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Real Estate by Marty Boardman | November 17, 2011 
The grocery store down the street from my house sells a gallon of milk for $2.50. A small cup of coffee at Dunkin Donuts runs $1.60. The going rate for a Hunter 5-minute ceiling fan at Home Depot is $99. A 55” Vizio HDTV with internet apps sells for $1,399 at Costco (I know because [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate Investing by Marty Boardman | June 24, 2011Have you heard what an ounce of gold is selling for these days? According to GoldPrice.org it’s around $1,552. That’s a 176-year high. Back in 2007, when the housing market first started its downward spiral, gold was worth approximately $600 an ounce. I’m no financial expert but it appears to me that this gold buying [...]
Real Estate Investing by Marty Boardman | March 10, 2011 
Dr. Philip Rulon could tell a story. He was my American history teacher in college at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff. I actually looked forward to his class. Twice a week, for 75 minutes, Dr. Rulon would colorfully describe important historical events like the Civil War, the Great Depression and the JFK assassination. He knew [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate Market by Julie Broad | July 7, 2010 
The world has been watching Canada this year. Not because the winter Olympics were here, but because Canada escaped the global economic crisis with minor cuts and bruises while many other countries are still being hit hard. We’ve become the example for other countries to learn from. And some of the world’s most influential economic [...]
Read the full article → Landlord Tenant by Brendan O'Brien | November 2, 2009I was astonished to hear these words coming from a seasoned investor – somebody I respect a lot. “I need to rent the place for at least $1,200,” he said. “I won’t rent it until I can get at least that.” The rental unit in question had been sitting vacant for about six months. It [...]
Economy by Tom Koziol | November 28, 2008I have been through a few market swings in my tenure on this earth. I’d bet you have too. And, I bet, you have read and listened to a ton of advice on what to do when the market is up and what to do when the market is down. Some of the advice probably [...]
Real Estate Investing by Troy Schuricht | April 10, 2008Just like any other financial market, real estate continually cycles through its highs and lows. There can be great debate on whether the market as a whole has bottomed out, but there is a growing consensus that many markets already have. Either way, now is a great time to start investing in real estate. Here [...]
Economy by Joshua Dorkin | January 3, 2007A few days have passed in 2007, and there are a few stories I think are worth a look. Enjoy! Manhattan real estate market remains strong The Manhattan Market is INCREDIBLE! “The average price of a Manhattan apartment rose to more than $1.14 million in the fourth quarter of last year, up 5 percent compared [...]
Economy by Joshua Dorkin | December 24, 2006Welcome to the Christmas Eve Edition of the Dispatch! I’ve got a little time, so I just wanted to share some headlines I found to be interesting . . . The Kansas City Star picked up on the recent foreclosure report from the Center for Responsible Lending and discusses Foreclosure rise forecast: Nearly one in [...]
BiggerPockets News by Joshua Dorkin | November 10, 2006I wanted to extend a warm welcome to Bea Chenowitz, a new contributor to our blog. Bea is a wonderful writer from New York, and will help share her unique views of this crazed real estate market. Here is a brief bio she threw together for us: “I have lived in New York City for [...]
Mortgages & Lending by Charles Feldman | October 25, 2006Last year was an out and out bummer if you wanted to find yourself a real estate bargain. As Dian Hymer says, writing for Boston.com,the bargainless real estate market of a year ago was due in large measure to the fact that inventories of homes for sale reached record low levels. But what a difference [...]
Housing by Joshua Dorkin | September 5, 2006In the second quarter of ’06 home prices crept upward, but slowed considerably from ’05, reports Bloomberg Prices for single-family homes rose an average of 1.17 percent during the quarter, compared with 3.65 percent growth in the second quarter of 2005. The drop was the biggest since the agency began keeping records in 1975. The [...]
Real Estate Investing by Joshua Dorkin | August 28, 2006The good people at Gallup have posted the results of their UBS/Gallup Index of Investor Optimism poll, which shows that “investors are worried that the real estate markets are continuing to deteriorate. The new poll also shows that investor optimism continued its steady seven month decline, reaching a new low point for the year in [...]
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