Real estate professionals need to consider both the complexities of the market and the different valuation methods when measuring the effect of a harmful property condition or stigma.

Mentoring, coaching or managing colleagues doesn't mean always rushing to their aid, because "challenge brings out people's best," Dan Rockwell writes. Ask a handful of questions before diving in, Rockwell suggests, because helping too much at the wrong time can lead employees to think you find them incompetent, untrustworthy or irresponsible, among other things.

Brands should "design for narcissism" in their social media strategies, says Wieden+Kennedy executive John Petty, by making customers the stars of ads' stories. "Because if we can do that ... we get to earn media in really interesting ways, we get to be part of conversations that are culturally charged," Petty adds.

However, barriers are preventing the homeownership rate for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders from stretching even higher, according to the Asian Real Estate Association of America.

Steven Shane of Compass was the listing agent for this Aspen, Colo., mansion, which sold for $65 million after the property listed last year at $100 million. "The $100 million price was warranted, but it was an aspirational ask," Shane said, noting that his client was realistic in his expectations.

Sustainability, uplifting color schemes and resilient plants are trending this spring for landscape designs.

Living the entrepreneur life means you're consumed with operating your business while taking on financial risks. Add motherhood to the mix, and you have the recipe for "complicated."

The African American Mayors Association supports U.S. Sen. Tim Scott's Renewing Opportunity in the American Dream to Housing Act while calling on him to increase funding in it to "modernize and re-imagine public housing."

Fannie Mae economists predict 0.3% negative growth for the year and a recession starting in the third quarter. Recession "is more a question of when than if," the economists say, citing rising interest rates and a tougher lending environment amid banking turmoil.

Commercial real estate is likely to be the next big area of concern for bank lenders, says JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon. "It'll be certain locations, certain office properties, certain construction loans. It could be very isolated; it won't be every bank," Dimon says.