Tara Imani, AIA NCIDQ CSI

Architect + Interior Designer | Newly licensed Real Estate Agent in Texas. | Creating and finding your perfect home.

[Tara Imani, AIA NCIDQ CSI @Parthenon1]

A once-boring laundry room transformed 🦚 The peacock wallpaper brings a touch of elegance and joy to an everyday space. Even the smallest rooms deserve some bling.

#HomeEdit #TheGentleEdit #Interiors

[Tara Imani, AIA NCIDQ CSI @Parthenon1]

I’m so pleased with how this wallpaper is turning out in the Laundry Room.

#Wallpaper #interiordecor

[Tara Imani, AIA NCIDQ CSI @Parthenon1]

What a nasty way to treat another human being. I’m sorry. 😢

[Hinato @opsylojay1]

My boss fired me on Slack. Then asked me to train my replacement over Zoom.

Message came at 4:58pm on a Friday.
“Hey, we’re going in a different direction. Last day today.”

I was remote. In Michigan.
Had 2 minutes to say goodbye to a team I’d led for 3 years.

[Amy Nixon @texasrunnerDFW]

What stage of the housing cycle is this?

😆

[Ben Bergman @thebenbergman]

The seller of a $2.9 million San Francisco home accepting payment in Anthropic or OpenAI stock has been flooded with offers.

The seller is a local "high-end luxury developer" who is a big believer in Anthropic and OpenAI.

[Gina Papatsaras @seekmarin]

The Tahoe Rim Trail just made National Geographic’s list of 100 hikes of a lifetime. A 165-mile loop around Lake Tahoe with nonstop Sierra views and serious bucket-list energy.

https://t.co/px9zMqZZM9

[Tara Imani, AIA NCIDQ CSI @Parthenon1]

“”Luxury vinyl plank” is usually a kiss a death in San Francisco, but even engineered hardwood that looks similarish to vinyl is in a lot of circumstances “

[Rohin Dhar @rohindhar]

Reasons homes in San Francisco sometimes sell for less than you’d predict given the square footage and location and published features

It’s usually something about the bedrooms

The main culprit is if there isn’t a true primary bedroom with an en-suite bathroom

The second most common reason is the bedrooms are spread out on different levels that would make things challenging for buyers with young kids, which is a large part of the buyer pool. Nobody wants to put their “baby in the basement” if their bedroom is two levels above 😅

Or if one of the bedrooms is just way too small

Other reasons are if the lot is a bit smaller than normal, or if the natural lighting isn’t so good

Another one is if there is no entryway for putting your stuff (shoes, kids backpacks, etc) when you walk in the home. Imagine the explosion of mess kids make when they walk in a home and think about if it spilled right into the living room vs a “decompression” zone like mud room or entryway

Lastly if the materials choice isn’t appropriate for the price point, that is often a culprit. “Luxury vinyl plank” is usually a kiss a death in San Francisco, but even engineered hardwood that looks similarish to vinyl is in a lot of circumstances

If you’re a buyer that keeps getting outbid on homes, they kinds of places are opportunities bc you might win them and some of these are reversible and some of these might not be a big deal for you

[Bobby Fijan @bobbyfijan]

What working class housing used to look like

[scott budman @scottbudman]

$3 million San Francisco home for sale.

“Anthropic or OpenAl stock will be considered as payments.”

[Insider Wire @InsiderWire]

#BREAKING: CBP intercepts boat carrying 240 Haitian nationals attempting to enter the U.S. illegally.

[Visegrád 24 @visegrad24]

BREAKING:

A large group of second and third-generation migrants is rioting in Brussels, the capital city of the EU.

They are building barricades, setting fires, vandalizing the city, looting stores as well as throwing rocks and shooting fireworks at police officers 🇪🇺🇧🇪

[Hany Girgis @SanDiegoKnight]

Bloomberg reports a stark reversal in North Texas: the H-1B-fueled housing boom that turned Dallas suburbs like Frisco and Prosper into “Dallaspuram” is collapsing.

For years, Indian software engineers on H-1B visas powered a luxury-home surge …buying up to 70% of new builds, snapping up $800k+ houses with puja rooms and spice kitchens. Collin County’s Indian population exploded. Builders couldn’t keep up.

Now? That pipeline has slammed shut.

The Trump administration’s new $100,000 “expedited review” fee for overseas H-1B petitions, combined with stricter wage rules, AI-driven tech layoffs, and state-level crackdowns in Texas, has sent Indian buyers fleeing. One builder saw Indian sales drop from 70% to under 30%. Luxury inventory is piling up. Home prices in key suburbs fell nearly 9% year-over-year in February.

Families who transformed the region are now facing exile:

homes underwater, foreclosures looming, some returning to India after sudden job losses.

One realtor called it a “bloodbath” for the high-end market.

The human cost is brutal …skilled professionals who helped build the boom now watching it evaporate.

Bloomberg asks: Is the H-1B crackdown protecting American jobs… or hollowing out the very growth it once created?

https://t.co/D7GxavpZ0f

[Anttsinc @anttsinc]

Bloomberg just dropped a big one: South Asians - Dot 🇮🇳 (mainly H-1B workers) went from 70% of the buyer market in key Texas suburbs to under 30% due to the H-1B crackdown.

Collin County is already seeing rising foreclosures. Many who bought in the last 3 years are now upside down. Price reductions and inventory are both surging.

What fueled the boom is now driving the bust. Texas real estate reality check incoming.

Is this those dot 🇮🇳 1st housing correction/crash?

[Geiger Capital @Geiger_Capital]

The crackdown on H-1B visas is causing home prices to drop in the suburbs of Dallas…

Imagine what mass deportations would do to rents and public services. GenZ and Millennials would realize that they’ve been competing with an entire foreign class in their own country.

[unusual_whales @unusual_whales]

Monterey Park has become the first city in the US to permanently ban data centers, per Los Angeles Times.

[Forbes @Forbes]

Trump Says He’ll Officially Nominate Blanche As Attorney General
https://t.co/eM1SvGnB3L

[FischerKing @FischerKing64]

Everything I see from podcasters about demons, aliens, the Antichrist, ‘advanced propulsion systems’ - all of this crap was already on the radio in 1995 on the Art Bell show.

The difference is Art Bell didn’t turn around and then expect to be taken seriously on politics.

[Imtiaz Mahmood @ImtiazMadmood]

An Egyptian priestess wrote on her stela that she didn't believe mummies would awaken after death. She tells her spouse to enjoy himself on Earth because only darkness awaits him.

[zerohedge @zerohedge]

California's 'Wealth' Tax Is Coming For Everyone https://t.co/TJrZ8FtvKm

[Bloomberg @business]

Screwworm has been detected in an animal in the US for the first time since 2016. Here's why the parasite can be a serious problem for cattle ranchers https://t.co/dgap5kDzzS

[Barbarian Herodotus @BBHerodotus]

The home of author Agatha Christie, Greenway House

[New York Post @nypost]

Polymarket believes archrival Kalshi could be spying on its NYC offices, employees: 'Too many coincidences' https://t.co/xZ2kIFujKq