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☆ Chinese Company Aims to Sell 3 U.S. Resorts for $1.3 Billion
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( Craig Karmin | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

A Chinese company is looking to sell three major U.S. resort hotels at a combined price tag of $1.3 billion, seeking to cash out these holdings during a powerful surge in leisure travel and resort business. Dajia Insurance Group Co. is putting up for sale the Montage in Laguna Beach, Calif., the Four Seasons resort in Jackson Hole, Wyo., and the Four Seasons in Scottsdale, Ariz., according to people familiar with the matter. BofA Securities Inc. and real estate banking and brokerage firm Eastdil Secured LLC are marketing the hotels on behalf of the seller, these people said.

☆ The No. 1 best city to retire isn't in Florida—but several others in the top 10 for 2022 are
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-24 | by ( Cheyenne Devon | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The survey ranked 182 cities based on four key categories of equal weight: affordability, activities, quality of life and health care. When it comes to the best cities to spend your retirement years, the Sunshine state takes nearly half of the top 10 spots, according to WalletHub's 2022 Best and Worst Places to Retire survey. Additionally, if you'll be living on a fixed income in retirement, be sure to plan your expenses and lifestyle accordingly, Wolske says. One of the biggest retirement planning mistakes people make is not properly preparing for additional medical expenses, Wolske says. A 65-year-old couple retiring in 2022 can expect to spend an average of $315,000 in health-care and medical expenses in their retirement, according to Fidelity Investment's August estimate.

☆ U.S. adults should get routine anxiety screening, panel says
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

U.S. doctors should regularly screen all adults under 65 for anxiety, an influential health guidelines group proposed Tuesday. It’s the first time the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has recommended anxiety screening in primary care for adults without symptoms. “The most important thing to recognize is that a screening test alone is not sufficient to diagnose anxiety,” Pbert said. The group continues to recommend depression screening for adults and children, but said there isn’t enough evidence to evaluate potential benefits and harms of suicide screening in adults who show no worrisome symptoms. In 2020, a group affiliated with the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recommended routine primary care anxiety screening for women and girls starting at age 13.

☆ Why Scottsdale is challenging Nashville as the next bachelorette party capital of the US
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-14 | by ( Alcynna Lloyd | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Terryce Blanchard wanted a unique bachelorette party destination — anywhere but Nashville. For her, nowhere better fit the bill better than Scottsdale, Arizona, a well-to-do suburb of the Phoenix metropolitan area. After Tennessee's capital city became the bachelorette destination of choice in recent years, Scottsdale could be stealing the crown. Especially for Casey Hohman, the owner of party planning company Scottsdale Bachelorette, who told Insider that he has seen "a huge uptick in party requests." Hohman says Scottsdale's bachelorette party success derives from two main factors — lenient Covid-19 protocols and a historically high number of weddings throughout the United States.

☆ I'm a 'cart girl' on a golf course. I make good money and the tips are steady, but customers can get handsy.
▼ + stars: | 2022-07-19 | by ( Fortesa Latifi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Ellie Dressler, 20, works as a "cart girl" on a golf course, serving drinks. We're all over the app — young women who make their living driving a bar cart around a golf course and serving the golfers beverages. Then I drive around the golf course all day and serve people drinks. I've started doing a series on TikTok called "Ridiculous But True Stories of a Golf Cart Girl." Not bad for a cart girl.

☆ Here's how I used a HELOC to become an Airbnb millionaire at 30. It was risky, but my strategy paid off.
▼ + stars: | 2022-07-16 | by ( Bryce Decora | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

This was the beginning of a world of real estate that would change our lives foreverDeCora's Bellevue Airbnb. If the real estate market started trending downward at this time, this story may not have had such a happy endingExtending your debt to the max in real estate is the equivalent of an all-in poker move. Our three-house real estate portfolio is worth around $2.5 million and we only have $1.35 million in mortgage and HELOC debt. Once you get over the scary leap, you'll see real estate as a simple way to building a massive empire. Bryce DeCora is a former engineer turned real estate investor and a father of two.

☆ I made $900,000 in sales last year through my brick-and-mortar boutique. Here's how I turned my side hustle into a business.
▼ + stars: | 2022-03-29 | by ( Jamie Killin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

She hustled her way into building a business by going to trade shows and getting into wholesale. Our gross sales went from about $27,000 a month to $78,000 a month. It's just now kind of stabilized again by getting us close to our pre-pandemic sales of $80,000 to $100,000 per month. She responded and said, "You won't believe it, but my business partner also owns a space by the original Postino restaurant." It turned out that Scottsdale space resembled our Dallas space.

☆ 'It's huge, beyond anything in my career': Publishing industry insiders explain how TikTok has sent book sales surging and how they're trying to tap into the BookTook phenomenon
▼ + stars: | 2022-03-01 | by ( Marta Biino | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

In 2020 and 2021, book sales surged, reaching a near 20-year peak, according to industry data. 2021 sales of Hoover's books were up 650% over 2020 sales, with 1.9 million copies sold, according to data from NPD BookScan, the largest book sales tracker in the US. Since mid-2020, TikTok has been the driving force of an unprecedented surge in book sales, industry insiders say. The strategy of marketers has always been to push and advertise newer books, industry experts said, and those usually sell better. Then, around Halloween 2021, sales rose steadily to about 2,000 copies a week.

☆ How a teacher and a salesman in Arizona paid off $52,000 in debt in 18 months
▼ + stars: | 2021-12-23 | by ( Gili Malinsky | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

In 2008, Deacon Hayes and his wife, Kim, "were newly married" and "living paycheck to paycheck" in Phoenix, Arizona, he says. She was a teacher and he was selling wood floors, and, "between credit card debt, student loans, and car loans, we had about $52,000 in consumer debt," he says. But by tackling each debt a little differently and paying off between $500 and $6,800 per month, the couple achieved their goal. Here's how Deacon and Kim Hayes, now 38 and 40, respectively, and living in Scottsdale, Arizona, paid off their debt. Deacon ended up getting a job at Long Wong's, a local Arizona eatery, and working there for six months.

WalletHub ranked the best US cities for affordability, activities, quality of life, and healthcare. The best cities for retirement in 2021 include Orlando, Charleston, and Scottsdale. New data from WalletHub looks at the best places in the US for retirement, based on affordability, quality of life, retirement-friendly activities, and healthcare. The activities category factored in popular retirement activities per capita, like fishing, golf courses, recreation and senior centers, and cultural activities. Quality of life included factors like the share of people over age 65, walkability, weather, and air and water quality.

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☆ 16 best hotels for Christmas celebrations
▼ + stars: | 2015-12-03 | by ( Marnie Hunter | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

On Christmas Eve, there’s a Season’s Greetings Dinner ($125 per adult; $55 per child) and a service in the resort’s chapel. On Christmas Day, puzzles and board games, indoor planetarium presentations and a Christmas musical will keep families entertained. Christmas Eve and Christmas Day dinner will be served at both Olivella and The Oak, and there’s a grand buffet on Christmas Day at The Farmhouse ($195 per adult, including wine; $65 for children 12 and younger). Eloise, the hotel’s famous fictional resident, lends her name to a children’s tea available for $118 per child. The Circle will host a buffet brunch on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day ($285 per person; $100 for children 12 and younger).

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