Archive for September, 2007
Weekend Housing Links
This weekend’s links are all about panics, bubbles, crashes and generally everything that is terrible and bad about housing. Are you scared yet? Wait until you visit some of these blogs. There must be a lot of scared readers too, because they all have a ton of comments on them.
After you pick yourself up […]
Real Estate Auctions – Getting Off the Sidelines
There was a good article recently on Yahoo Finance talking about how real estate auctions are gaining in popularity. Now that the market has slowed, auctions are becoming fairly popular for motivated sellers. I was surprised, though, to read that real estate auctions had increased so much from 2003 to 2006, even when times were […]
Read More..>>When Do You Need a Permit?
Pretty much all the time.
We have a small strip of grass on the backside of the building we call the Bear Claw house. (The facade looks like the paw of a brown bear. It’s really odd. I’ll have to put up a picture sometime.) When it rains the water doesn’t have anywhere to run […]
Dealing with Contractors… Part One of Many
If you’re a veteran you know that it’s a big challenge to find reliable contractors. It’s even worse when you’re not in the area to supervise them. Showing up on time is a rarity. Most contractors are like the guy who puts in your cable. They say they’ll be there between 1:00 and 5:00 and […]
Read More..>>Turning a Warehouse in the Ghetto into a Dream House in, well, the Ghetto
You’ve heard of turning old warehouses into lofts, but have you ever heard of someone buying a small warehouse and turning it into a personal, modern, single-family residence?
A few months ago I read about Evan Glassman in the Chicago Tribune’s Sunday Magazine (a cached version of the article can be seen here). He had […]
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Real estate is one of the most interesting, potentially lucrative and potentially problematic investments available. You can make a ton of money, or lose your shirt. In my time trying to learn more about investment real estate I’ve looked for a personal blog that describes what real estate investing is all about. There are a […]
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