I read several posts lately about the dire nature of the real estate market with questions about whether now is a good time to invest based on the “badness” of the market. These are sensible warnings and no one can be faulted for calling a spade a spade. However, the assumption that someone is in […]

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Due diligence is a term used for a number of concepts involving either the performance of an investigation of a business or person, or the performance of an act with a certain standard of care. It can be a legal obligation, but the term will more commonly apply to voluntary investigations. A common example of […]

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Taking responsibility sometimes requires one to find an alternate path in life. I often hear and read stories about people “walking away� from their financial obligations and responsibilities simply because it’s not in their best interest to honor them, or it’s simply become to stressful.

As a Realtor, I’ve certainly not been immune to the […]

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Last week, someone posted a question about whether or not geography was a factor to Texas not appreciating like the rest of the country in recent years.
It got me to thinking and I recalled a local presentation (Dallas) I had done in 2006 where I addressed that very question.
In Texas, there are three main reasons […]

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Although I haven’t read any reports in the last couple of months, at the beginning of the year there was buzz about foreign investment in US real estate. Some reported on foreign investors taking advantage of the weak dollar to put down enough to create a good cash flow with the expectations, also, of appreciation […]

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During a class I was teaching in 2005, one of the students asked why all the “idiot” California investors were flocking into town and buying newly constructed houses for as much as $0.90 cents on the dollar? His question drew some laughs from others in the room and they also wondered why they would […]

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We all know about changes. Change happens all the time. The city you’ve lived in for years looks nothing like it did 5, 10, 20 years ago. Ride around the city, now looking at it as an investor, and everywhere you’ll see once successfully operating buildings now sinking into disrepair, or the businesses operating out […]

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