Nash and Errol Weiss - Chief Security Officer for the Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center (Health-ISAC) - talk about the importance of building diverse intelligence teams.  They share their insights on the evolution of program and team building over the last decade (or more) and focus on how the exponential growth of hybrid and remote work as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic has changed our world.    Terrorism & Extremism Former U.S. Marine Pleads Guilty to Firebombing a Planned Parenthood Clinic. https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/former-us-marine-pleads-guilty-firebombing-planned-parenthood-clinic-orange-county-and 19-Year-Old Charged with 13 Counts of Interstate Threats. https://www.justice.gov/usao-pr/pr/19-year-old-victoria-gabriela-rodriguez-morales-charged-13-counts-interstate-threats On the Release of the 2022 Country Reports on Terrorism US Department of State: Country Reports on Terrorism 2022 German Police Arrest Islamist Teens Planning Attack on Christmas Market, Synagogue ‘Goal is at least 20 people': Teen arrested for allegedly threatening to shoot up church in comments on YouTube videos about Pulse nightclub massacre Dozens of Troops Suspected of Advocating Overthrow of US Government, New Pentagon Extremism Report Says 'Can't wait for the innocent to die': Man arrested for terrifying bomb threats via 911 texts   Severe Weather Record Breaking Losses. https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-punishing-year-of-thunderstorms-has-led-to-record-breaking-losses-102bfb0d?mod=hp_minor_pos10 2023 Atlantic hurricane season ranks 4th for most-named storms in a year   Geopolitics & Cascading Effects Suspected terror attack in France; One dead, two injured, after attacker yells 'Allahu akbar' and attacks passersby near Eiffel Tower Knifeman kills German tourist, wounds others near France's Eiffel Tower Paris knife attacker 'swore allegiance to IS' terrorist group, suffered from mental issues Paris attack: Mother of suspect had 'reported concerns', prosecutor says Paris attack: How the terrorist's confusing profile fooled those monitoring him Paris attack: What we know about Armand Rajabpour-Miyandoab, who killed one and injured others near the Eiffel Tower Las Vegas police, FBI foil reported terror plot involving Islamic State 15 New York synagogues hit with false bomb threats on Friday FBI New York Warns of Charity Fraud During Israel-Hamas Conflict FBI Jacksonville Warns of Charity Fraud Amid Conflicts CISA: Threat Actors Targeting Unitronics Devices Used in Water Facilities CISA warns of attacks on Unitronics tool used by water utilities, wastewater systems Federal officials investigating after pro-Iran group allegedly hacked water authority in Pennsylvania   Quick Hits Thousands of fake Facebook accounts shut down by Meta were primed to polarize voters ahead of 2024 Ransomware ‘catastrophe' at Fidelity National Financial causes panic with homeowners and buyers Will ChatGPT write ransomware? Yes. IRS, Security Summit partners launch 2023 National Tax Security Awareness Week focusing on holiday scams, protecting personal information as tax season nears Justice Department Announces Charges in Connection with Foiled Plot to Assassinate U.S. Citizen in New York City CISA Announces Secure by Design Alert Series: How Vendor Decisions Can Reduce Harm at a Global Scale CISA - Unlocking Tomorrow's Cybersecurity: A Sneak Peek into ReadySetCyber  

Join us in our latest episode where we delve into the critical world of cybersecurity, focusing on recent high-profile cyberattacks targeting vital infrastructure and financial services. We start with CISA's urgent outreach to water utilities about exposed Unitronics devices, highlighting a direct link to the alarming attack on Pennsylvania's water supply. Next, we shift to the cyberattack on a North Texas water utility serving millions, underscoring the escalating threats to public utilities. Our discussion then pivots to the financial sector, examining the CitrixBleed ransomware group's impact on over 60 credit unions and hospitals. We also explore a significant breach involving US government agencies via an Adobe ColdFusion exploit. The episode also includes critical updates: a broader impact assessment of Okta's October 2023 support system breach and the response of Fidelity National Financial to a recent cyberattack. Tune in for an insightful look into these pressing cybersecurity challenges and their implications.

On this week's roundup of the headlines and how they affect your finances, Nicole decodes: the ransomware attack on Fidelity National Financial, the big drama at the huge crypto exchange Binance and how the Super Bowl of the shopping season went down for big retailers. Want to start investing, but don't know where to begin? Go to moneyassistant.com and meet Magnifi, your AI money assistant, designed to help you make a plan for your financial goals. Want one-on-one money coaching from Nicole? Book a meeting with her here: intro.co/moneynewsnetwork 

In this episode, cybersecurity experts dive into the catastrophic ransomware attack on Fidelity National Financial, paralyzing real estate transactions nationwide. They also discuss the Thanksgiving Day ransomware attack on a healthcare giant, Ardent Health Services, affecting 30 hospitals across six states in the US. They offer updates on General Electric's cybersecurity challenges and fresh insights into the Henry Schein healthcare cyber attack. This episode is a must-listen for anyone navigating the digital landscape, filled with eye-opening revelations and helpful insights.

In this episode of Storm Watch, we delve into a range of cybersecurity topics that have made headlines recently.  We kick off with a discussion on the recent agreement inked by the US, Britain, and other countries to make AI 'secure by design'. This landmark decision underscores the growing importance of cybersecurity in the era of artificial intelligence and the collective effort to ensure its safe implementation. Next, we turn our attention to the disruption of a Cyber Scam Organization through the seizure of nearly $9M in cryptocurrency. This case highlights the increasing use of digital currencies in cybercrime and the efforts by law enforcement to curb such activities. We then discuss a critical vulnerability in ownCloud, a top file-sharing service. The security bug, which reveals admin passwords, was quickly exploited in the wild, underscoring the need for swift action in addressing such vulnerabilities. The episode also covers the spread of the InfectedSlurs Botnet, which is disseminating Mirai via zero-days. This development is a stark reminder of the persistent threat posed by botnets and the importance of staying abreast of the latest cybersecurity threats. We also delve into the recent ransomware 'catastrophe' at Fidelity National Financial that caused panic among homeowners and buyers. This incident underscores the far-reaching implications of ransomware attacks and the urgent need for robust cybersecurity measures. In the automotive sector, we discuss the warning issued by auto parts giant AutoZone about a MOVEit data breach. This incident serves as a reminder of the pervasive nature of cyber threats across various industries. Celebrating its 10th anniversary, Microsoft's bug bounty program is another topic of discussion. Over the past decade, the program has awarded more than $60M, highlighting the tech giant's commitment to cybersecurity. We also touch on the intriguing topic of the 'Internet of Insecure Cows', a study that explores the vulnerabilities of IoT devices in the agricultural sector. The episode also includes discussions on Vidar tracking, a technique used to monitor the infrastructure of this notorious malware, and the concept of 'Living off the land', a stealthy cyberattack strategy. We wrap up with a look at the 'Have I Been Squatted?' service, an overview of the latest GreyNoise Tags, a roundup of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV), and a review of CISA's Ransomware Response Checklist. These resources provide valuable insights and tools for cybersecurity professionals and enthusiasts alike. Episode Slides >> Join our Community Slack >> Learn more about GreyNoise >>    

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Happy Thanksgiving Everyone! Eric goes to visit family in California, Jon does a lot of driving and preemptively eats pumpkin pie. Fidelity National Financial has an ooopsie. Something something OpenAI something something. Binance is fined despite not being a US company. Eric takes the family to see the aftermath of the Oroville Dam and Jon explores the volcanic Io. 0:00 - Introduction 7:55 - FNF Oops 11:40 - Open AI had a strange week 14:56 - Binance Fines 20:01 - Oroville Dam 23:41 - Volcanic Io

Thanks to today's podcast sponsor, LoanCare. LoanCare has successfully navigated clients and homeowners through market change for 40 years. The mortgage subservicer is known for delivering superior customer experience through personalization and convenience. Its award-winning portfolio management tool, LoanCare Analytics™, supports MSR investors with a focus on customer engagement, liquidity, and credit risk. LoanCare is part of Fidelity National Financial, a Fortune 500 company and leading provider of services to real estate and mortgage industries.

Thanks to today's podcast sponsor, LoanCare. LoanCare has successfully navigated clients and homeowners through market change for 40 years. The mortgage subservicer is known for delivering superior customer experience through personalization and convenience. Its award-winning portfolio management tool, LoanCare Analytics™, supports MSR investors with a focus on customer engagement, liquidity, and credit risk. LoanCare is part of Fidelity National Financial, a Fortune 500 company and leading provider of services to real estate and mortgage industries.

Thanks to today's podcast sponsor, LoanCare. LoanCare has successfully navigated clients and homeowners through market change for 40 years. The mortgage subservicer is known for delivering superior customer experience through personalization and convenience. Its award-winning portfolio management tool, LoanCare Analytics™, supports MSR investors with a focus on customer engagement, liquidity, and credit risk. LoanCare is part of Fidelity National Financial, a Fortune 500 company and leading provider of services to real estate and mortgage industries.

Thanks to today's podcast sponsor, LoanCare. LoanCare has successfully navigated clients and homeowners through market change for 40 years. The mortgage subservicer is known for delivering superior customer experience through personalization and convenience. Its award-winning portfolio management tool, LoanCare Analytics™, supports MSR investors with a focus on customer engagement, liquidity, and credit risk. LoanCare is part of Fidelity National Financial, a Fortune 500 company and leading provider of services to real estate and mortgage industries.

Thanks to today's podcast sponsor, LoanCare. LoanCare has successfully navigated clients and homeowners through market change for 40 years. The mortgage subservicer is known for delivering superior customer experience through personalization and convenience. Its award-winning portfolio management tool, LoanCare Analytics™, supports MSR investors with a focus on customer engagement, liquidity, and credit risk. LoanCare is part of Fidelity National Financial, a Fortune 500 company and leading provider of services to real estate and mortgage industries.

The real estate industry, once known for its traditional approach, has witnessed a significant shift in recent years. It has become a lot more competitive, yet a striking number of agents and brokerages remain stuck in the past.    The failure to embrace the digital revolution is leaving many real estate pros struggling to achieve the success they desire.   In a world driven by tech and digital innovation, why are so many agents and brokerages reluctant to change? What impression do people get from our online presence if we are utilizing the online world?   In this episode, Realtor and leader in the delivery of Project and Program Management solutions for Support Geeks, Michael Fielden joins us to talk about the impact of technology on real estate, and why we should be adapting with it.   You'll also learn; Migrating email accounts Hosting your domain Linktree: A must have Is having a personal brand important? NFC Tags and their value QR codes.   Guest Bio   Michael Fielden is a leader in the delivery of Project and Program Management solutions for Support Geeks. He is a licensed REALTOR®. He has been actively involved in real estate, and real estate technology for over 25 years, and he has worked in a VP level role with firms of all sizes – from boutique to Top 50 brokerages.   He is happily married with two great teenagers and feels blessed for his time with family and friends. He enjoys his Bay Area community and the small business environment that it supports.   In the summer, he can be found relaxing at their cottage in Michigan, at a rooftop bar in Chicago, or reading a book on their porch.   Prior to Support Geeks, he spent 14+ years at Fidelity National Financial-owned J. Rockcliff Realtors, starting as a director of technology before being promoted to Vice President of Technology. He continued to grow in leadership, ultimately assuming the role of Vice President of Technology for Christie's International Real Estate Sereno after they acquired J. Rockcliff Realtors.   His dream has always been to create an environment that gives back to the people and industries that have given to his success, and that is the foundation of the Support Geeks team. Now, the best parts of his day are when he gets to collaborate with the brilliant people who work there.   When he is not in the office, he is usually enjoying spending time with his family, enjoying his dog, Tucker, and exploring the Bay and surrounding areas.   Visit https://supportgeeks.com/  Visit https://michaelfielden.com/  Find Michael on LinkedIn @mfielden  Follow Michael on Facebook @michaelcfielden   Check out https://fireflies.ai/    Subscribe on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify, and don't forget to leave a review if you like what you heard. Your review feeds the algorithm so our show reaches more people. Thank you! 

Touchstone Showcase Season 5, Episode 1.. here we go! We are thrilled to have Linda Grahovec, a Senior Vice President and the National Agency Director of Communications, Education and Marketing Strategy for Fidelity National Financial to kick things off. She has an incredibly diverse background in this industry and is truly an expert in her field.  One of Linda's favorite parts of her job is teaching. Her love for education and training beats strong everyday. She prides herself on having learned invaluable customer service and people skills from her early days supporting her parents in the restaurant business. For Linda, "face to face" is always best. Uncomfortable with public speaking? Hear how Linda honed her skills and now thrives on being in front of a crowd. Want to start a chatbot? Here how she got creative, got internal buy in & got this up and running.  She's got incredible tips for anyone in the industry and you'll have to listen in for more! #touchstoneshowcase #podcast #realestate #fnf #lindagrahovec #closewithtouchstone

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Thanks to today's podcast sponsor, LoanCare. LoanCare has successfully navigated clients and homeowners through market change for 40 years. The mortgage subservicer is known for delivering superior customer experience through personalization and convenience. Its award-winning portfolio management tool, LoanCare Analytics™, supports MSR investors with a focus on customer engagement, liquidity, and credit risk. LoanCare is part of Fidelity National Financial, a Fortune 500 company and leading provider of services to real estate and mortgage industries.

Thanks to today's podcast sponsor, LoanCare. LoanCare has successfully navigated clients and homeowners through market change for 40 years. The mortgage subservicer is known for delivering superior customer experience through personalization and convenience. Its award-winning portfolio management tool, LoanCare Analytics™, supports MSR investors with a focus on customer engagement, liquidity, and credit risk. LoanCare is part of Fidelity National Financial, a Fortune 500 company and leading provider of services to real estate and mortgage industries.

Thanks to today's podcast sponsor, LoanCare. LoanCare has successfully navigated clients and homeowners through market change for 40 years. The mortgage subservicer is known for delivering superior customer experience through personalization and convenience. Its award-winning portfolio management tool, LoanCare Analytics™, supports MSR investors with a focus on customer engagement, liquidity, and credit risk. LoanCare is part of Fidelity National Financial, a Fortune 500 company and leading provider of services to real estate and mortgage industries.

Thanks to today's podcast sponsor, LoanCare. LoanCare has successfully navigated clients and homeowners through market change for 40 years. The mortgage subservicer is known for delivering superior customer experience through personalization and convenience. Its award-winning portfolio management tool, LoanCare Analytics™, supports MSR investors with a focus on customer engagement, liquidity, and credit risk. LoanCare is part of Fidelity National Financial, a Fortune 500 company and leading provider of services to real estate and mortgage industries.

In 2011, Tyler Smith, one of the top three real estate agents in California, launched SkySlope, a software platform that enables real estate professionals to efficiently manage their transactions, documents, and communication in one centralized system. Smith successfully bootstrapped the company to around $12 million in annual recurring revenue by 2016, attracting significant attention from potential acquirers. Among the interested parties, Fidelity National Financial emerged as the ideal fit, acquiring 67% of SkySlope in a deal valuing the company at over $80 million.

My name is Jerad Larkin, and I'm an account executive with Chicago Title. I'm helping Real Estate Agents and Mortgage Lenders with applying unique strategies to their real estate marketing, as well as teaching a new sustainable business model to help them grow their real estate business.​When real estate professionals partner with me, I provide them with the right real estate tools, resources, and marketing strategies that overall help them get more deals. My background in video marketing and digital advertising puts me in a unique position when working with real estate professionals.​In addition to helping real estate professionals with their real estate marketing, I also help them with all of their title and escrow needs here at Chicago Title of Colorado. Chicago Title is the country's leading title insurance organization with more than 1,000 local offices nationwide. Our parent company, Fidelity National Financial, is a Fortune 500 company. We have a national presence but truly operate at a local level here in Colorado to serve our clients.Learn more:https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeradlarkin/https://www.milehightitleguy.com/Colorado Real Estate Leaders https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/colorado-real-estate-leaders/Source: https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/interview-with-jerad-larkin-account-executive-with-chicago-title

My name is Jerad Larkin, and I'm an account executive with Chicago Title. I'm helping Real Estate Agents and Mortgage Lenders with applying unique strategies to their real estate marketing, as well as teaching a new sustainable business model to help them grow their real estate business.​When real estate professionals partner with me, I provide them with the right real estate tools, resources, and marketing strategies that overall help them get more deals. My background in video marketing and digital advertising puts me in a unique position when working with real estate professionals.​In addition to helping real estate professionals with their real estate marketing, I also help them with all of their title and escrow needs here at Chicago Title of Colorado. Chicago Title is the country's leading title insurance organization with more than 1,000 local offices nationwide. Our parent company, Fidelity National Financial, is a Fortune 500 company. We have a national presence but truly operate at a local level here in Colorado to serve our clients.Learn more:https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeradlarkin/https://www.milehightitleguy.com/Colorado Real Estate Leaders https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/colorado-real-estate-leaders/Source: https://businessinnovatorsradio.com/interview-with-jerad-larkin-account-executive-with-chicago-title

LoanCare has been successfully navigating clients and homeowners through market change for 40 years. The mortgage subservicer is known for delivering superior customer experience through personalization and convenience. Its award-winning portfolio management tool, LoanCare Analytics™, was built to support MSR investors with a focus on customer engagement, liquidity, and credit risk. LoanCare is part of Fidelity National Financial, a Fortune 500 company and leading provider of services to real estate and mortgage industries.

LoanCare has been successfully navigating clients and homeowners through market change for 40 years. The mortgage subservicer is known for delivering superior customer experience through personalization and convenience. Its award-winning portfolio management tool, LoanCare Analytics™, was built to support MSR investors with a focus on customer engagement, liquidity, and credit risk. LoanCare is part of Fidelity National Financial, a Fortune 500 company and leading provider of services to real estate and mortgage industries.

LoanCare has been successfully navigating clients and homeowners through market change for 40 years. The mortgage subservicer is known for delivering superior customer experience through personalization and convenience. Its award-winning portfolio management tool, LoanCare Analytics™, was built to support MSR investors with a focus on customer engagement, liquidity, and credit risk. LoanCare is part of Fidelity National Financial, a Fortune 500 company and leading provider of services to real estate and mortgage industries.

LoanCare has been successfully navigating clients and homeowners through market change for 40 years. The mortgage subservicer is known for delivering superior customer experience through personalization and convenience. Its award-winning portfolio management tool, LoanCare Analytics™, was built to support MSR investors with a focus on customer engagement, liquidity, and credit risk. LoanCare is part of Fidelity National Financial, a Fortune 500 company and leading provider of services to real estate and mortgage industries.

Tax season may have officially ended last week, but some Las Vegans may still be feeling the heat. According to Fidelity National Financial, Las Vegas ranks #2 for biggest tax procrastinators. To get some insight into our tax aversion (not to be confused with tax evasion), lead producer Sonja Cho Swanson talks to Jodi Mobley, executive director of Nevada Free Taxes Coalition. They are a nonprofit that helps low and middle income people file their taxes, even after Tax Day and into the extended season. Jodi shares why taxes don't have to be all that complicated and how they can be both a burden and a relief for families. The crew at Nevada Free Taxes Coalition will be on a well deserved break until May 8th. Appointments for the extended tax season will be available on their website in early May. We're on social media! Follow us @CityCastVegas on Twitter and Instagram.  You can also call or text us at 702-514-0719. Want some more Las Vegas news? Then make sure to sign up for our morning newsletter here.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

LoanCare has been successfully navigating clients and homeowners through market change for 40 years. The mortgage subservicer is known for delivering superior customer experience through personalization and convenience. Its award-winning portfolio management tool, LoanCare Analytics™, was built to support MSR investors with a focus on customer engagement, liquidity, and credit risk. LoanCare is part of Fidelity National Financial, a Fortune 500 company and leading provider of services to real estate and mortgage industries. 

The pandemic was a mixed bag for me. As some of my listeners know, both of my parents died of COVID in April 2020. While that was very sad, it wasn't tragic. My dad was 95, my mom was 94, neither suffered, and neither knew the other one was gone. At the same time, the lockdown created some great new opportunities to expand my network both here in New England and throughout the country. Zoom existed long before COVID. But going on-line in March of 2020 dramatically expanded my professional connections. Through my ProVisors business network, I met hundreds of great professionals in every corner of the United States. I now coach clients in New England, New York, Texas, South Carolina, Chicago, California, and Seattle. Beyond that, I've also met some other great people thanks to virtual platforms including today's guest Rudy Rivera. Rudy is Chief International Counsel at Fidelity National Financial. He has extensive international litigation and business experience in Latin America, Europe, and Asia. I reached out to Rudy after listening in on one of his live streaming presentations. The subject was leadership and Rudy and his guest did a great job of offering some very practical advice. I reached out to Rudy afterwards to thank him, and he responded right away. He suggested that we speak and soon after we did. Since that time, I have listened in on a number of Rudy's shows, Conversations With Rudy Rivera, and we have spoken about his career, his humble beginnings, and what it is like to manage counsel around the globe. I thought his story would be of great interest to my audience. In this episode, Rudy tells his story and offers up some great career advice for younger lawyers.

Heute: Roam und Haven In der Rubrik “Investments & Exits” begrüßen wir heute Daniel Wild, Gründer und Aufsichtsrat von Mountain Alliance. Daniel hat die Finanzierungsrunde von Roam und Haven kommentiert: Roam hat in einer Series-A-Finanzierungsrunde 30 Millionen US-Dollar sowie mittels 10,6 Millionen US-Dollar Eigenkapital insgesamt 40,6 Millionen US-Dollar erhalten. Der ehemalige Yext CEO Howard Lerman hat ein Jahr lang an der Plattform gearbeitet. Roam ist eine virtuelle Bürosoftware die es Mitarbeitern ermöglicht effizienter zu kommunizieren. Es funktioniert wie ein Bürogebäude in der Cloud, in der Etagen und einzelne Büroplätze besetzt und besucht werden können. Am Mittwochmorgen wurde eine Beta-Version gestartet. Das Kapital aus der Series A stammt von Jules Maltz von IVP. Das New Yorker Startup Haven hat in einer Series-A-Finanzierungsrunde 8 Millionen US-Dollar eingesammelt. Haven wurde 2020 von Nipun Kant, Jonathan Chao und Aditya Acharya gegründet und ist eine Technologieplattform für die Hypothekenbranche, die es den Nutzern ermöglicht, Hausbesitzer während des gesamten Lebenszyklus eines Eigenheims einzubinden. Die Runde wurde von Fifth Wall angeführt, unter Beteiligung von Fidelity National Financial, RWT Horizons und 1Sharpe Ventures. Sarah Liu, Partnerin bei Fifth Wall, wurde zudem in den Vorstand von Haven berufen. Das Unternehmen beabsichtigt, die Mittel zur Einstellung von Talenten und zur Beschleunigung der Produktentwicklung zu verwenden.

Host Eric Frazier interviews Jacquelyn Pardue MBA, Head of Procurement at LoanCare and Officer on Women's Council and Kameesha Keesee, Broker, California. Jacquelyn is a leader in the vendor management and vendor relationship field for the past 11 years. She has a wealth of knowledge and experience to steer the purchasing and vendor management departments. Jacquelyn has a history of not only building relationships with vendors but finding cost savings across companies. Jacquelyn was named Emerging Leader of Women in Housing in MReport in 2017. Currently, Jacquelyn Pardue is the Head of Purchasing and Procurement for LoanCare, LLC, which is a top 8 mortgage servicer and is owned by Fidelity National Financial. In this role, Jacquelyn oversees all the purchasing and procurement decisions for LoanCare from the proposal process, decision, contract negotiations, ongoing management of contractual relationships, and the termination of services. Before joining LoanCare, Jacquelyn was the Director of Purchasing and Vendor Management at Gateway First Bank where she was responsible for overseeing vendor relationship issues for all business channels and service providers. Jacquelyn will also oversee the leasing department. Prior to Gateway, Jacquelyn held the position of COO and Secretary of the Board at AgileOne Solutions where she managed and maintained relationships with clients as well as oversaw all vendors. She was the Assistant Vice President of Vendor Management at Rushmore Loan Management Services where she managed approximately 2,000 vendors. While at her alma mater, Texas Tech University, where she was a history major and minored in secondary education, and was nominated as homecoming queen. She recently finished her MBA at Syracuse University. 

Managing International Litigation: Rodolfo “Rudy” Rivera, Chief International Counsel for Fidelity National Financial – a Fortune 500 company that provides insurance, claims management services, real estate solutions and information services - speaks with host Richard Levick of LEVICK about successfully managing US and foreign litigation. He manages a multimillion dollar national and international litigation budget on a combined exposure of over $250 million dollars with an 80 percent success rate. Rudy provides a number of recommendations for managing litigation, litigating in multicultural jurisdictions and managing outside counsel. Rudy also shares stories about his hardscrabble youth and solo practitioner legal practice and how they influenced him as an in-house counsel.

What Not to Do to Be a Great Business Leader: A panel of general counsels, lawyers and consultants participate in a panel on What Not to Do to Be a Great Business Leader, hosted by Primerus, an International Society of Top Rated, independent boutique law firms and hosted and moderated by Richard Levick of LEVICK. Panelists include Ako Williams, Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at Ushio America; Gayle Gorvett, Managing Director at GGorvett Consulting; Dave Davis III, Downstream Commercial Advisory Counsel, North America at OQ; Roger Barton, Managing Partner of Barton LLP; and Rodolfo (Rudy) Rivera, Chief International Counsel at Fidelity National Financial.

Look at any skyline or landscape and you'll see apartments, hotels, offices, and warehouses that we all benefit from every day. But what you don't see are the people who make those structures possible. Meet the professionals behind some of the biggest transactions and investments in commercial real estate and hear their stories of how they got to where they are today. Every story is unique, every property is individual, but we're all part of this built world. Hosted by Brian Maughan, Chief Marketing Officer, Fidelity National Financial. Learn more at www.Built.FNF.com.

Welcome to a new episode of the Fintech Hunting Podcast. In this episode we have an incredible guest for you today, industry thought, tech visionary, mover and shaker in financial services, please help me welcome Marty Frame, President of West, a Williston company. In this episode we discuss:

Alexis Stevens is the co-founder of tiny house expedition, the DIY tiny house, dweller and advocate. Along with our partner Christian Parsons, they inspire others to rethink housing through thought, provoking storytelling, educational events, and resource sharing.Their work includes the acclaimed educational documentary [00:01:00] series. Living tiny legally. Living, tiny legally. It was featured on Washington post NPR business, insider parade magazine, curved entry, hugger. Cool. What were some of your takeaways from listening to this episode? Well, I'm in a real kick right now with mobile dwellings.So it's really fun to banter with Alexis who is equally wonky about tiny house on wheels regulations. The tiniest moment is very fractured and stealthy by nature. So it's fun to try to anticipate how the stealthy movement will actually play out. In the future technology has enabled mobile dwellings, like RVs vans, tiny homes, and park model RVs to be far more convenient and practical than they would have been for living 20 years ago.And I expect that we will look back almost consoling only to the days when tiny houses on wheels weren't even legal to live in, in residential zones. And think how weird it was that we didn't allow people to live in mobile dwellings. Kelsey, what were some of your takeaways? Alexis is incredibly personable and we had a great time chatting with her.She has traveled the country in search of knowledge [00:02:00] and experience of how tiny house communities are collecting and advocating to improve local regulations, to make this lifestyle more accessible. Let's get to our interview with Alexis. Kol Peterson: As, as Kelcy was introducing you, my Alexa device was responding and I was like,oh shoot, ,that's going to happen this whole episode -got unplug that. That that must be so annoying. It is so annoying. Alexis Stephens: We recently filmed in like three tiny houses with Alexas and they had to turn them off and yeah, it gets old and Alexa got creepy. I don't know if it was because I was there and she felt competition, Kol Peterson: What a bummer, huh? [00:03:00] I mean, you can change for your own self. You can change the name of Alexa to somebody else, but like everybody else is still going to have the default Alexa. So it's going to pester you for the rest of your life. Your bio was just read, but let's just hear a little bit about your personal endeavors with living in tiny homes. Some people have a little bit of context for your history, with the you know, living in one. Alexis Stephens: Sure. Back in 2014 Christian and I ordered our, our trailer and built our tiny house over the next nine months.And he was the main builder, but I helped, I learned a lot of new skills and we had a lot of great help for friends and family. And like so many people in tiny houses, we fell pretty hard down the rabbit hole. Before we decided to build and research like crazy for, you know, for personal choice to simplify.It was a time in my life that where that just felt so right, [00:04:00] but I'm just an all or nothing person. And as I was researching, you know, I really fell in love with the movement and how creatively tiny homes are being used to address personal and community needs. And so I got the idea to travel around with our tiny house and document the movement.And so I pitched Christian on both at the same time, I was like, let's build a house. Like I want to build a house and I have this documentary idea. Do you want to do it with me? Because we'd only been dating for a year at that time when I pitched it. Fortunately he was a really good sport and really loved the idea of it.The rest is history. And after we finished our house at 2015, we ended up traveling for about four and a half years zigzagging across the United States, peaking into Canada. And it had just the most wonderful adventure. And most of that was around documenting as much as we could of the tiny house movement, the people, communities legal action that was happening.And then of course we threw in some, some fun stuff [00:05:00] and some family visits, but I'm really happy to say that now we just traveled three months out of the year and have a home base in central Oregon. Kol Peterson: Awesome. So this is not going to be so much focused on your personal experiences but rather the tiny house movement at large and specifically the regulatory things that are occurring in the U S so, and, you know, tying that into ADUs to some extent, but just more generally legalization of tiny homes on wheels.We're going to talk about your specific documentary series on that later, but let's talk more about the nuts and bolts of it. So can you attempt to define tiny homes on wheels? Alexis Stephens: Yeah, absolutely. You know, the term tiny house is a slippery one. That's for sure, especially in the media, but a tiny house on wheels, also known as a movable tiny house is built on a trailer using traditional housing materials and techniques for the most part, but at its core, it's a hybrid [00:06:00] structure that has a lot in common with like a travel trailer, as far as mobility, but with more durable materials construction, more kin to a traditional house than at RV, which makes it more suitable for a year round living, you know, think insulation, you know, is a big one.The difference between an RV and a tiny house is night and day it's, it's a residential house versus a camper. It's, that's what we're talking about. Kol Peterson: Would you say that there's a universally agreed upon definition of a tiny house on wheels in terms of size? Obviously it's on wheels. Aside from that, is there any other like core definitions that we should bear in mind or is it kind of all over the map? Alexis Stephens: The term is, is still squishy, so to speak. And, but I will say that in tiny house, on wheels or movable tiny house zoning ordinances it is starting to get a little bit more formalized.And in most of most of those you know, what I, a version of what I said and more formalized language [00:07:00] is, is becoming more widely accepted. Typically they'll say a chassis instead of a trailer. And, and in some areas, particularly California, they do like to distinguish a tiny house from an, a traditional RV, because, well, I'm sure we'll get into this word later.They are trying to discourage, you know, RVs in backyards and, and want something that looks like a cottage that resembles an ADU. Kol Peterson: So what roles do you see tiny homes on wheels playing in housing, a formal legal housing on residential properties?Alexis Stephens: You know, I love a tiny house on a residential property because it's so, so flexible is great as a caretaker unit and not necessarily, you know, it could go either way. It could be like your mom, your mom, you know, comes to live in your backyard. Cause you've had a baby and she just can't stand to be away, but you maybe can't send, have her in the house.You know, or vice versa where you, you or a [00:08:00] nurse comes and lives in a backyard in a temporary fashion to take care of someone. We just visited someone in Eldorado Hills, California doing just that. Her parents health is starting to wane and she lives on their property, but doesn't plan to be there forever.So very, very flexible. Yeah. Besides this, the caretaking idea is just another housing option. A long-term more affordable housing option. That's very mutually beneficial for the homeowner and the tiny dweller. You know, I think sometimes people look down on tiny houses on wheels in this like temporary mobile fashion that they are as, you know, taking advantage not paying their fair share.When in reality, the majority, I mean the majority of tiny houses in my personal experience on residential property are helping pay the mortgage, the property taxes. We just visited a great situation where a woman was divorced, a single income. [00:09:00] What is she going to do? Her whole life is there.And so she welcomed a couple of tiny houses onto her property to pay her bills. Kol Peterson: So sounds pretty similar to ADUs in that way. How would you differentiate the roles that tiny houses on wheels and ADUs can play in housing on residential properties?Alexis Stephens: You know, it's, there's a lot of similarities, like you said. I think the main difference is the flexibility, you know, it's flexible infill housing that can be removed as needed, which is kind of, kind of great because you know, dedicating to an ADU is a very long-term permanent situation where, you know, this, the cost of it alone, you know, I mean, you're not going to want to take it down once it's up where a tiny house like it, you know, if you need it to back could be gone for when you need to sell the house or if your situation changes.Kol Peterson: And I'll chime in with a couple of responses after my questions, because I have a lot of thoughts about this [00:10:00] too. So forgive me. So I would also say that tiny homes on wheels are vastly less expensive than ADUs in general. And B to your flexibility point. There, this opens up this whole other marketplace of potential things that don't yet exist, but marketplace actors such as third parties that could own the tiny houses and lease it to either the dweller or to the owner of the property could exist.Whereas with with ADUs, you could theoretically come up with some way to do that, but it would be really challenging. Tiny homes on wheels definitely afford some really innovative new business models. Alexis Stephens: Yeah, excellent points. You know, the cost is a big one. You know, it's, it's incredible how much money you can save when you, when you skip the foundation.And the price range of tiny houses. This is so great. I know people complain about that, but you really can get something that's suitable to you. And the loans are just becoming more available all the time. Kol Peterson: This wasn't one of my questions, but like how much does a tiny house costs, what is the range that you offer? And then can you briefly [00:11:00] speak to this financing option? Alexis Stephens: Sure the range is tricky because it varies greatly on size customization. The materials used. Also, we got the pandemic factor, you know, with prices going up. So I'll try to be a little bit more generous you know, on the low end from a builder $50,000 and that, and that might be pre pandemic times, but we'll say low ends, $50,000 high-end it's $115,000.The majority I would say would be probably between 65 and 90 from a builder. Now, if you have the time ability, ability to learn a place to build, you can build for much less by being resourceful. We certainly did. Of course I was many years ago, but we use a lot of salvage and reclaim materials that we got for free or low cost. Oftentimes the cost was our sweat equity into like tearing down the walls off an old farmhouse. [00:12:00] Those opportunities still exist, but it's just not accessible or realistic for everyone Kol Peterson: And financing? Alexis Stephens: So financing. So there are a number of credit unions who will lend for a tiny house. They're the biggest player.And then a number of personal loan. Oh, what's the word I'm looking for? That you can get personal loans from a lot of like online sources now. I would say the most, well-known right now is Liberty Bank of Utah. Even though the Utah bit, they service the nation and they work with a number of builders, they require certification.There's still feasibility, I think, for a DIYer, but they have very reasonable, reasonable terms. They do 15 to 20 year loans. So something that could be paid off much quicker maybe than a 30 year loan and I'm blanking on the, on the exact rates or whatnot, but they're lending all the time, which is fantastic.Now I'm like, oh, yay. [00:13:00] There's like a couple of handfuls, you know, I know this is a, a big country, but that's a big difference from a few years ago. Kol Peterson: Yeah. And I mean, there's both financing opportunities emerging as well as like insurance opportunities emerging. And we don't go into too many details on that, but one point I'll just make for people on the call and maybe you can respond to this.It's like ADU construction, loan financing is based on like GSE sponsored you know Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac sponsored Types of loans, whereas this type of loan is not secured against a property, is that correct? Alexis Stephens: Exactly. Yep. These are unsecured loans you know, personal loan. So, you know, there's ups and downsides with that.Oh, I also have to give a shout out to one of my favorite nonprofits is Operation Tiny Home. They have a fantastic grant program as a down payment assistance grant program. And what, you know, you think, well, what's the down payment on a tiny house, you know, for some people it's a drop in the hat, but for a lot of people who really do need to get into affordable housing and can't [00:14:00] afford a monthly, tiny house payment. And you know, probably a lot lease too, they, they struggle with the upfront money and that's where operation tiny home comes in. They're also launching a secondary grant program. If you haven't heard of them, I highly recommend you check it out.Kol Peterson: People sometimes ask me like how many people would actually want to really want to live in an ADU. And I'm like pretty much any one and two person household could definitely live in ADU. It's not, it's not that big of a deal to downsize to 800 square feet or 1000 square feet or whatever.And, you know, that might seem like a weird concept to downsize to an ADU, but once you've been in an ADU, you see that they're actually just like, you know, decent, a good size, comfortable, luxurious. Tiny homes on wheels are a little bit different. They're significantly smaller, oftentimes 200 square feet.So with that factor in mind, but other factors as well, what percentage of the US population would realistically consider living in a tiny house on wheels if they were just as [00:15:00] legitimate as a single family house in terms of the legal structure for doing so? Alexis Stephens: Yeah, those are really good question. You know, for, I like to preface by saying, I often find that tiny houses on wheels work really well for a number of people for a season of their life: starter home, retirement home, transition out of divorce. Raise my hand here. There's a lot of ways that tiny house would fit, but not forever. For most people. Fortunately, there was a study done at the end of 2020 by a Fidelity National Financial affiliate and it's not a huge sampling, I think only 3000, but nonetheless 56% said that they would consider living in a tiny home.That's huge. I think. And I mean, and more than that 86% said they were considering it as a first time home or as a retirement option. And I do feel like that reflects where we are awareness wise of tiny houses, [00:16:00] say from 2014 to 2021, you know, the shows helped make it cool, you know, with a lot of unrealistic expectations, but now people, you know, it's, it's rough out there.And I think, you know, a lot of people living in a room for most of their adult life, you know, in a shared housing situation, you know, if you think about it in that context, all the single people out there, there's more single people than ever people without children. And if you're used to having your roommate.What's that difference between a room in a tiny house, really at the end of the day, except that you get a kitchen and a bathroom?Can you review some of the common regulatory barriers that tiny houses on wheels suffer from in terms of placing them on residential? Yeah. So I mean, very generically building code requirements zoning, you know, but you know, I'll dig into that more. I think really what I've heard the most [00:17:00] is cities just saying, "I don't know how to deal with the tiny house. Like where does it fit? Is it an RV?" And there's a lot of communities that are very opposed to having RVs around. And so I think, and there's a reluctance to. There's a reluctance to go outside of the box, you know, because it requires more work and a lot of aggravation from maybe say some NIMBY groups who don't want, you know, poverty, you know, poor people, housing, as some people see it close to them, because it really what's amazing to me is that you can create a tiny house zoning ordinance overnight.I mean, it doesn't take long. I mean, in the, the ones that exist out there, it can happen in two months. It can happen in two years. You know what the difference is is people, I'll just be frank, bitching and moaning about it, because it's not that hard, especially now where you have templates for big cities, small cities you know, it's really easy to [00:18:00] copy and paste. I think it's important to note, which, you know, this is pretty elementary, but you know, there are still a minimum square footage requirements. And, you know, in certain areas that especially who work on outdated versions of, of building code you know, I, I really love seeing the California and I think we might get into this later, California is embracing like some RV standards because building departments are overloaded.And so I can't understand that this is a real challenge because figuring out how to use the residential building code to apply to a movable structure is really tricky. You know, the IRC, appendix Q can address a movable tiny house from the trailer up, and then really you can use alternative means and methods to address the trailer.But it, it just is something that requires a lot of extra work that I, I don't think cities are that willing to do.Kol Peterson: Some of the common barriers , going into the building codes a little bit, from my vantage are things like minimum headroom [00:19:00] requirements. Like you have to have six foot eight inches of headroom on the lower level, not to mention the upper level and tiny house. And the wheels are 13 and a half feet high because they have to be road legal in order to be pulled down the highway once in their life or twice in their life or whatever.And it's almost impossible, therefore, to fit a legal second story, which is by default where most sleeping areas are in tiny homes on wheels, because you don't want to put it on the ground level because there isn't enough space because it's such a small structure because it can only be eight and a half feet wide.And that's just one example of a building code regulation that doesn't really mesh well Alexis Stephens: Yeah, and actually I'm such a tiny nerd that I realize maybe not everyone knows what appendix Q is. So appendix Q was created for houses 400 square feet and, and below to address some of those exact things like head height, emergency egress alternative.Vertical access to the loft, you know, allowing for ship's ladder, which take up much less floor space. Cause it's very hard to get a code compliance set of stairs [00:20:00] in a house that's under 300 square feet, you know, most times. And so it really looked at those pain points and, and addressed them and made it much easier.There is a catch it's a fabulous step forward, the catch is, it doesn't encompass everything for instance, you know, in the code, which I find ridiculous there's things like how much room you got to have around your toilet or whatever for servicing purposes has nothing to do with safety. Why is that a requirement?And then the law comes down to the inspector then, right? Having an inspector who looks at what you're doing, let me pause and say that in the Lake Dallas Tiny Home Village in Texas, this is the first community on a local level that adopted the appendix Q and then applied it to moveable tiny houses.And what they did is they require a tie down requirement and that you have to be skirted and have your electrical connection inspected locally. The houses also have to be inspected by a third [00:21:00] party. Now, what I know is a third-party inspector. In this case, he will look at the tiny house. Does it meet the appendix Q? Does it meet the intent of the code? Not so much the letter of the code sometimes. Kol Peterson: I think there's a, as you alluded to, there's a host of different building code barriers, aside from just leaving sleeping lofts, insulation requirements. If you have an eight and a half foot wide, tiny house, you can really only fit two by fours. Two by fours aren't you can't meet the insulation energy code requirements for a lot of jurisdictions.You can't easily put in guardrails to get up to the front deck to get inside to the tiny house. There isn't, as you mentioned, you know, the minimum room sizes of 70 square feet. My opinion is we're trying to put like a square peg in a round hole with this stuff, and I'm really hesitant to try to formalize or squeeze tiny house on wheels, development regulations within conventional IRC codes for all of these reasons.Alexis Stephens: I can really appreciate [00:22:00] that. It does feel that way. And I mean, it's just amazing how dense, you know, the IRC has become over the years and I think you nailed it. It just doesn't, it feels like apples and oranges sometimes. It shouldn't be that hard, but you know, stuff doesn't work on common sense, you know, unfortunately. Kol Peterson: And yet to the average person, it seems very odd that tiny homes on wheels that look cute, look like adorable ADUs, are not allowed. What's your perspective on this in terms of common perception of, you know, 'Hey, why, why shouldn't I be allowed to live in this tiny house?' Alexis Stephens: Yeah, great question. I'm wearing a home is where you park it shirt today. But oftentimes I wear, I have a legalized tiny shirt and I also have a bumper sticker that says that I can't tell you the number of people who stopped me to say, well, what do you mean by that?It's a great conversation starter. So I don't wear it if I don't want to talk to people , I'll tell you that much, because I think people [00:23:00] are like, are very confused by the idea that it wouldn't be allowed. Why not? One, I see it on TV and it's like, I don't, it's like, I'm not trying to talk down to people about, you know, by saying I see it on TV.Therefore it should be a thing, but, but really on a grassroots level, we don't get educated on building codes and zoning and land use and all this stuff. The average person that was very little about that. And I, I think because of that, you know, people miss out on opportunities that exist to them, especially in places where there are ADUs, for instance, because they're not aware of it.If you're not a super nerd. I digress a little bit. You know, I think a lot of common sense kind of people say, well, it seems practical to me is a great idea. I could just stick it in my yard. And voila, , I got a place for the kid when he comes home for college or whatever, people, people understand more and more people understand the flexibility of the use.And so it is kind of [00:24:00] befuddling is that a word that they're not allowed? Kol Peterson: Maybe tell us a little bit about THIA. . And what is the mission of THIA with regard to legalization of tiny homes in residential zones? Alexis Stephens: Cool. So THIA is the tiny home industry association is currently the leading advocacy organization in the United States that we also collaborate with folks in other countries, especially Canada.So we are on a mission to advocate for regulation changes develop standards, promote best practices, basically for the wide spread use of tiny homes as permanent and permissible housing. We try many approaches towards making permanent and permissible housing happen and using different tools that are available, whether it be RV standards, residential standards you know, we focus a lot on the movable tiny house, but we also do, we are huge fans of, [00:25:00] of ADUs.And so I mean, we often do tell people, like if you, if your town is having a meeting on ADUs, a hearing on it, show up, this is for you because the first step and a lot of, a lot of times is to get ADUs allowed. And then, and then that leads the way to having the, the movable tiny house conversation.Kol Peterson: What are some of the current regulatory approaches that you've observed in terms of legalizing tiny homes on wheels on residential properties?Alexis Stephens: The most common right now in the most places. And most of those are in California, but they are sprinkled in cities across the nation is allowing moveable tiny houses as ADUs. So I know I really love that Portland didn't classify them as ADUs so that people can have multiple structures on their property.That makes a lot of sense to me, but where it has I think why the movable tiny houses ADU has really taken off [00:26:00] is, is because that it bypasses the way these ordinances are written, it bypasses the building department in that they require them to be built to RV standards. Oftentime requires a certification and this takes a pressure off of an overloaded building department and allows the permitting to be done on a much more expedited level to, to meet, you know, the.The housing crisis, you know, just, this is, I love about the cities who've embraced this, it's like finally saying, 'Hey, we have a crisis. Maybe we should do something different. Maybe we should allow something and actually expedite it so that people can implement these on their properties much more quickly.' And I think that has a lot of appeal to communities are really struggling.So we try to hit on that a lot at THIA is, you know, look how practical and easy this can be. And yeah, so I that's, that's probably the best approach right now on the whole. And it makes the most sense, especially with land costs, to really focus on getting them on [00:27:00] residential properties and people using the ADU is the best way for people to wrap their head around it.Kol Peterson: The tiny house on wheels being built to as a movable tiny house under the ADU code. Is there other parts that you've seen elsewhere in the country aside from Portland, which we can talk about briefly? Alexis Stephens: Sure. So I mean, there's not, that's not a ton. That's that's the primary one though. There are a few pocket neighborhoods and like I mentioned, Lake Dallas is great. There's another one and Durango, Colorado called Escalante village, both very, very similar where they use planned unit development ordinance they, they put it in an.Not always the most desirable place. So Lake Dallas is just walking distance to downtown. And they use a residential code but amended locally for the, to apply for the trailer to get over that that hurdle. And in those instances, those are cities where the RV [00:28:00] code didn't seem attractive to them.And they like having a place for tiny houses, right. They like, they need a place, they need a park. And part of me doesn't like that because it's like, we shouldn't be pushing them to the fringes, but on the other hand, I've stayed in a lot of tiny home communities and they could be a wonderful environment to live in.So I'm okay. I'm okay with that idea, especially I love Lake Dallas and some of the others you know, they're set up very much like a traditional pocket neighborhood was shared green space and landscaped very nicely. So it does feel like a neighborhood and not like an RV park Kol Peterson: As somebody who's developed like a RV park for tiny homes on wheels. When, you know, one of the issues with, with designating or historically with like both RVs and with tiny homes on wheels would be that you can only do that within commercial zones. Commercial zones are more expensive. And if you can afford to do it in the size lot that you need, it's going to be on the fringe the walkable bikeable area, if at all. And so [00:29:00] like, yeah, it's a problem, you know, from a zoning perspective, if you're designating it designating, you know, RVs or tiny homes solely to parks you're, you know, essentially relegating them out of existence because of the economic, or at least in desirable, walkable bikeable areas because of the nature of how cities are zoned and the cost of real estate.Let's briefly talk about Portland's code innovations. Take a crack at spelling out what you think Portland did differently than other jurisdictions have done with, with in terms of legalizing tiny homes on wheels on residential propertiesPortland is a fabulously progressive ordinance regarding tiny houses and RVs, which began with an emergency housing ordinance a handful of years ago where they temporarily allowed them on residential property with some minimal restrictions. And as it was getting the sunset this year, Great group of [00:30:00] advocates, including yourself you know, help to rally, to push the city, to create a permanent pathway for that.And the city very gladly embraced that. And so now tiny houses and RVs are allowed on residential property with minimal restrictions and tools to help overcome hurdles like hookup fees like sewer hookup fees by providing a grant program. But what's special about this is why they're on residential property.Alexis Stephens: They do not, they are not classified as ADUs. So a homeowner can still build an ADU and have an RV or a tiny house on their property. Which is really wonderful. . I think those are, those are some of the big points. And, and, you know, importantly they're not required to be built to park model RV standards.Kol Peterson: And so when you were really, when you were alluding to the movable tiny homes, you, you mentioned have to build, be built to RV standards. Isn't it true that they have to be built to park model RV standards. And are those the same as RV [00:31:00] standards or is that a category of RV standards? Alexis Stephens: Oh, that's a great question.Both, both are, in some cases, either one is utilized I mean an RVs and RVs, just either a park model, a travel trailer in the, and the main difference, you know, in abroad in broad strokes is size and and you know, just to keep it really simple, you really get in the weeds, but at the end of the day, they're, they're very similar.Kol Peterson: Interesting. Okay. I didn't, I didn't realize that I thought there was maybe more differentiation between the two, but I mean, one, one difference that comes to mind is like motorized non-motorized isn't that? I mean, cause you can have like. A motorized RV, but that's not what we're talking. Alexis Stephens: Yeah. Fair, fair point. In the United States, when we use the word RV, we are referring to motorized and non-motorized RVs and it's true in the, the park model category is never motorized.. Where the travel trailer side of it can be, we'll see, I say travel trailer, but it's [00:32:00] travel trailer, motor home because I had had enough coffee and I'm blanking on the exact names of the codes at this moment and I don't want to say the wrong thing. But when you're outside a park model, it can be motorized. But in any time where you have a tiny house on residential property, they specify a non-motorized RV. Even if they use park model code, they just go out of their way just to say, you know, we don't want a house truck, you know, we're talking about something, built on the chassis period.,Kol Peterson: Of the approaches that you've seen, have you seen any evidence of which ones are actually working in terms of tiny houses on wheels being put on the ground in residential properties? Alexis Stephens: I'll tell you what's widely successful in a range of small cities, large cities, rural counties more urban counties is making the pitch that a tiny house on wheels is no different than an ADU except for the chassis.And of course, we just talked about all the, the various nuances, but let's face it. The world doesn't run on nuance, [00:33:00] unfortunately, as much as we'd like it to. But Dan Fitzpatrick, who's the president of THIA, is an incredible advocate and we're so lucky to have him. And he, he created this wonderful presentation that all our members have access to and can customize for their local area.But we have seen it's incredible. We have seen how showing how the, the numbers make sense how it could be a really great investment for a primary homeowner to create a spot for a tiny house in the backyard.It really it's really seems to hit home. The key is to change some of the details. So that you're not talking, you're not talking about LA. when you're in a small Texas town, you got to, you got to make it in a way that feels relatable to them. And that's the benefit of where we are today is that so many different size places have accepted it, that you can slightly change the wording to be more appealing. I know this is oversimplified, but like it's incredibly effective. Kol Peterson: Tiny houses on wheels have an embedded DIY [00:34:00] ethos. It's really stemming from the figurative godfather of the tiny house movement, Jay Shafer. What are your thoughts about the differentiation of RVs or similarities to RVs in terms of the development of tiny homes on wheels?Alexis Stephens: Okay. So I guess there's two, two bits here on the differences. You know, a tiny house on wheels, you know, for the most part is highly insulated, sturdy, customizable, huge difference. Okay. This is not really possible in an RV. That's mostly stapled together. I mean, let's face it. That's how most RVs are.Of course you can renovate an RV and it can look beautiful, but it's not going to change the bones of the structure. And a tiny house on wheels can hold up more like the life of a residential structure, unlike an RV that after 10, 15 years is looking pretty rough. Especially without proper upkeep. Now even though they can be moved most only move a tiny house one to three times ever in their ownership of that tiny [00:35:00] house, and that's typically for big life changes. And that's a big thing to point out because unlike an RV, a tiny house does tend to be a little taller and heavier. Though there has been innovation in steel framing kits to help reduce weight of some tiny houses on wheels.But in RV as much more can be much more agile on the road. Not always, there's some beast out there. So that's that really boils it down. There's a very similar footprint, you know, between 16 to 40 foot long, typically eight and a half feet wide. Now I do want to let people know you can build a tiny house that's 10 foot wide with a very low cost wide load permit. It's when you get wider than that, where it gets complicated with moving where you might need to have a follow car and that sort of thing. And the DIY aspect of it. Yeah. So of course, small homes, tiny homes really have been around since forever in its truest sense of just like square footage. And the RV in the 20th century really led the [00:36:00] way to tiny houses as, as artisan and, and creative tinkers started playing around with building different custom things that could, that could be mobile.I think that's really like, that's a really where I think the movable tiny house came from was from totally from the RV world. Just so happens that Jay Schaffer who built a residential style house on a trailer in 1999, really popular, popularized it. Course he was on Oprah. She's a big tastemaker. So, you know, word gets out.But what I love about Jay's roots and, and the creative RV folks is that there's something very American about it, very very much bootstrapping people getting creative and that's like, Jay he's like, 'Wow, okay. Building codes are really restrictive. I dunno where I wanna live. You know, I want to do something that [00:37:00] fits me.That's not available in the market. So he built himself, the teeniest tiniest house on a trailer that he could move around to try to skirt these rules. And you know, on one day you can say, you know, he's rule breaking, but on the other hand, you can say, no, this guy is bootstrapping something that works for him.And that's something that I love about the DIY aspect of the movement. And as it's become more popular, there's less people building their own home, but that's a good thing. And the reason why it's a good thing is not because I don't think you can build a safe home yourself. It's because more people have access to tiny homes than they used to, which means that we're doing something right, because not everyone realistically can build their own home.Kol Peterson: Tell us about the third party certification process that DIY builders can use to build the park model RV standards. Alexis Stephens: Sure. So the real quick, the quick thing about certification, is it certifies that [00:38:00] you're an RV and that just gives you flexibility for, for parking.So you could park an RV park without any problems you can park and cities that have a certification requirement, which is more and more all the time. The main benefit of it is it's accountability, making sure some key things are done correctly. It's definitely not as stringent as building code, but there are third party certifiers like Pacific West Tiny Homes that do a remote certification process for both professionals and DIYers.Kol Peterson: What order of magnitude would you guess there are people actually living full time in tiny homes on wheels and in RVs in the U.S. And I'm not, you know, you might not know the exact answer, but order of magnitude, are we talking a hundred, a thousand, 10,000 or a million Alexis Stephens: Good question. That's a tricky one.RVs is easier because of the RVIA and the way they track things. According [00:39:00] to them, there's maybe more than a million Americans living in RVs full time. I could totally believe that tiny houses on wheels, there are so many people under the radar. We don't have a registration system, but I would say more in the like tens of thousands you know, to be on the safe side,Kol Peterson: What are some aspirations that you have for the tiny house movement in the coming years? Alexis Stephens: I would love to see a cascading ripple effect from what's already been started, which is more local, tiny house ADU ordinances. I love that Oakland is following suit in Portland's footsteps, doing something very similar.I would love to see more people do that because if we want more housing and shelter options, now the way to do it is to make it as easy as possible. And that's what Portland has done. Maine just passed the tiny house state law that says, 'Hey, tiny houses on wheels can be primary and accessory dwellings' .That doesn't solve local [00:40:00] issues.It still has to get, have local approvals. But what it does is it takes away the question we hear all the time. How do I deal with it? Well, the state just told you how you can deal with it now, write it in, get it over with, I mean, so, you know, what's exciting is now having more east coast and west coast examples.There's something for everyone. And so if we can really just get more officials to take this housing crisis, seriously, we can say here's a menu. Which one do you like the best let's let's get this party started. Kol Peterson: Tell us about your new book and your documentary series on legalizing tiny homes and your YouTube channel.Alexis Stephens: So we wrote a book it's coming out September. It's the beginner's guide to tiny houses what you need to know about 400 square foot living or under. It's a really fantastic, thorough overview of all the various aspects of the tiny house world. Useful for people who are complete beginners, but even if you have dipped your toes into the water, I know you're going to learn something new from this book and our [00:41:00] documentary series.So we have a YouTube channel, tiny house expedition, where we cover the, the diverse and dynamic aspects of the tiny house world. And we're now working on third part of our documentary series, living tiny legally. And this one is really going to focus on the implementation of the most exciting tiny house ordinances and laws that exist out there from LA, Portland, Lake Dallas, which is a very small community and to show people what, what does it look like?Because it was, is charming and there's nothing like a charming visual to influence it, but then what are the particulars like? How does the permitting work in the infrastructure? . Kelcy King: That wraps up the interview portion of this episode of the ADU hour. As a reminder, these episodes are the edited audio version of interviews that we conducted via a webinar series. Good news. You can access the full video series via Kol's website, [00:42:00] BuildinganADU.com. Now for the second half of the show I curate questions from the audience that gives our guests the opportunity to dive deeper into a topic or address new ideas and questions.Alexis Stephens: So from Joseph, how has title or deed regarding to tiny homes versus ADUs?Very different, I guess, cause it's personal property bringing personal property. So it's not really associated with those at all. Kol Peterson: And, and, and by extension it's also generally speaking, not going to be taxed as real estate, which is a nice, nice advantage of a mobile dwelling versus fixed dwelling such as and ADU. .Kelcy King: Do you have any experience to share on prefab in tiny houses? Alexis Stephens: Not a lot, but I will say that some of the biggest, tiny house builders or manufacturers out there can, can do multiple kinds of tiny homes like California Tiny House is a great example. And the modular code is very friendly to the tiny house world that they don't call it that, but it can, it can be used to easily build a [00:43:00] movable structure, which is great.Kelcy King: I think this is from Gary and it was from earlier in the show. So I think that you guys touched on it. But just to reiterate, can you recommend a good, tiny home ordinance that might be a good starting point. Alexis Stephens: Good question. It might, to me, it's going to depend on what size community you live in but I will look at what's happening in California. And if you go to the tinyhomeindustryassociation.org, search California on the blog, you're going to see a variety of different size communities. And they're all very similar, but there's some, some nuances, so that's a good place to start.Kol Peterson: And I'm going to give a shout out to Portland's code.. I think it's a different approach. And I think, I think this is one of those areas where there's room for experimentation there isn't, you know, it's not evident yet to me that there's any one best approach yet. And I think we really need more experience with this and more data to support ideas of what is actually going to be the, you know, the best or most effective set of [00:44:00] regulations.But, but that, that not withstanding, I think Alexis suggestion and needing on the T H I is content is, is a good suggestion for now.. Alexis Stephens: Great. Yeah, I agree. It's an all of the above approaches so we can see what sticks Kelcy King: Where do you recommend people get started with figuring out what zoning and permitting requirements are for their area?Alexis Stephens: You want to call your city planning department and ask them you can, a lot of times there's information on the website I've learned. I know people have learned the hard way is that sometimes things don't get updated from the website. So research ahead of time and then verify in person or on by the phone.Kelcy King: Do you know of any tiny houses going into traditional mobile home parks?Alexis Stephens: I do. And Durango, Colorado. Again, this is just one of my great examples because they're so traditional mobile home park and they have Tiny Town. They have a section for movable, tiny houses in it. This is one of, of numerous [00:45:00] examples of this happening.It's one of those grandfathered in old mobile home parks. So I don't think they have any requirements or certification. So it's pretty lax, which is great.Kelcy King: Are there any third-party inspectors who inspect IRC rather than ANSI? Alexis Stephens: Yes. The one-off, I mean, you could probably find them everywhere. I would say if you, if you want Lake Dallas, tiny home village, you go to their website. They, I think they have a link. The third party inspector they use. And they've had a really great experience with him. Really gets tiny homes. Yeah.Kelcy King: For the places that are allowing tiny houses, what requirements are put on the landowners such as concrete pads, what kind of hookups are required? Alexis Stephens: Great question. I know this, this can vary. Sometimes the pad is required. It could be gravel.Doesn't have to be concrete. Sometimes not, but often they are required to hook up to the primary homeowner's sewer. Sometimes they have to go to the street. It depends on the community. It's not always required to have a separate electrical [00:46:00] hookup, like a 30 amp or 50 amp. In some cases you can run directly like extension cord style from the main house.Go cold. You want to, Kol Peterson: Yeah, I'll speak to the utility connection protocols in Portland briefly. Number one, you do not have to have a parking pad at all. You could put it. Grass grass. I wouldn't recommend that recommend hard tap gravel or concrete, but you could do it on grass. You do not have to have plumbing, connections if there's no internal plumbing within the tiny house on wheels or RV. But if there is internal plumbing, then you do have to have a hose connection, which could be the primary house or a dedicated hose bib. For sewer, you would have to do it, a sewer clean out that it is compliant with however they're going to spec out the regulations for that, probably just a clean-out or perhaps a proper RV sewer cleanout.And then you do have to have a dedicated circuit, 30 amp or 50 amp circuit for the mobile dwelling. Kelcy King: Practically speaking, how do you prepare the electric and water [00:47:00] sewer and hookups for a tiny home? Alexis Stephens: Well, I think we discovered a little bit of that. You know, typically a tiny house is going to be like 30 amp or 50 amp.And so I mean, that's, that's very typical. They'll have a water inlet a lot like an RV. So it's really, I dunno, that's about it on that. Yeah. Kol Peterson: Part of the elegance of this is it's so easy and so inexpensive to do the setup for these types of homes. It's going to be, you know, roughly $10,000 to get up, to get the infrastructure and parking pad put in.So again, this is like vastly less expensive than an ADU.. And, and what I'm telling people in Portland now that it's legal is when you're putting in an ADU , you put in a parking pad or put in the connections for water, sewer, and electrical connection for an RV/tiny house. You don't have to use it. It's going to cost almost nothing. And then you can have an ADU and a tiny house on wheels if, and when you want it, but you don't have to put the tiny house on wheels there ever, if you don't want to, because [00:48:00] it's just, it's a marginal cost addition to that type of infrastructural improvement to your property.Kelcy King: Could it be helpful in extending uptake of movable tiny houses to develop ways to make them attachable detachable to foundation? Alexis Stephens: Yes. And that's something that has been explored and you know, is interesting thing. I think it could really be, I mean, you can make it complicated or you can make a really simple, a really simple way I'd say is like, if you had a pad and you had tie downs and then you skirted it and I mean, that's as simple as you can get, you could get more complicated where you're taking off the axles and that sort of thing, but kind of like why.But that is something I, a lot of folks have, have explored to, to overcome that. And it does make a lot of sense if you built to appendix Q standards from the trailer up and you can have affix to some kind of foundation system, it'd be great if they, if a community accepted a mobile home foundation system. Cause that would also keep it very simple. [00:49:00] Kol Peterson: I baulk a little bit at,at tying to concrete pads in that at least in Portland, like there, we don't have hurricanes tornadoes, like, do we really need to do that? I've never seen a need for that. Do you actually think there's a need for that or is that just a way to comply with IRC essentially?Alexis Stephens: I think that's just a comply. It's like a, it's a thing it's like, sure. You want that? Sure. You know, there's a tiny community and North Texas, they have tie-downs because it's high winds in tornado alley, you know, of course you're not going to survive a tornado, but the high winds that come sweeping through there, it makes sense for them.Otherwise it doesn't make a lot of sense in that the trailer the axles and the wheels, you know, are meant to, to hold the weight actually quite nice. When there's a little bit of, of, of wind, you know, it's very sturdy. You don't feel like you're in a boat or anything, but I'm willing to make little compromises to, to make it legal in more places. The thing is like we've parked in so many places. We don't worry about being legally permitted permitted. It doesn't mean we don't want [00:50:00] to, but like, we're just okay with the risk, because at the end of the day, it's a neighbor complaints where we currently are all the neighbors like us, we've proven to be responsible and respectful neighbors.And that works for us. Kol Peterson: Yeah. And you know, part of the elegance of the tiny house movement is it's inherently like a flexible way that if you get busted, you can move, you know, like, and that's, that's part of the beauty of this, the way this whole movement Kelcy King: Betsy would like to know where we can link to the Portland code and any progress in tiny home village ordinances, small camps, parks, or urban infill?Kol Peterson: I'll I'll take the first one you take the second one. The tiny house on wheels regulations for the City of Portland have not yet been posted, but they will be posted by August 1st, 2021, which is when they will be legalized. So that's when you can start to find the real regulations that will be enacted on Portland's website.So you'll just have to Google it. Alexis? Alexis Stephens: In regards to villages and developments a couple favorite examples again, Lake [00:51:00] Dallas Tiny Home village- that's just a killer one. Very different would be Tiny Tranquility, which is on the Oregon coast where they use like a campground ordinance. And he weaved a really fine line with those guys is where he had approved that our tiny house was an RV, but then also how to make the case for them being attractive as a community.So really, really odd. He's a lawyer and he's really good. And his name is Josh Palmer - the developer there, and he'd be a great person to talk to. Kelcy King: Any experience with composting toilets permitted in tiny homes rather than sewer or septic hookups? Alexis Stephens: Composting toilets are allowed in very few places. You know, there is an Oregon you can technically, I don't know, not even a tiny house it's complicated. I think more likely is if you really want one, like you feel passionate about it is that you just have to plumb it and then switch it out. Or go under the radar. How do landlord tenant enforcement situations come into play or also, are there a two-part question? So [00:52:00] we'll, let's start there and then we'll come back to that one. Well, that's a tricky one. If it's an under the radar situation, like so many of us, they, they don't it's just an informal agreement and I think it'd be very hard to have anything legally binding, but you know what, I haven't really explored that topic too much in places where it has been allowed officially and that I would love to Kol, do you have anything on that? Kol Peterson: It's an extremely interesting and complicated question. So I, I think landlord tenant law is going to apply in Portland. But I am not certain how all that's going to play out. I think it's going to be a really interesting process as we go through the formal codification of legalization of mobile dwellings on residential properties. I think it's going to open up a whole new set of questions about that particular issue, because the owner of the residential property might not own the tiny house on wheels. Right? And so are they, you know, so who's, who's responsible for [00:53:00] a roof issue that causes mold in the walls or whatever. Well, it's obviously not the owner of the property if they're not on the tiny house. So anyway, I don't know the answer to that question yet, but it will be litigated over time I'm sure. .Kelcy King: And then last question, are people using any tiny house models for people with disabilities? You know?Alexis Stephens: Yes. Typically more foundation-based is used for that though. I have seen a couple interesting proof of concepts on a movable chassis for that involving ramps and typically a wider, tiny house.But there's some really great non-profit groups, including some habitat for humanity affiliates in this great group in North Carolina, Tiny Houses on Penny Lane is the name of their village. I can't remember the nonprofit name, but they're specifically developing a proof of concept village for tiny homes for people with disabilities.Kol Peterson: I just want to mention that we have a tiny house on wheels that is built to ADA's actual ADA standards. [00:54:00] So it's been done because we did it. 10 feet wide.Kelcy King: What type of vehicle is needed to move a tiny house? Alexis Stephens: Typically, you're going to need a half ton or one ton truck pickup truck. We tow, we through our partnership with U haul. We towed our house for many years with a U- Haul box truck. And it's a great option.If your house is 10,000 pounds or under and bumper pool, I'd like to share that because I think in this day and age of, of fires being so common that if you needed something in a pinch and you don't own a truck, because remember most people don't move. So they hire a professional or typically to do it.But if you're stuck in a situation, you don't know anyone with a pickup truck, U Haul could be an option. If you're not a gooseneck. [00:55:00]

PwS Quote: Adversity causes people to breakdown whiles it gives others the opportunity to break records. In this episode we featured Snowden McFall, M.A.T, professional speaker, tv host, corporate trainer, and author of 6 books, is owner of Brightwork and Fired Up Professional Speaking and Coaching.  A business expert who speaks on motivation, stress management, burnout and confident public speaking,  Snowden's book, Fired Up!, has now sold over 65,000 copies. Her newest book is Stress Express: 15 Instant Stress Relievers. She is currently writing a book on women and overwhelm. She is also the host of Ignite Success! a TV show which airs on ABC and YouTube® in Jacksonville, Fl. USA   Snowden received her BA from Vassar College and her Masters of Arts in Teaching from Brown University, in the United States. As co- founder of the non-profit group “Success for Women Entrepreneurs” in New Hampshire, Snowden's volunteer work led to national media attention. The United States Small Business Administration named her National Women in Business Advocate of the Year which led to a White House ceremony & Congressional luncheon in her honor.  Inc. Magazine later chose Snowden as finalist for “New England Entrepreneur of the Year.” Snowden has appeared on 336 radio shows, CNN Financial News, The Home Shopping Network and Bloomberg Television.  Featured in Success Magazine, Investors Business Daily and Foxnews.com as an expert on burnout, Snowden has been speaking for over 25 years and has addressed several thousand professionals in companies like Pepsico, Vistakon, Fidelity National Financial and more. Snowden was voted Small Business Leader of the Year by the Professional Women’s Council for both 2021 and 2009, and is a graduate of Leadership Jacksonville. She received the President’s Volunteer Service Award from President Obama and was named a Woman of Influence by the Jacksonville Business Journal.  In 2020, she became a Certified Money Breakthrough Business Coach for women, coaching them in confident public speaking and making more money.  www.firedupnow.com Snowden shared with us her life story from growing up in an alcoholic family with a terminally ill mother who became sick when she was 6 and died when I was 21 years old.  For the the first 25 years of her life, she did not speak up, she followed the submission pattern of her mother.  But she got therapy, woke up and learned to claim the power of her voice.  As a child of alcoholics, she still works on myself everyday. SUBSCRIBE & BE NOTIFIED FOR MORE INSPIRING EPISODES BI-WEEKLY. CLICK ON https://youtube.com/channel/UC9CwgBb1bsaOHWHdCVsEYaA  

Bill Risser is the General Manager - USA for RateMyAgent. He joined the Australia based company in September 2020. Previously, Bill spent 20 years with Fidelity National Financial. After ten years as a Branch Manager in the Phoenix area, Bill helped create the V.P. Digital Strategy's role, helping real estate agents, lenders, and other real estate professionals navigate the ever-changing world of digital engagement/technology.Bill also produces and hosts The Real Estate Sessions podcast. The show is in year six with over 270 interviews, featuring local and national industry leaders. The podcast was awarded the 2019 Inman Innovator Award for podcasting.One of the reasons for me interviewing Bill is that his podcast has inspired me for years. It has kept me company on many long flights over the years and he continues to inspire me with his consistency and quality of interviews and guests.In this episode, Bill and I chat about the power of podcasting and Bill shares tips for getting started with a podcast, lessons learned, best practices, favorite equipment and so much more. If you have a podcast or have ever thought about starting a podcast - take a listen to this episode!Additional resources: RateMyAgent.com TheRealEstateSessions.com Bill on Facebook Bill on Twitter Bill on Instagram Video: My 33 Year Love Affair with Barbra Streisand Podcast: Interview with Kristi Kennelly Do you have ideas for topics for our podcast for 2020? Email me at katie@katielance.com Visit me at KatieLance.com for more info about my speaking, consulting and our #​GetSocialSmart Academy​ Follow me on Instagram for more behind-the-scenes into my life and business @katielance (Enjoying this podcast? Tag me on IG and let me know!)

Don't miss this insightful and dynamic episode of the Fintech Hunting Podcast where we discuss: How business has changed since the pandemic, what are the biggest challenges facing our industry today, leveraging technology in the mortgage lending space, Artificial Intelligence (AI), where our industry is heading over the next three to six months and so much more with industry icon Patrick Stone Executive Chairman & Founder, Williston Financial Group. Patrick Stone has enjoyed a lengthy career in real estate and real estate related services, including “C-level” officer positions with three public companies and as a director on two Fortune 500 Boards. His senior executive management positions included nine years as President and COO of the nation’s largest title insurance company, Chairman and Co-CEO of a software company and CEO of a real estate data and information company. Pat has served as Vice-Chairman of Metrocities Mortgage, a 2005 top twenty mortgage lender, and as Chairman of The Stone Group, an Austin, Texas-based tenant-rep brokerage company. He has also served on the boards of Fidelity National Financial, First American Corporation, FNIS, MicroGeneral, SKLD, World Minerals, Green Street Advisors, DigitalMap, Homegain, RedVision, and Wystein Capital. Currently, Pat serves as Executive Chairman and Founder of Williston Financial Group, as well as on the boards of Nassau Reinsurance, Transmodus, Trysting Tree Golf Club, and Inman News, who named him one of 2013’s “100 Most Influential People in Real Estate” and one of the “Top 101 Real Estate Industry Doers” in 2015. Pat received Housing Wire’s coveted Vanguard Award in 2019, Progress in Lending’s Lending Luminary Awards in 2019 and 2020, and October Research’s annual Leadership Award in 2020. His Philanthropic involvement has included service as Chairman of the Santa Barbara Art Museum and as a Director of the Portland Art Museum. He is a past chairman of the Oregon State University Foundation, and Co-Chair of its Billion Dollar Capital Campaign. Pat has three daughters, five grandchildren and resides in Portland, Oregon with his wife Vicki.

This is: At Home With Our Homies. At Home With Our Homies is an Interview Podcast that started right as COVID-19 Began. Hosted by Jayson Siano, CEO & Founder of Sabre Real Estate, who utilized this extra time home to interview his friends who happen to be the top producers in the Retail, Fitness, Health, Real Estate and Business industry. Listen along for entertaining interviews full of deep perspective on the current state of things along with quirky rapid fire questions and more! Our Host: Jayson Siano @JaysonSiano Our Guest: Chelsea Peitz @Chelsea.Peitz Today our own Jay Siano interviews Chelsea Peitz, national director of social sales for Fidelity National Financial, a Fortune 500 company that is the United States' largest provider of commercial and residential mortgage and diversified services. Chelsea Peitz is the National Director of Social Sales for Fidelity National Financial Group and a nationally recognized real estate keynote speaker who teaches camera first branding strategies. Chelsea is also the published author of the books, Talking in Pictures, the only book about how camera first social platforms have changed how we build a personal brand, and What To Post. A frequent podcast and live stream guest, Chelsea shares actionable insights and tactics to help agents develop a powerful personal brand. She is a national social selling coach for top title insurance sales executives nationwide who has developed one of the only curriculums focused on using social platforms. As a national speaker, I share how camera first platforms like Snapchat and live social video are critical to reaching modern consumers, how to communicate authentically and storytell not story-sell. – Inman Innovator of the Year Nominee 2018 & 2019 – #1 Real Estate Snapchatter in the U.S. – Inman News – Featured in the Huffington Post – listed as one of the “Top 10 People Dominating the Real Estate Industry on Snapchat” in 2016.

TerraLex is presenting multicultural perspectives by leading professionals. These perspectives on contemporary issues will help lawyers and business people work better together. This episode features Rodolfo (Rudy) Rivera, Chief International Counsel at Fidelity National Financial Inc, and Board Member of the Association of Corporate Counsel. Rivera is a well-known figure in the US in-house legal market. He manages all of Fidelity's corporate and litigation matters outside of the US, and has had a particular focus on Latin America in recent years. Rivera was ultimately responsible for the successful opening of a Fidelity National Title office in Mexico, opening an extremely significant new market for the company.

She is the National Director of Social Sales for Fidelity National Financial and a nationally recognized real estate keynote speaker who teaches sales professionals how to leverage social media and technology to build a powerful personal brand and develop content that generates real leads.She is a national social selling coach and speaker for top title insurance sales executives nationwide who has developed one of the only curriculum's focused on using social platforms.A 20 year real estate industry veteran who became a licensed agent in 2001 B.F. (before Facebook) and who did business the “old fashioned” way for over a decade. Today she merges old school strategies with new school technology to teach others how to become more human by using tech.She's a frequent podcast and live stream guest, sharing actionable insights and tactics to help agents develop a powerful personal brand. She has been an Inman Innovator of the Year Nominee in 2018 & 2019 and is the creator and host of The Voice of Social Sales Podcast.Her latest book “What to Post” launched in February 2020 and is a #1 best seller in 6 categories. The MindShare PodCast is sponsored by KiTS Keep-in-Touch Systems, and is a Founding Member of the Industry Syndicate Media Network.Please subscribe, rate the show, and share your thoughts by leaving a review. You can also get more #MindShare on Facebook @MindShare101 and Instagram @davidgreenspan101. Check out YouTube #MindShare101, and https://mindshare101.com/While on my site, be sure to download your free copy of The 7 Ways To Communicate eBook. It will help you know how to deliver the right message to right audience across the right channel, so you can build more MindShare. AND if you want to be part of our Private MindShare Community where we meet 2x's a month live to share ideas, tips, tricks, and to motivate each other, where our MindShare Masters get access to our private VIP Q&A with our Special PodCast Guests each week, and where you get daily marketing & sales tips delivered right to you, plus the opportunity to motivate, learn, and network with a whole bunch of people just like you, just click here to join - https://mindshare101.com/plans/group-coaching/ If you would like to be a guest on the show, or know someone that should be a guest on the show, send us a message to info@mindshare101.com    

Erika Meinhardt is Executive Vice President for Fidelity National Financial, the largest title insurance company in the United States and ranked among the Fortune 500. . In 2005 she was named President of Fidelity National Financial’s Agency Operations, a position she held until her semi-retirement at the end of 2017. In her role as Division President she was responsible for over 1400 team members, 5000 customers and annual revenue in excess of $2 billion. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for Cannae Holdings, Inc. and Foley Trasimene Acquisition Corp II, both publicly traded companies and is a Trustee on the Georgia State University Foundation Board. She received her Masters of Business Administration degree through Georgia State University’s Executive MBA program in 1998. Erika currently resides in Atlanta, Jacksonville, Florida and Montana. In her free-time she enjoys exploring the world.

In episode 255, I share a bit more of the decision to leave Fidelity National Financial after 20 years for an opportunity with RateMyAgent, an Australian based company striving to help agent harness the power of verified reviews that are tied to transactions. It's a rare "no guest" episode, so I keep it under 10 minutes! Enjoy! Connect: Find | THE REAL ESTATE SESSIONS At http://www.TheRealEstateSessions.com (TheRealEstateSessions.com) Find | Bill Risser At bill.risser@ratemyagent.com On https://twitter.com/billrisser (Twitter) On https://www.facebook.com/billrisser (Facebook) On https://www.youtube.com/user/billrisseraz (Youtube) RATE & SUBSCRIBE  At https://ratethispodcast.com/resessions (Ratethispodcast.com/REsessions) On https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-real-estate-sessions/id1025257682?ls=1&mt=2 (Apple Podcasts) On https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cDovL2JpbGxyaXNzZXIubGlic3luLmNvbS9yc3M%3D (Google Podcasts) On https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/bill-risser/the-real-estate-sessions?refid=stpr (Stitcher )

In today's Daily Download episode, HousingWire covers an announcement that Home Point Financial has launched a new community foundation with a $1 million grant.For some background on the story, here's a summary of the article: Home Point Financial announced on Friday the launch of its charitable community foundation with an initial pledge of $1 million dedicated to funding 50 new minority and female-owned brokerages.In the midst of the Association of Independent Mortgage Experts National Fuse Conference, Home Point announced the initial $1 million in grant money will be distributed in coordination with AIME's latest diversity initiative, the Spark program.According to Home Point, the foundation's goal is to empower individuals to achieve their dreams through “investment, education and support.”“One of the core beliefs of Home Point Financial is giving back,” said Lisa Patterson, Home Point chief origination officer. “But as a business we're committed to the independent mortgage broker. So, we wanted to take that a step further and create additional opportunities for those individuals who have aspirations of opening their own mortgage broker company, specifically in underrepresented groups.”In total, the Home Point foundation will allocate grants to 25 minority and 25 female-owned mortgage brokerages. Awards include one $50,000 grant, four $25,000 grants and 20 $17,500 grants per group.Following the main story, HousingWire covers a newly launched referral network from OJO Labs, the OJO Select Network, which is an agent referral program that matches top performing agents with ready homebuyers or sellers based on an understanding of the agent's skill set and the consumer's need, and a digital expansion from Fidelity National Financial that is intended to help prevent the rapid spread of wire fraud.The Daily Download examines the most compelling articles reported from the HousingWire newsroom. Each afternoon, we provide our listeners with a deeper look into the stories coming across our newsroom that are helping Move Markets Forward. Hosted by the HW team and produced by Alcynna Lloyd.HousingWire articles covered in this episode:Home Point Financial launches community foundation with initial $1 million grantOJO Labs rolls out agent referral networkFidelity National Financial expands its digital options to help prevent wire fraud

On this episode of Wolfe Bites, we are joined by Chelsea Peitz; Author, Speaker and Social Media Guru for the Real Estate Industry. Join us as we discuss old fashioned business strategies mixed with new school technology and how anyone in real estate can become an expert building their business on social media! Hosted by Barry Wolfe of Marcus and Millichap. Our Guest this week: Chelsea Peitz of Fidelity National Financial http://chelseapeitz.com/ LinkedIn: @chelseapeitz Instagram: @chelsea.peitz

In today’s episode I get to interview my good friend Chelsea Peitz, who also happens to be one the best social media marketing minds in the real estate and mortgage industry.  We talk about here new #1 Amazon Best Sellling Book, “What to Post” and she shares tips and tricks to build your social following. Chelsea Peitz is the National Director of Social Sales for Fidelity National Financial and a nationally recognized real estate keynote speaker who teaches sales professionals how to leverage social media and technology to build a powerful personal brand and develop content that generates real leads. She is a national social selling coach and speaker for top title insurance sales executives nationwide who has developed one of the only curriculum focused on using social platforms. Chelsea is a published author of the book “Talking in Pictures”, the only book about how camera first social platforms have changed how we build a personal brand, and her most recent book “What to Post” is an Amazon #1 best seller in 6 categories and teaches you how to create engaging social media content that builds brand & gets results! She’s a frequent podcast and live stream guest, sharing actionable insights and tactics to help agents develop a powerful personal brand. Chelsea has been an Inman Innovator of the Year Nominee in 2018 & 2019 and is the creator and host of The Voice of Social Sales Podcast. Follow us on social media for marketing tips, and don't forget to "enable Mortgage Marketing Expert" on Amazon Alexa to get our Marketing Minute flash briefing.  MME is a founding member of the Industry Syndicate Podcast Network – Industry Syndicate mobile app NOW AVAILABLE in Apple & Google app stores.

The benchmark US indices snapped a four session winning streak last Friday (7 February) but still settled with solid weekly gains after hitting fresh record closing highs earlier in the week - Dow fell -277-points or -0.94%, with Boeing Co (down -1.6%) and Caterpillar Inc (-2.8%) - two economic bellwether stocks – a notable drag on the index. The broader S&P500 fell -0.54%, with Materials (down -1.46%) and Information Technology (-0.98%) leading eight of the eleven primary sectors into the red. The technology-centric NASDAQ -0.54%. In merger and acquisition (M&A) news, Fidelity National Financial fell -6.24% after the company announced plans to buy insurer FGL Holdings in a deal valued at US$2.7B. EBay Inc fell -4.74% after Intercontinental Exchange Inc (up +2.80%) said that it was no longer looking to acquire the company. For the week, the Dow gained +3%, the S&P500 +3.17% (to log its biggest weekly advance in eight months and Nasdaq +4.04% (marking the biggest weekly gain in more than a year).

The benchmark US indices snapped a four session winning streak last Friday (7 February) but still settled with solid weekly gains after hitting fresh record closing highs earlier in the week - Dow fell -277-points or -0.94%, with Boeing Co (down -1.6%) and Caterpillar Inc (-2.8%) - two economic bellwether stocks – a notable drag on the index. The broader S&P500 fell -0.54%, with Materials (down -1.46%) and Information Technology (-0.98%) leading eight of the eleven primary sectors into the red. The technology-centric NASDAQ -0.54%. In merger and acquisition (M&A) news, Fidelity National Financial fell -6.24% after the company announced plans to buy insurer FGL Holdings in a deal valued at US$2.7B. EBay Inc fell -4.74% after Intercontinental Exchange Inc (up +2.80%) said that it was no longer looking to acquire the company. For the week, the Dow gained +3%, the S&P500 +3.17% (to log its biggest weekly advance in eight months and Nasdaq +4.04% (marking the biggest weekly gain in more than a year).

With the introduction of the CCPA in January 2020, many other U.S. states have also begun to consider their own proposed data privacy legislation. In this podcast, Elizabeth Reilly from Fidelity National Financial joins Carlton Fields’ attorneys Jack Clabby, Joe Swanson, and Steve Blickensderfer as they answer real questions from real members of the American […]

Is Your Relationship PC?In this episode I am joined by my husband Doug as we talk to one of our favorite couples, Brian and Chelsea Peitz* about... "Power Coupling."Is Power Coupling even a thing? What does it mean to be a power couple in this day and age?Is it something to aspire to in a relationship?Doug and I have been told before we are a "power couple", but we had not thought of ourselves in that light or even knew what it meant so it opened up a pondering for us about the topic. Since then, I've wanted to explore the topic in a real way and immediately Chelsea and Brian came to mind. You'll hear why!Intimate details of Brian and Chelsea's love story, marriage of 18 years and their life together - what makes it work, the key things they engage in and live out to make it and their individual lives thrive is central to this episode. It IS inspiring! There are many, many take aways in this episode for anyone who desires to have an alive, passionate, strong, ongoing growth-filled relationship and lives that have impact and influence.With double-date-like conversation, we all explore what we think it takes to live out a successful life and marriage using "The 13 Indicators You Are A Power Couple" by millennial dating expert Samantha Burns as a jumping off point. You can do the same with us.At the heart of this episode, you will be witness to amazing energy, intentionality and marked proactivity by these 2 big hearted, loving, ambitious, world changing people who have an empowering way of leaning into and elevating each other and those around them. Enjoy and be enriched by this episode as you become Better, Smarter and Sexier!*Brian is an Arizona native who began a career in the real estate industry in 2002. Brian has worked in the new home sales area, sales management, Residential resale and business owner of a chain of personal training studios here in the Valley. Brian was able to offer a concept and level of service that stood out from the competition and quickly created a successful business which not only was voted top business in its class 5 years in a row, but also was successful enough to receive a profitable buyout from a larger fitness company after 7 years in business. Over 30 employees and 250 clients later, Brian was recognized as one of the “35 entrepreneurs under 35” award by the Arizona Republic. Brian believes that with his combined experience as a business owner, real estate professional, and Sales leader in the title and escrow business that he can provide his clients in the real estate community best service and product provided by Chicago title. Brian is very passionate about fitness and enjoys golf, snowboarding, and spending time with his wife Chelsea of 18 years and young son Mason.Chelsea Peitz is the National Director of Social Sales for Fidelity National Financial and a nationally recognized real estate keynote speaker who teaches sales professionals how to leverage social media and technology to build a powerful personal brand and develop content that generates real leads. She is a national social selling coach and speaker for top title insurance sales executives nationwide who has developed one of the only curriculums focused on using social platforms. A 20 year real estate industry veteran who became a licensed agent in 2001 B.F. (before Facebook) and who did business the “old fashioned” way for over a decade. Today she merges old school strategies with new school technology to teach others how to become more human by using tech. Chelsea is also the published author of the book, Talking in Pictures, the only book about how camera first social platforms have changed how we build a personal brand. She's a frequent podcast and live stream guest, sharing actionable insights and tactics to help agents develop a powerful personal brand. Chelsea has been an Inman Innovator of the Year Nominee in 2018 & 2019 and is the creator and host of The Voice of Social Sales Podcast.Her latest book “What to Post” is launching in February 2020. Mom to 6 year old son Mason and wife to husband Brian of 18 years. Her favorite place to visit is Napa enjoying a glass of a big bold Cab!PLEASE SUBSCRIBE!

Join Elizabeth Reilly from Fidelity National Financial and Carlton Fields’ attorneys Jack Clabby, Joe Swanson, and Steve Blickensderfer as they answer real questions from real members of the American Land Title Association on available tools and practical tips for companies as they work to comply with the CCPA.

In this program, Elizabeth Reilly from Fidelity National Financial joins Carlton Fields’ attorneys Jack Clabby, Joe Swanson, and Steve Blickensderfer as they answer real questions from real members of the American Land Title Association on what the CCPA means for the land title industry.

There is a language and a flavor to every different social media platform, and we should therefore have content that makes sense for each of these platforms. We can make the most boring content engaging by putting it across in a relatable way, we just need to change our mindset about our content. How can we leverage social media algorithms to our advantage? How do we create engaging content? What can we do to improve our hashtag strategy? In this episode, social media and social sales expert, Chelsea Peitz explains what we need to do to use Instagram effectively, and how doing so will help our brand and business grow. High-touch is critical today - just because it’s technology-involved it doesn’t mean that you’re taking the humanity out of it. -Chelsea Peitz Takeaways + Tactics We can leverage Instagram’s current two-way mutual engagement algorithm to our advantage by engaging with people on Instagram, especially via direct message. Our posts go to the top of their feed when the algorithm registers that we are interacting. In order to create engaging content on social media, our content needs to fall under the following five E’s: educational, entertaining, engaging, exclusive and emotional.  We need to avoid making these three common mistakes when we use hashtags on Instagram: not using enough hashtags, using hashtags that are too broad, and using non-relevant hashtags.  There is a lot to learn about social media algorithms - not only are they always changing but they are different on different platforms. We can leverage and work with these algorithms if we know how to use them. Our industry is still about relationship building, and we need to be able to build that trust through technology. By posting and sharing the right content for the platform regularly, recognizing the difference between the various content streams on a platform, utilizing relevant hashtags, making use of direct messaging, and changing our mindset about the content we put out there, we can use social media platforms like Instagram to not only build our brand, but make relationships and generate more business. Guest Bio Chelsea Peitz is the National Director of Social Sales at Fidelity National Financial and is the Creator and Host of The Voice of Social Sales Podcast. She mentors elite sales teams and operational leaders to create impactful personal brands that will multiply their market share and mindshare. Through her corporate training programs, she helps her nationwide 30,000-strong team develop client-focused content that shares value, create a trustworthy reputation that attracts their ideal client, engage authentically, feel empowered by social media, use social networks with a purpose, and get more clients and close more deals. Chelsea also provides weekly video tips on Community Growth Strategies, Social Platform Updates, Organic & Paid Lead Gen, Content Planning and Personal Branding on LinkedIn. She graduated college before Y2K which means that she didn’t grow up with social media, and started a professional career before Facebook existed. She was in sales before social, and she knows what it’s like to feel overwhelmed by the platforms and unsure of how to begin building a brand and generating business. Chelsea’s mission is to lead with heart, humility and most importantly, humanity. https://www.instagram.com/chelsea.peitz/

ANNIE GROGAN  Annie Grogan is Assistant Vice President of Fidelity National Home Warranty and has been with the company for over 19 years. The company has been the top producer for the past 9 years. Annie works side by side with the realtors, lenders and escrow officers in Northern Nevada. Annie is an FNHW Hall of Fame Member, has been awarded the Affiliate of the Year for Reno/Sparks Association of Realtors, was voted Member of The Year for The Women’s Council of Realtors and recently received the Entrepreneur of the Year Award for WCR Fidelity National Home Warranty has been providing superior home warranty customer service for over 30 years. FNHW is a member of the National Home Warranty Service Contract Association and its independent service contractors are licensed and insured. The company's’ financial strength and backing come from its parent company, Fidelity National Financial, a Fortune 500 company and the largest title insurer in the US. Contact Annie: Assistant Vice President Fidelity National Home Warranty Mobile: 775-742-6753 HomeWarranty.com

Chelsea Pietz has parked herself in the marketing industry and is the National Director of Social Sales for Fidelity National Financial in the title and escrow business. She has been in the industry for twenty years, starting as an agent, and transitioning to the title and escrow side after the crash in 2008. When the […]

This week we have on our show Chelsea Peitz, director of Social Sales for Fidelity National Financial. Chelsea was a speaker at the Agent 2021 conference this year. We got to break down some key takeaways from that conference as well as highlight some of the keys to building your personal brand. You can also check out Chelsea's podcast at "The Voice of Social Sales"!

Are you prepared? Have you future proofed your real estate business for 2019? Great discussion with Senior VP at Fidelity National Financial, Steve De Laveaga. Stay current by subscribing to The Solution a Real Estate Podcast. Text Solution to 99888 or visit agenttruth.com/thesolution/ If you subscribe by texting Solution to 99888 you get a free 25 minute call with either Jeff Sibbach, Phil Sexton, or both.

If you're looking to use social media to leverage your Real Estate business listen to Jeff and Phil's interview with author of Talking in Pictures, Chelsea Peitz. Chelsea is the VP of Social Sales at Fidelity National Financial, and Inman author. Subscribe to our podcast: https://www.blubrry.com/real_estate_2020/ For updates on future guest text Solution to 99888 Also you can watch our live videos on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thesolutionrealestate/

"I'm going to KILL IT in 2019!!" To have success in 2019, you need to be planning and implementing your ideas NOW, before the calendar turns over. But what should you be doing? What is most important to focus on to start the year? What is the next big real estate marketing trend in 2019? Which platforms should take higher priority? Where is the biggest opportunity?Special Guest and Real Estate Marketing Rockstar, Chelsea Peitz, joins us to answer all these important questions, and so much more. Chelsea Peitz is the National Director of Social Sales for Fidelity National Financial, author, national speaker & trainer, and host of the Voice of Social Sales podcast and Alexa flash briefing. Aside from her being one of my dearest friends, she really brings some serious knowledge and wisdom to this week's show. Whether your a real estate agent, mortgage loan officer, or someone trying to build a brand in any other industry, you'll walk away with quite a few valuable nuggets. You'll also learn why Chelsea says that Stories will become THE preferred method to consume content in 2019, if it's not already. But more importantly, how you can grow your business and brand on Stories as well.

This episode is already an instant classic with guest Chelsea Peitz, the National Director of Social Sales for Fidelity National Financial.  "I teach people to use the camera on their smartphones to build a powerful personal brand. " - Chelsea Peitz Chelsea has spent a lot of time this year speaking across the country and will be joining Gary Vaynerchuk on stage in January at Vaynermedia's Agent 2021.  Chelsea is a wealth of knowledge and a long time friend of mine almost exclusively through social media. Please let me know what you think of this episode as I would love to get Chelsea back to RenzlerMedia for future shows.  As always, check out skylerirvine.com for show notes and links to items we talked about and so much more! Thanks again and please subscribe to this podcast channel leave us a review if you haven't already. It means more to me than you know! Shoot me a screen shot of this and I'll send you something special! Me: Instagram.com/skylerirvine Guest: Instagram.com/chelsea.peitz

Episode 165 features a friend and co-worker in the Fidelity National Financial family, Stephanie Chumbley. She works closely with the Chicago Title Sales team, bringing information on social and technology to area agents and associations. Listen in as Stephanie talks about her early days in real estate and discovering the love of her life, barely edging out Depeche Mode! 02:20 - Growing up in Washington State 03:00 - What did 17-year-old Stephanie want to do for a career and how that ties into the "Craft Studio" 05:05 - Stephanie and Depeche Mode 07:50 - What brought Stephanie to the world of real estate? 11:15 - Stephanie's early adoption of social media 12:55 - Inman Connect and connecting 17:05 - What is Stephanie doing with the team Portland? 20:45 - Bill and Stephanie talk RPR 23:50 - Toughest and the best parts of her job 27:00 - If she could wave a magic wand and change one thing about the industry, what would it be? 32:15 - One piece of advice for a new agent just getting started in the business? http://www.instagram.com/stephanie.chumbley (Stephanie on Instagram) CardsbyStephanie.com HomeCookedRecipes.net      

Sifting through listing data is no one’s idea of a good time. But both brokers and technology providers spend a lot of time and money managing information from multiple MLSs. Would you be interested in a tool that could offer you a competitive edge by way of data access and control? Trestle might be the tool for you.   Kevin Greene is a real estate tech executive with expertise in business partnership development, strategy and product management. He has worked on both sides of the real estate aisle, serving as a broker for two years before crossing over to the vendor side of the industry ten years ago. He joined the team at CoreLogic this past July, where he serves as Senior Director of Strategic Partnerships and New Initiatives at the leading global property information, analytics and data-enabled solutions provider.   Greene attended Auburn University, then served as paratrooper in the Army to pay for college. He received his degree in business administration from Jacksonville University and had a stint as a textbook sales rep with Prentice Hall before going to work for discount brokerage Help-U-Sell. In 2007, he got a lead through Monster.com for a job in real estate tech sales with what was then Fidelity National Financial. Greene rose through the ranks to become VP of MLS Solutions and then Senior Vice President of Business Development at Real Estate Digital before landing at CoreLogic. Today he discusses his new role and the potential of CoreLogic’s new Trestle initiative.   What’s Discussed:  CoreLogic’s current objectives Partnerships with core services Conversion to Matrix platform Upgraded version of Matrix The Trestle initiative Connect data (MLS) to tech providers/brokers How Trestle was conceived RESO compliance The benefits of an aggregated feed Permissioning challenges How a tool like Trestle might facilitate the shift to APIs The default agreements available through Trestle Trestle’s pricing model The cost-benefit analysis of utilizing Trestle vs. in-house staff The phases of the Trestle launch Enroll MLSs Register tech providers Ecommerce platform Broker access Listing input   Resources:   Trestle Initiative   Connect with Kevin Greene:   CoreLogic Website Twitter

In Episode 76, we take a look behind the scenes in the world of title and escrow. Lisa Tyler, National Escrow Administrator for FNF, is responsible for training and oversight of over 5600 escrow professionals under the FNF umbrella. Lisa details her start with Fidelity National Title and her journey to the top escrow post in the company.

Welcome to the Software Process and Measurement Cast 268 The Software Process and Measurment Cast features my interview with Gene Hughson.  We discussed agile, solution architecture, people, processes and his blog, Form Follows Function. An early holiday present!  Gene Hughson is an Applications Manager for Fidelity National Financial in Richmond, Virginia.  Gene has over 17 years of experience in software development, combining application and solution architecture, management and process improvement, even managing to do some hands-on coding from time to time.  Gene has been a member of the Richmond Chapter of the Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP), serving as President for 2013 and continuing in that capacity for 2014.  Gene has written guest posts for CitizenTekk (http://citizentekk.com/author/genehughson/) and maintains his own blog, Form Follows Function (http://genehughson.wordpress.com/), where he opines on architecture, management, and software development processes. Other ways to track Gene down ...LinkedIn: http://ow.ly/rMrN9 Twitter: @GeneHughsonGoogle+: https://plus.google.com/+GeneHughson/posts For the next few weeks the Software Process and Measurement Cast will include a promo for the "Influential Agile Leader" events led by Johanna Rothman and Gil Broza.  Check out the full details at www.InfluentialAgileLeader.com The Software Process and Measurement Cast has a sponsor . . . ITMPI provides a great service to the IT profession. ITMPI's mission is to pull together the expertise and educational efforts of the world's leading IT thought leaders and to create a single online destination where IT practitioners and executives can meet all of their educational and professional development needs. The ITMPI offers a premium membership that gives members unlimited free access to 400 PDU accredited webinar recordings, and waives the PDU processing fees on all live and recorded webinars.  The Software Process and Measurement Cast receives a fee if you sign up using the URL in the show notes. http://mbsy.co/fGdw  All revenue our sponsors goes for bandwidth, hosting and new cool equipment to create more and better content for you!  Support the SPaMCAST and learn from the ITMPI! The Software Process and Measurement Cast is a proud member of the Tech Podcast Network.  Check out the Software Process and Measurement and other great audio and video casts!  TPN:  www.techpodcast.com Do you have a Facebook account?  If you do please visit and like the Software Process and Measurement Cast page on Facebook.  http://ow.ly/mWAgU  The Daily Process Thoughts is my project designed to deliver a quick daily idea, thought or simple smile to help you become a better change agent. Each day you will get piece of thought provoking text and a picture or hand drawn chart to illustrate the idea being presented. The goal is to deliver every day; rain or shine, in sickness or in health or for better or worse! Check it out at www.tcagley.wordpress.com.  The Daily Process Thoughts is my project designed to deliver a quick daily idea, thought or simple smile to help you become a better change agent. Each day you will get piece of thought provoking text and a picture or hand drawn chart to illustrate the idea being presented. The goal is to deliver every day; rain or shine, in sickness or in health or for better or worse! Check it out at www.tcagley.wordpress.com.  Shameless Ad for my book!  Mastering Software Project Management: Best Practices, Tools and Techniques co-authored by Murali Chematuri and myself and published by J. Ross Publishing. We have received unsolicited reviews like the following: "This book will prove that software projects should not be a tedious process, neither for you or your team." NOW AVAILABLE IN CHINESE!  Have you bought your copy? Contact information for the Software Process and Measurement Cast Email:  spamcastinfo@gmail.comVoicemail:  +1-206-888-6111Website: www.spamcast.netTwitter: www.twitter.com/tcagleyFacebook:  http://bit.ly/16fBWVContact information for the Software Process and Measurement Cast One more thing!  Help support the SPaMCAST by reviewing and rating the Software Process and Measurement Cast on ITunes! It helps people find the cast.  Next: The Software Process and Measurement Cast 269 features our essay on gamification. Gamification is a technique that leverages innate competitive attributes of IT development” players” to channel behavior using game mechanics. A powerful tool for channeling and supporting organizational change.