Bang! 2019 is out of the gates. A record number of new real estate jobs were posted in the first 5 business days as employers try to get a leg up on the competition utilizing their brand spanking new budgets. The usual Q1-Q2 rush to secure a job before summer, is being stoked by 24-hour reports of a possible slow down entering 2020. In the rush, don’t forget to renovate your resume. New software skills? Even tried and true data analysis skills...

A long list of major metros and second-tier cities vied for Amazon to select them for its second headquarters. A few weeks ago the long awaited announcement came giving the nod to Crystal City in Virginia and the Borough of Queens in NYC. Elation quickly turned to protests, especially in New York where Queens residents violently complained that the $3 billion in “sweeteners” offered to Amazon were too costly. Rumbles also occurred in...