Category: Real Estate
Pasig River rehabilitation encourages new real estate developments in Manila
As part of the Manila waterfront regeneration, a $167 million cleanup of the Pasig River has begun. The five-year project, which has been established by the Pasig River Rehabilitation Commission (PRRC), will see a cleanup of the iconic river with a completion timeline set for 2016. Working in conjunction with the environmental protection areas (EPA),…
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Using the five senses to improve your writing
View This is the one sense that provides most of the detail in our stories. Our words become the eyes of our readers, giving us a blank canvas on which to paint a picture to tell our story. From the sight of a common fear, like a spider slithering silently across the floor, to the…
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Ten Great Ways to Reshape Your Life
1. Find out your strengths (if you don’t know what they are, you need to find out)! What do you do when you are at your best? This question is deceptively simple but incredibly powerful. The world’s most successful people have discovered the things they are best at and build their work lives around those…
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Remodeling your bathroom: what does a 4-inch faucet say about your home?
Before I got into the kitchen and bath industry, I never thought about the difference between a 4″ faucet and an 8″ faucet. I grew up in a small rural town and I honestly can’t remember the type of faucet in any house I’ve ever seen, including my own. My parents built a new house…
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MLM leads equals more cash equals more recruits in your network marketing business
Network marketers have a few things in common when I’m training them. Everyone is looking for more effective ways to become highly successful in network marketing. In MLM, most distributors are taught many ways to build their MLM business. However, the most common way they are taught is to go out and buy non-targeted generic…
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Urban Investment Property and Your Financial Future
America’s cities are changing. New technology makes it possible to make a living from your laptop. With this freedom, young, tech-savvy, and well-paid people are flooding into urban city centers in search of culture, convenience, and rentals. Many urban areas are also seeing a rise in short-term rentals, with websites like Airbnb opening up the…
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Inflation in India
In addition to domestic factors, inflation in India fluctuates depending on international oil prices. If international oil prices increase, inflation also increases. For example, due to the reduction in international oil prices currently below $50 a barrel, inflation has also come down to 8.7%. In the recent past, inflation in India was around 13% due…
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end of summer breath
You’ve had a great summer. Memories have been made, maybe you took a trip or two, maybe your family came to visit. Even if you had a lazy summer, people want to celebrate while they can and that’s when an end of summer party is just what the doctor ordered. End of summer parties can…
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Hotel financial control: improved hotel P&L structure based on new revenue and costs
The Hotel Financial Control function typically analyzes Hotel activity through a standard P&L reclassification that identifies four major departments that represent the Hotel’s primary area of business: Room Revenue, Food and Beverage, Telephone, and Other Revenue. Rooms and F&B are the main drivers of value, while other income can help the total contribution. For each…
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Identity Theft – Don’t Be a Victim!
Moments after stepping out of the cab, Rachel rushed through the hotel lobby entrance, eager to put what had been a terribly exhausting day behind her. Flight delays due to weather caused her LAX-MDW-BWI trip to take nearly eleven hours to complete. All she could think about was kicking off her shoes to soothe her…
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