On Nov. 1 Stinton became the first chief financial officer of NAR to move into the position of CEO and executive vice president.

Shortly after 10-year-old Bonnie Freeman was diagnosed with leukemia, she told her father that she wanted to help other sick kids. Out of her inspiration was born the nonprofit organization STOP! Children’s Cancer Inc., based in Gainesville, Fla. Its goal: raising money for pediatric cancer research.

What do Bruce Hardie, Alicia Trevino, and the husband-and-wife team of Linda Rike and Ed Daughety have in common? Each of them has found a path to consistently high production in real estate sales.

For Kendra Todd, it was a long six months between the time taping ended last November for NBC’s “The Apprentice 3” and the live season finale May 19 to hear the words, “You’re hired.”

According to the recently released list of “The World’s Richest People” by Forbes magazine—the 19th annual list of the world’s billionaires—46 out of the 691 billionaires (7 percent) made their money in the real estate industry.

Alicia Trevino of Garland, Texas, finds focusing on a small community pays off in big sales volume.

It’s a love of water that keeps Linda Rike and Ed Daughety in this picturesque 60-mile stretch of Carteret County, along North Carolina’s Crystal Coast. So it was only natural that the husband-and-wife team would develop as their business motto, “Just add water to your lifestyle” as they focus on selling waterfront properties.

In real estate sales, there are no regular paychecks, tax withholdings, or automatic retirement savings. Follow these tips to effectively budget and manage your commission income—so that it catapults you to financial stability and success.

Richard Mendenhall launches a new company to advise businesses on how to better develop technology and services for the real estate industry.

Real estate rookie Ash Nona saves his neighbor’s house from the San Diego wildfires and gets the listing.

It’s the simple things that can have a profound effect on a child’s life. Jim Bess knows this because he grew up poor during the height of the Depression. And now, he’s on a mission to ensure underprivileged kids in his area don’t go through what he did.