Ask the Expert What is a dual agent?
What is a dual agent? We saw a house we want to buy but a friend warned me about dual agency. What is a dual agent? We saw a house we want to buy, but a…
Month: September 2016
Rentals gain popularity for investments
“Buy land. They’re not making it anymore.” – Mark Twain Property is valuable and mostly becomes more valuable as time goes on. This idea is not lost on…
Travel stop Hummers, hawks swarm south Texas
A naturalist once said that to stand in the midst of migrating hummingbirds sounds like a “fleet of approaching airplanes.” You can see and hear that…
Tourism and fear
Terrorism has slowed travel growth to Western Europe, but tourists are still traveling, according to the United Nations World Tourism Organization. Europe…
Craft Beer Tours
Tourism bureaus are developing travel events through local breweries, pubs and beer-themed special events, according to Skift magazine. Denver, Portland,…
Travel Bag: The future of luggage
The future of luggage Not since the invention of rolling luggage has the future of air travel looked so good. An brainy luggage whose time, if not the…
Phising site tactic
Watch for scam sites by looking at the domain (paypal.com is a domain), not just the design. Design can be mimicked. Addresses can’t. It is not paypal, if…
A hack with a view
NASA’S Kepler Twitter account (@NASAkepler) typically tweets artsy pictures of space discoveries and planets. In early July, one tweet was might exotic. A…
HummingBad: A nosey, greedy thief
About 10 million Android phones throughout the world have the HummingBad blues, a malicious app that collects our personal information and clicks on ads….
Smartphones might end the checkout cha-cha
The checkout counter cha-cha: Swipe the card, step back, turn around, insert in chip reader, tap toe for 10 minutes while the card reader works. Okay,…