Observations

2017 ended very strong for residential real estate in Des Moines. With a growing local and national economy, Des Moines home sales easily surpassed 2016 in closed units, but the real story is in three [READ MORE]

Own or operating a business with your family? Over half of the businesses currently operating in the United States are family businesses. While the term family business is used loosely, most would agree it is [READ MORE]

Did you know there’s something you do every single day that you could be using as an opportunity to market your business, for free? What is it? Sending email. How many email messages do you [READ MORE]

As 2017 comes to a close, the new construction market remains strong with inventory levels up from 2016. November closed sales were down 1.7% from October but up 14.4% from November 2016. November pended sales [READ MORE]

Last week we celebrated entrepreneur day, but you were probably busy working. I’ve noticed there are a lot of guys and girls out there who are starting their own gigs, and that is exciting as [READ MORE]