Anxious home builders pile on incentives With the housing market looking increasingly frail, home builders and real-estate agents are going to new extremes to attract buyers, dangling lavish incentives and slashing prices. In Boca Raton, Fla., Gordon Homes is offering to pay two years of property taxes and insurance – worth as much as $150,000 …
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Is this your last chance to get rich in real estate?
Is this your last chance to get rich in real estate? Several months ago Silvia Cuevas took stock of her life, and it was a profoundly unsettling experience. At 40 she had a solid job with a modest salary at the public library in Santa Ana, Calif. She’d carefully squirreled away some savings and bought …
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Owners struggle to sell condos as boards impose tough standards [South Florida]
Owners struggle to sell condos as boards impose tough standards [South Florida] Jane Consiglio has been trying for a year to sell her one-bedroom apartment in section 4 of High Point of Delray Beach. She finally got an offer from a disabled Vietnam War veteran and his wife, but her condo board turned them down. …
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How To Make More Money with My Real Estate Investments
How To Make More Money with My Real Estate Investments Dr. Morgan has owned the 10 thousand square foot strip center at the corner of Cornell and Baseline in Portland for 20 years. His father helped him buy it and over the years deeded his interest to the good doctor. His kids are all grown …
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Developer active in Florida has a cash crunch [South Florida]
Developer active in Florida has a cash crunch [South Florida] Even as the condo market flattened in 2006, Cay Clubs sold more than $300 million in condos in a portfolio stretching from Crested Butte, Colo., to Marathon. Last year’s profit: $46 million. Now the company says it’s in a cash crunch, without enough money to …
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Plans for early retirement, paying off home get some fine-tuning
Plans for early retirement, paying off home get some fine-tuning The north Clairemont resident says her plan is to start paying more each month on her $1,200 mortgage so she’ll be left with only a few, less costly, living expenses to cover when she retires in five years. She’ll also be left with the time …
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