Category: Real Estate
Real Estate Appraisal in Ventura and Los Angeles
Ventura and Los Angeles Local Real Estate Market Home values increased 13% year over year in Ventura and Los Angeles County. Many of the world’s largest funds, including THR California, Colony Capital, Blackstone, KKR, and Waypoint, are acquiring almost 1/3 of all homes on the open market for rent over the next 5 years. This…
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Soil retaining wall do it yourself
When it comes to holding tons of dirt, you basically have two options. Hire a mason and build a traditional cinder block wall, or you can do it yourself with interlocking (or segmented) retaining wall blocks. The use of block retaining walls instead of traditional concrete retaining wall construction is increasing in popularity. You may…
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Legal thriller author breaks down paper trail scams
If 75% of women wear the wrong bra size and 75% of men wear shirts with the wrong sleeve length, is it any wonder so many people don’t understand paper trails, don’t understand their critical roles in scam games? Fraud, shell games, scandal-mongering and scams of all kinds flourish from this tell-tale debris. And sadly,…
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Avoid Foreclosure With Obama’s Affordable Home Refinance Program
Upside down on your home loan? Are you making your payments on time? Has an application to refinance your loan been denied? This Home Affordable Refinance Program (HARP) could help you avoid foreclosure. HARP is expected to save the lives of 4 to 5 million homeowner families. Obama and his socialist cronies seek to buy…
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How to make your house look bigger from the street
As an architect, when designing new houses for clients, they first come to me with standard tastes that you would see in any house in any neighborhood. What I’m trying to do is expand their architectural vocabulary and be bold in what they’re trying to do, without spending a lot more money. Part of that…
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The best real estate software for investors?
Realeflow allows you to track complex transactions like short sales and rehab projects. It includes HUD-1 spreadsheets and the ability to create multiple logins for your team members, such as business partners and real estate agents. You get up to 16 premium lead generation websites (you pay for domains) and if you opt for the…
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Your budget and rent with option to buy
Buying a home is likely the most expensive purchase you’ll ever make. And if you’ve waited a long time for this day to come, you’ve no doubt thought about the features you want: maybe you crave a massive master bedroom with walk-in closets, or perhaps a gourmet kitchen with granite countertops? While you don’t want…
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Burrow Sofa Review
This Burrow Couch review was recently published by our in-depth review team. Unlike sofa deliveries you’ve had in the past, the Burrow sofa is shipped directly to the consumer in several large boxes. Similar to the mattress-in-a-box process, consumers have a risk-free trial period to receive a 100% refund if they decide the couch doesn’t…
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The Power of “Non-Taxable Debt” for a Real Estate Investor
Isn’t it great that there are so many ways to get financing for real estate investment projects today? That’s important since sellers want to get paid for their houses when they sell them… right? Now, just because there are what seems like endless sources of funds doesn’t mean those funds are easy to get… or…
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Sicilian dialect land measurements
While traveling in search of a piece of land in Sicily to build a house, some local knowledge of the dialect and traditional measurements is required. It gets very complicated as different regions of Sicily use the same words for different sizes of land in Sicily. When evaluating land in Sicily, always have an Italian…
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