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Questions to Ask When Purchasing an Investment Property
If you are looking for ways to diversify your investments, build additional streams of income, or put your home’s equity to work for the long-term, you may be considering a real estate investment. While you may think that this is a simple process of identifying a...
Financial Literacy #1
Why you should see a financial advisor?The social distancing and stay-at-home orders necessitated by the coronavirus have led many of us to feel isolated. Still, we’ve fought back through social media, “virtual” gatherings and walks in the neighborhood, where we could...
Financial Literacy and Small Business Corner #1
Our nation is facing a large racial gap in business ownership between the wealth of whites and that of people of color. In addition to the gap in wealth, the fact that large segments of the US lack savings or wealth is drawn upon the weather, financial shocks or to...
HOW SOCIAL MEDIA HAS HELPED BLACK BUSINESSES
The basic idea that drove the creation of social media was to bring the people of the world closer and open up communication across the great distances of the world. This proposition gave precedence to the existence of platforms that enabled people to connect and have...
Health and Wellness #1
The well-being of Black people in the United States has long been threatened. As SEI establishes partnerships with care groups located in the Bay Area (including but not limited to wellness networks, fitness groups, public health departments, hospitals, etc.), we...
The Purpose of the Social Equity Initiative
Much like many of us in the community and beyond, members of the Social Equity Initiative have witnessed, heard, and experienced moments characterized by feelings of despair, frustration, and helplessness. These collective moments experienced by Black people have...