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May 18
2010

Pisos-Alquiler.com

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Pisos de Alquiler
In our portal ad-free Pisos-Alquiler.com you can find apartments for rent, shared flats, studios and rooms for rent. All classified ads feature an audio player that can access them blind or otherwise visually impaired.

It incorporates a search engine to customize the search of the apartment you want, choosing between different categories of rent, the province of Spain where they want to live and the price range that is available to spend.

Pisos-Alquiler.com offers the added value that the broadcast of their content is distributed by Twitter and Facebook, trying so the advertisement has the greatest impact and thus ensure its success.
Mar 17
2010

Home Improvements Often Don't Mean Increased Property Value

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Alan Barker
About three years ago when the real estate in Logan Utah was at a peak me and a friend both bought separate properties that we identical. They had been built around the same time, were practically mirror images of each other and they were in the same condition.
 
We both proceeded to buy the properties for sale in Logan at the same price, same down payment, same loan, everything.
 
We both decided to rent out our properties with good results. I was able to receive a bit more for rent on my property because i allowed pets. When my renters moved out last year I was able make my house available as a "lease option". I quickly had renters/buyers who agreed to a lease option price that would give me a net return investment of $18,000 
 
My friends approach to his unit was very different. He was a building contractor so his idea was to update the 30 year old home to make it more valuable and more sellable. So when he was in between renters he  completely upgraded the house. He added siding, central air conditioning, new tile, carpet, cabinet stain, paint, a deck,new fixtures, sinks, toilets, trees and so on. He put more than $16,000 into the renovation of the property. The property turned out really nice and will sell quickly at the right price.
 
The only problem is the cost it took of all the upgrades is more than the value of the upgrades. This happens often with upgrades.
 
Since the property is now so nice he wants to sell it rather than rent it out where it might get ruined. If he gets the full asking price, he will only get a net profit of  about $10,000.
 
So it seems like upgrades will be a good real estate investment but as you can see that is often not the case. 
Dec 25
2009

MIDDLE EAST IS VERY STRONG, DESPITE NEGATIVE PUBLICITY AND THE "BADMOUTH PRESS ATTACK AT DUBAI, U.A.E."

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Selina Brown

If their is any information that you would like to find out about property in United Arab Emirates, Oman or Saudi Arabia, then please do contact me.
I have been based in the Middle East since March, 2007.
One VERY HOT area to look at for investment is Salalah, Oman. OMAN has outstripped just about all of it's Middle East neighbor's and has remained untouched by the global financial crisis.
Now most of you in the world wouldn't have even heard of the place, but let me tell you, it is THE PLACE TO INVEST for strong capital growth & excellent returns.
I have many local contacts here in the Middle East who can assist with group investors or individual investors who are looking for good solid long term growth in the region.



Sep 02
2009

Global IDX, would it work for you?

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NAR Global
 

Beginning in mid-September, as many as 300,000 U.S. REALTOR® listings in Florida, California, Las Vegas and Washington, D.C. will be translated into French and displayed at the website of the Federation Nationale de l'Immobilier (FNAIM), the French association of real estate professionals and NAR bilateral partner. Similarly, REALTORS® affiliated with participating local REALTOR® Association MLSs will be able to display their choice of more than 500,000 FNAIM members' listings from throughout France, translated into English, at their website. This global property "exchange" is the result of the expansion of a service that has been pilot tested over the past two years by two REALTOR® Associations in Florida (Miami and the Beaches and Sarasota) and the Paris chapter of FNAIM.

Feb 23
2009

MEDICAL ABROAD / HEALTH ABROAD / Industry to watch..

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Boomers Abroad Online Community & Social Network

There is a strong upward trend in the number of Americans traveling abroad to places like Mexico, Panama, Argentina,  for healthcare.

Jan 15
2009

Commercial Real Estate Education

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Paul Martis

Commercial Real Estate Education

Jan 11
2009

First Blog, International Real Estate Agent Tampa Florida

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Mario Levesque

Hello everyone,

Jan 06
2009

Washington DC - International Networking

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Andrew Norton
International Networking Mixer - Washington DC - January 15, 2009, 6 pm until ?? Contact andy@dchomes.com off list for further info. I am not hosting it, just passing along information on what promises to be a great opportunity to exchange business cards.
Nov 03
2008

Blogging on Cape Cod!

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Peggy Farber

I have just registered today and have been perusing the site and thought I would just post a blog hopefully to attract comment from agents around the country and around the world as to your hopes and expectations in regard to the economy and to real estate in general.; what impact you think the election of a new President will have, etc.I would also be most interested in hearing about your local markets' health. For instance, Cape Cod is largely a second home and retirement market with a lifestyle that appeals to and attracts Buyers from everywhere. Since we are essentially pretty well surrounded by water and local communities purchase land for open space, the product we have to offer for sale is "finite".  Consequently, although we are feeling a pinch here too, we have not suffered the setbacks in our local market that have been felt in other parts of the country.

Oct 17
2008

Attitude is Everything

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Elena Carrillo
 

I love weekends. Not just for the obvious but because I can read my newspaper in leisure and not just the day's headlines (which honestly, have been anything but inspiring).