Alejandra Rodriguez-Villamizar is a communications specialist, editor, and researcher based in Medellín, Colombia, with experience working at the intersection of investigative journalism, strategic communications, and multimedia storytelling.
She is currently Editorial Consultant at KeyCrew, where she leads and refines editorial processes, and manages and mentors the editorial team. Before this role, Alejandra coordinated multimedia content production and designed impact metrics. She conducted in-depth research on organized crime across Latin American countries, contributing to investigative reports that inform public debate and policy discussions. Her career also includes work in digital strategy and audience engagement at University College London, where she supported the Anthropology Department’s outreach and career initiatives.
Alejandra holds a BA in Communications and Journalism from Universidad EAFIT and an MSc in Politics, Violence and Crime from UCL, graduating with distinction. Her work is grounded in a people-centered approach that combines rigorous research, clear storytelling, and strategic thinking to generate social impact.
The Southwest Florida housing market is cooling. Inventory is up, prices have pulled back in parts of the region, and buyers are harder to qualify than they were two years ago. But the slowdown isn’t hitting every community the same way, and buyers and investors who treat the entire region as one market may be ...
If you have been searching for a vacation home on Long Beach Island, you already know the frustration. There are almost no listings. And experts who work this market say the shortage is not a temporary blip – it is a structural condition driven by fixed land supply, protected wetlands, and buyer demand that has ...
The most affordable land in New Jersey with a workable commute to Philadelphia is not where most buyers are looking, and that mismatch is starting to close. Agents with broad territory across South Jersey are pointing to Cumberland and Salem counties as the part of the market where value still exists, at a moment when ...
The standard advice for first-time rental investors sounds sensible: start small, buy one property, get your footing, then grow. But some experienced investors and the agents who work with them argue that single-property ownership is actually the riskiest way to enter the rental market, not the safest. Shirley Weems, a Realtor with Waterman Real Estate, ...
Something unusual is happening in the Southwest Florida housing market in mid-2026: the more expensive the home, the faster it tends to sell. That pattern runs counter to what most people expect from a market that has been cooling since the pandemic peak, and it has real implications for anyone trying to buy or sell ...
Florida’s insurance costs have become one of the loudest reasons people cite for avoiding the state’s housing market. The concern is real – premiums have climbed sharply, and flood zone designations have made some properties genuinely difficult to insure at any reasonable price. But builders and contractors working in the market point to a distinction ...
Small investors eyeing the northern Indianapolis suburbs in 2026 are often looking for the wrong opportunity. The search for a quick flip, buy distressed, renovate, sell at a profit, runs into a market where prices are already strong and undervalued properties are scarce. What the data and experienced observers on the ground suggest is that ...
When a tenant and landlord both want to part ways, a cash-for-keys agreement used to be one of the cleaner solutions available. The landlord pays the tenant to vacate voluntarily, the tenant walks away with money in hand, and both sides avoid the cost and stress of eviction court. In Santa Monica, that option has ...
When housing inventory is this tight, buying land and building from scratch can look like a logical workaround. In the Hudson Valley, the math on that strategy is harder than most buyers expect, and one factor that rarely shows up in early conversations is the tax treatment of new construction. A Two-Part Cost Problem Brokers ...
The narrative around Miami’s luxury real estate market in mid-2026 is one of cooling, a natural correction after the frenzied pace of 2021 and 2022. But on the ground in South Beach and Miami Beach, the picture is more layered than the headlines suggest. Inventory has expanded, buyers have gained negotiating leverage, and yet deal ...
The luxury coastal real estate market rarely tells a simple story, and for brokers operating across multiple geographies, the differences between markets can be just as instructive as the similarities. Jack Zaborowski, Broker Associate at eXp Realty, has spent nearly two decades navigating that complexity, running the Jack and Jill team across North Palm Beach ...
The Treasure Coast of Florida has long attracted buyers priced out of South Florida’s more established markets. Fort Pierce and Port St. Lucie, in particular, have drawn attention for their relative affordability, available land, and coastal appeal. But as of mid-2026, the market is more complex than the “underrated gem” narrative that circulated in recent ...
After more than four decades in the business, Jim Myrick has watched Silicon Valley reinvent itself several times, from hardware and personal computers to the dot-com era, social media, biotech, and now artificial intelligence. Through each cycle, the region’s real estate market has followed its own logic, one that doesn’t always match the national narrative. ...
While much of the national conversation around real estate has focused on affordability crises in major metros, some smaller regional markets have quietly maintained a steady rhythm of their own. The Southern Tier and Finger Lakes region of upstate New York is one such market, and for those who know it well, its resilience comes ...
Florida’s real estate market is being pulled in two directions at once. In South Florida, international capital – particularly from Latin America – is reshaping the condo and short-term rental market. In the greater Orlando area, a steady flow of domestic relocators and forward-looking foreign investors is fueling demand for long-term residential assets. For agents ...
