Where Industry Reinvention and an Enduring Love Story Intersect By Summer Goralik [This article was also published on my Substack here] Do you ever feel like the movies out there are just rewrites of earlier movies? I often catch myself — cue the annoyed tone here — thinking, “Can’t they come up with anything new?” The plots feel awfully recycled and the characters all too familiar. I suppose it’s the inclination to lean on the magic recipe that worked before. And yet, every

Lemons, Listings and Selective Visibility By Summer Goralik [This article was also published to my Substack; if you are interested, please subscribe here ] Roald Dahl’s stories were never just for children. When I read his books with my son, I often catch myself saying out loud, “Is this really for kids?” There is always something beneath the absurdity, something sharper. Dahl had a singular way of disguising serious truths inside outlandish characters and improbable plots. A

A new type of podcast focused on enforcement actions in the real estate industry By Summer Goralik Everyone and their mother has a podcast these days (my famous line). But apparently, that includes me. I think this next chapter with Troy Palmquist is going to be a fun one. I met Troy many years ago when I still had a DRE badge on my hip (the badge was pretty cool… my encounters with Troy back then were probably less cool for him 😄). Later, we ended up working together on b

A late-night discovery reveals a quiet shift in real estate transparency By Summer Goralik [This article was originally published by HousingWire on January 13, 2026 and can be found here .] While I was knee-deep in real estate compliance work, I overlooked a significant legal development coming out of Wisconsin. Yes, Wisconsin — a long way from my home here in California, but increasingly a place worth paying attention to. Digging into the statutory language, I began to wond