The trial of a Florida man accused of murdering his wife is underway in Orlando this week. David Trones, 55, has pleaded not guilty to a charge of first-degree murder in the death of his wife, Shanti Cooper Trones. Trones claims she passed out and died in the bathtub at their home while walking their dog. Prosecutor Michael Smith presented a completely different case in his opening statement, alleging that Tronnes killed his wife after she refused to appear on the reality TV show “Zombie House Flipping.”This infuriated her husband, according to Smith, who claimed that Trones had spent all…
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First Published: October 16, 2023 at 9:58 AM PDTThe trial of a Florida man accused of murdering his wife is underway in Orlando this week. David Trones, 55, has pleaded not guilty to a charge of first-degree murder in the death of his wife, Shanti Cooper Trones. Trones claims she passed out and died in the bathtub of their home while walking their dog. Prosecutor Michael Smith presented a completely different case in his opening statement, alleging that Tronnes killed his wife after she refused to appear on the reality TV show “Zombie House Flipping.”This infuriated her husband, according to…
David Trones, 55, is on trial in Florida for the murder of his wife, who prosecutors say he killed because she refused to attend a real estate showing. Shanti Cooper Trones, 39, was found dead from blunt force trauma and strangulation in their Orlando, Florida, home in 2018. Trones claimed his wife had fallen while taking a bath, a claim police described as “bullshit.” A Florida man is on trial for allegedly murdering his wife after she refused to appear on a reality TV show about flipping homes.David Tronnes, 55, has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in the April…
After decades of mild inflation, easy monetary policy and low interest rates, we are once again witnessing how an interest rate shock can affect real estate. Rising interest rates over the past year have increased the cost of capital across all asset classes, creating a meaningful direct impact on the investment environment. However, the second-order impact of rising interest rates on real estate values and capital markets, particularly the sharp decline in commercial real estate debt capital, is arguably just as significant. In our view, the pullback in real estate debt markets will determine both investor outcomes and opportunities in…
When a studio like A24 announces a project called “The Curse,” you're probably expecting something a little like “Talk to Me.” However, A24's “The Curse” is actually an upcoming TV series from Showtime and Paramount+. It is co-created and executive produced by Benny Safdie and Nathan Fielder. “The Curse” is “a genre-bending series that follows newlywed couple Emma Stone and Nathan Fielder as they try to have a child while co-starring in a new home improvement show, and a curse disrupts their relationship.” You can see the first key art for “The Curse” here, as well as the first trailer…
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Anna Weber/Getty Images If you're into real estate or design, you're probably familiar with “Masters of Flip.” The hit HGTV reality show follows real-life couple Dave and Courtney Wilson as they renovate Nashville-area homes and resell them for top profits. But when the Canadian natives first met, real estate wasn't their career goal. advertisement Early in her musical career, Courtney met fellow aspiring musician Dave while he was on vacation in New York City. “We met through mutual friends, and a month later I called my parents and told them I was in love,” Courtney…
Residents of the Millennium Tower, known as San Francisco's Leaning Tower, will have to pay $6.8 million in damages after renovations that should have fixed the troubled luxury building's 29-inch lean went awry, causing a disastrous sewage spill. Repairs to correct the tower's infamous 29-inch lean were completed at a cost of $10 per square foot of apartment space, totaling $6.8 million to tenants. The project ended up costing $20 million more than the expected $100 million, NBC Bay Area reported. The 545-foot-tall tower has continued to lean and sink to the west even after architects tried to repair its…
Independent organization rebrands as Everon CHICAGO , Oct. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — GTCR, a leading private equity firm, today announced it has completed its acquisition of ADT's commercial security and fire and life safety security businesses (the “Company”) from ADT Inc. (“ADT”; NYSE: ADT). Moving forward as an independent organization, ADT Commercial will rebrand as Everon. GTCR is partnering with former Protection1 executives Dan Bressingham and Tim Wall, as well as other ADTC executives, to acquire the nation's leading provider of electronic security and fire protection services to commercial enterprises and multi-location national customers. Bressingham, the former leader of ADT's…
Did you like this post? Subscribe to my Substack now for additional insights and content.”There are many ruins in nations” – Adam Smith, 1777 There has been a noticeable increase in “Roman Empire” talk on social media recently, which isn't all that interesting except for the fact that in this case there seems to be a major effort to somehow associate the act of “thinking” about the “Roman Empire” with masculinity and men's supposed concern for the collapse of the United States.Here's an interesting example written by “Eva Vlaardingerbroek”.There is certainly something “Freudian” going on here and I personally believe…