8 tips for your first job It’s probably the most important one
Never underestimate the importance of a first job. No, not that first career job. We are talking the first job in high school. The very first time you…
Author: Rick Good
Rick Good spent ten years in the newspaper business, including with The News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) and The Greenville News (Greenville, SC). He co-wrote, with Melinda Coleman, Rutledge to Riley: Governors of South Carolina, 1776–Present (Published by The Greenville News), and is the author of Mind Games Trivia #1 (Amazon). He has recently spent 15 years creating original trivia content through Sounds Good Mobile Entertainment and continues that with his new company, SGME Software. He edits The Smart Reader's money, real estate, and business coverage.
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…
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…
Robots versus humans
Convenience will abound. Accuracy will increase. And, jobs will change. As humanity hurtles into the future of Artificial Intelligence, the most…
Crime and Pokemon Go
The news is full of Pokemon crime and trespassing. From London to Missouri, tech savvy robbers are using Pokemon lures to rob people. In Ohio, teens…
Star Trek thermometer
The sci-fi doctor waves a tiny device over a patients head and instantly knows everything. A new thermometer operates much the same way, except it only…