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Real Estate Investing

Invest on the Ground Floor

by Winston Westbrook | November 20, 2009
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My grandfather was born in Guayaquil Ecuador in 1906. He came to America in the 70’s and would tell me stories about his business in Ecuador exporting bananas to the United States. He loved America and all it stood for; he wouldn’t drive anything but American made cars. Chevy to be exact, lol. He [...]

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Real Estate Market

Is The Housing Market Overheating . . . Again?

by Peter Giardini | October 27, 2009

It seems that in these past two weeks, we have experienced a tremendous increase in relatively negative news regarding the real estate market.  Usually I just chalk up all this negativity to the media working hard to score a few extra bucks.  However, this time I am choosing to not be so hard on the [...]

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Commentary

Conflicting Housing Market Data?

by Anwell Tsai | November 13, 2008

Real Estate markets are inefficient and involve non-homogenous assets being negotiated and purchased by private parties. It becomes difficult to track data since conditions of sale, financing, and property rights being sold, among other things, can not be easily verified.

However, there are more and more sophisticated indices published by various companies that [...]

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Blogs

Will We Know When The Market Turns?

by Richard Warren | May 19, 2008

“New study reveals that 90% of all statistics confuse 80% of the people 70% of the time!”
As investors we are constantly watching the markets for any sign of a change in the trend. The problem is that we are constantly bombarded with data that points us in several different directions at once. It is rare [...]

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Commentary

Breaking: Home Prices in US Down Again – Eight Months in a Row

by Joshua Dorkin | October 30, 2007

Looks like the news continues to get worse . . . I wonder what silver lining the Administration is going to spin this time?
U.S. home prices fell nationwide in August for the eighth consecutive month, offering little hope of a turnaround anytime soon, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller index released Tuesday. Things could get worse, [...]

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