When I lived in Los Angeles, I considered Palm Springs a sunny respite about a few hours away from the hustle and bustle of the city. I made a point of visiting the desert city a few weekends a year to enjoy perfect winter weather and laid-back, poolside hangs. I never imagined living there, though,
Lena Koropey’s mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease nearly a decade ago. Since then, she’s watched her once-independent mother come to rely on others for nearly every part of daily life. “It’s definitely getting harder each year,” Koropey, 48, told Business Insider. Six years ago, Koropey bought a three-bedroom home in Mattituck, on Long Island’s
As a kid growing up in West Virginia, living in Florida felt like a sunshine-filled dream. So when I finally secured a job down here after graduating from college in 2017, I was ready to move. Over the years, I’ve lived in various neighborhoods throughout Miami-Dade County. I spent a few months in Edgewater in
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Lawrence Guerguis, a 24-year-old based in Orange County, California, who started investing in real estate in the Midwest while still in college. The following has been edited for length and clarity. I always thought I’d go into investment banking and work on Wall Street. During my
As a social worker, Scott Steenbergh never seemed to be able to clock out. “The hours were always tough,” the Michigan-based investor and father of two told Business Insider. “It seemed like, no matter what, I was always required to work in the evenings, work on weekends. People were obviously in crisis, and I want
There’s no business like show business, and there’s no city like New York City when it comes to getting sued. The ongoing saga of New York’s pied-à-terre tax continued this week, when attorney Randy Mastro, the former first deputy mayor under Eric Adams, filed a lawsuit last week challenging the city’s rollout of the tax.