Category: Real Estate
Tips for selling your own home
The value of homes in the last sixty years has increased steadily. Everyone (even those who should have known better) believed that the rise would go on forever and the entire real estate industry was established on that concept. Then the worst comes after the hyperinflation of home values begins to plummet. That bursting of…
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Technical Writing: The Difference Between a Process and a Procedure
In Shakespeare’s Henry IV, Part 1, Act III, Scene 1, in a discussion about dividing up a piece of land, a character says that he will “recriminate a ninth of a hair”. Cavil means to object on an important point. Even better, it’s a really annoying and trivial quibble. The reason for mentioning this is…
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Fixed Training Costs vs. Variable Training Costs
The current financial customer makes it difficult for training departments to raise additional funds, let alone normal operating funds. Many times departments must “make do” with the budget that has been given to them. But once you have a budget, no matter how big or small, you should have an idea of which costs are…
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Loans with no down payment – 2 tips to save money
These days things are a little different, most lenders expect to see your cash “show me the money” before offering a loan. Once you want to buy a home, you should have cash that you have saved for a down payment on the home mortgage plus closing fees. The amount of your mortgage loan down…
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Real Estate – The Speed of Money
This lesson is actually adapted from Robert Kiyosaki’s book, “Who Moved My Money?” I highly recommend investors to read this book. He writes that the Velocity of Money is the only reason the rich get richer and the average investor risks losing everything. I agree. From Robert’s book, write “As a professional investor, I want……
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Pros and Cons of Top-Down and Bottom-Up Wireless Cellular Shades
I am writing this article because you are interested in top down and bottom up wireless cellular shades. Like me, you want to learn more before making a decision about whether they are right for you. I will go over some of the pros and cons of this window covering and try to be unbiased.…
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Atlanta Corporate Apartments
Corporate apartments are temporary housing facilities for corporate travelers. These are located in regular apartment complexes or complexes owned by a landlord and structurally similar to other apartments in terms of the number of rooms available and indoor or outdoor facilities. Atlanta, a world-class business center, has a number of renowned corporate apartments in the…
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Bali luxury villas have many benefits beyond hotels
Perhaps because hotels are highly commercialized, tourists looking for a vacation to the Island of the Gods, Bali, Indonesia often overlook the many benefits of renting a luxury villa for their vacation abroad. Hotel marketers have done such a good job that official statistics show that over 70% of visitors to Bali choose to stay…
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Dark clouds of foreclosures hold a silver lining in real estate possibilities
Over the course of the previous decades, America seemed to be living a “bottle of champagne” lifestyle on a “light beer” financial budget. As they recklessly borrowed capital to offset tax cuts for the prosperous and cover the cost of unfunded wars and bank bailouts, the burden of financial liability has worsened due to the…
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Hidden Value: The Importance of a Commercial Lease
Knowing what makes a property valuable and being able to accurately estimate a property’s value is essential to a profitable real estate investment. In recent years, a popular approach has been to find a structurally sound, but aesthetically poor property, and give it a coat of paint and a bit of landscaping. This is an…
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