A Cornell professor is making students use… typewriters.

Not as a gimmick. As a defense against AI. One assignment. No laptops. No ChatGPT. No spellcheck. Just thinking and typing. At first glance, it sounds extreme. But…

Your students are struggling

You see it every semester. A few fall behind early…Then a few more…And by the time it’s obvious, it’s already too late. Now think about this: You already…

Excel is still the most underrated tool in real estate and lending

Excel is still the most underrated tool in real estate and lending. Everyone is chasing AI right now…But most professionals and consumers are skipping the lowest hanging fruit…

How Professionals Learn with AI

I’m about 4 to 5 weeks out from defending my dissertation proposal, and here’s what has been hitting me lately: This is no longer just about research design….

What Walmart & Housing Inventory Are Quietly Telling Us About the 2026 Market

Two recent headlines caught my attention this week… and when you connect them, they tell a much bigger story for real estate and lending. 🛒 1. Walmart =…

Why Your University Should Be Offering Free Courses

I came across a full Stanford course on YouTube this weekend that immediately caught my attention: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfV0OO4XXVBnHEKeoMUv-nE8_giNdHs-P Not clips. Not promotional content.An actual course. And Stanford is not…

Another Summer of Our Discontent Is on the Horizon

Mortgage rates are moving in the wrong direction again. The average 30-year fixed rate is now 6.38%, up from 6.22% just a week ago. The 15-year sits at…

I reviewed 122 AI-in-education papers this week.

Not one studied how people actually learn with AI. We’re measuring: • Performance • Efficiency • Outcomes But we’re ignoring: → What people do when they don’t know…

The Assignment Is Dead. AI Just Exposed It.

We are witnessing the end of the “static assignment” as a proxy for learning. If AI can generate a polished market analysis, a clean Python script, or a…

Most real estate agents and loan officers are sitting on tools they don’t fully use…

and paying for systems that don’t actually fit how they work. You don’t need another subscription. You need to know how to build simple tools around your workflow….