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EXPERT ALERTS

• Residential Real Estate in Los Angeles
• New FINRA and State Rules Address Financial Exploitation of Senior Investors
• Healthy Home Trends: What Clients Want
• Trends in Employee Assistance and Wellness Programs

MEDIA JOBS

• Night Editor, Digital Desk – The Wall Street Journal
• Market Reporter – ICIS
• Digital Journalist – National Mortgage News

OTHER NEWS & RESOURCES

• How to Create Viral Content That Wants to Be Shared – in 6 Steps
• Freelancers: Don't Make These Five Mistakes That Kill Your Credibility
• Blog Profiles: Librarian Blogs

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EXPERT ALERTS:

Residential Real Estate in Los Angeles
Anthony Marguleas
Broker and Owner
Amalfi Estates
Pacific Palisades, California
"Real estate is extremely localized so while many experts are speaking about the Southern California market or the Los Angeles market there are huge swings by neighborhood. For example what happens in the Palisades is different than what happens in Santa Monica. There are also sub markets in each city.  While external factors like interest rates, the economy and other geo political forces have an effect on our market, when one examines the amount of active inventory it is a good indicator of how hot a market is by basic supply and demand economics."
Marguleas is one of the top real estate agents in the nation. He has been teaching real estate contracts and negotiation at UCLA for the past 13 years, and is the co-author of California Real Estate, Client Strategies.
Website: www.AmalfiEstates.com
Contact: Jade Devot'e, jade@amalfiestates.com

New FINRA and State Rules Address Financial Exploitation of Senior Investors
Andrew M. Hartnett
Securities & Financial Services Attorney, Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale, P.C. (St. Louis)
Former Missouri Commissioner of Securities (2013-2016)
Former Chief of Staff to the Missouri Attorney General
Former Assistant Attorney General in Missouri's Consumer Protection Division
"A new set of Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) rules – recently approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and due to go into effect early next year – along with various state laws, are addressing risks of financial exploitation of senior investors in meaningful ways. The new FINRA rules would allow broker-dealers to delay disbursements of funds or securities when elder exploitation was suspected. Under the new FINRA rules, broker-dealers also would be required to make 'reasonable efforts' to get contact information for a trusted contact person."
Hartnett, who was Missouri's Commissioner of Securities when the state passed similar rules a couple of years ago, said that a dozen or so other states have had legislation filed this year with similar proposals. Hartnett is able to discuss the new FINRA rules and how they compare to similar regulations in various states, as well as how investment firms can utilize these tools to help protect senior investors from abuse: "This is an important area nationwide for changes in the law to help protect senior investors as the senior population continues to grow and seniors are living longer lives."
Contact: Randy Labuzinski, rlabuzinski@jaffepr.com

Healthy Home Trends: What Clients Want
Jesse Fowler
President
Tellus Design + Build
Contractors in the "green" design and build industry must be able to pinpoint what it is clients find important in their home project. As one of the the first "green" builders in Southern California, Fowler predicts these priorities: "1) A healthy house. 2) 'Green,' if it has a financial return or payback in 'x' number of years. 3) 'Green,' for the environment. A wellness standard (such as the one being rolled out by Delos), which can clarify specifically what's physically healthy about a structure, will have a huge impact on buy-in."
Fowler is the author of Construction Confidential, a blog exposé for tips and tricks to save clients time and money on their design and build projects. He is based in Costa Mesa and Los Angeles, Calif.
Blog: http://blog.tellusdesignbuild.com
Website: http://www.tellusdesignbuild.com
Contact: Dani Miles, dani@impressimarketing.com

Trends in Employee Assistance and Wellness Programs
Dr. Dave Sharar
Managing Director
Chestnut Global Health
"Companies need to look at creative way to improve how their EAP and wellness programs are deployed, utilized and evaluated. Programs that promote meaningful utilization and proactive outreach deliver the best business results."
Sharar is available to discuss trends in employee assistance and wellness programs. Chestnut Global Health recently released the results from the 2017 Trends Report that identifies the top developments that will shape the EAP (employee assistance program) and wellness industry in the year ahead: 1) Requests for EAP support due to spikes in anxiety among employees are on the rise; 2) Calls for improved collaboration and coordination of care; 3) The growing use – and demand – for sophisticated ROI (return on investment) tools that provide CFO-level analysis of the business value of their EAP.
ProfNet Profile: http://www.profnetconnect.com/chestnutglobal/
Contact: Charles Epstein, che@backboneinc.com

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• Night Editor, Digital Desk – The Wall Street Journal
• Market Reporter – ICIS
• Digital Journalist – National Mortgage News

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OTHER NEWS & RESOURCES:

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• FREELANCERS: DON'T MAKE THESE 5 MISTAKES THAT KILL YOUR CREDIBILITY. The life of a freelancer can be exhilarating and full of surprises, but this career path is not without challenges. It's important to be aware and prepared once these challenges present themselves. Here are five credibility killers, and the steps you should take to tackle them: http://bit.ly/2pd9kT8
• BLOG PROFILES: LIBRARIAN BLOGS. Each week, PR Newswire's Audience Relations team selects an industry/subject and looks at a handful of sites that do a good job with promoting and contributing to the topic. This week, the team looks at librarian blogs: http://bit.ly/2pJv8F9

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