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Happy Days For Apartment Owners!
Author: ladinventures 30 Jun As I sat in the last row (so I could sneak out early) of The 2008 Minnesota Real Estate Journal’s Apartment & Condominium Summit at Golden Valley Country Club last week, I realized that in this room full of brilliant and established real estate investors, there was just one question we all needed answered; What is the future going to look like for the Minneapolis/St. Paul Multifamily industry? Below are some of the highlights of the Summit as well... Read Full Story
Skinny-Dippin Sales Strategy!
Author: ladinventures 20 Jun OK.  So you have a couple of  unsold units (pardon the pun) you need to unload and the”Free Commador 64 with Purchase” promotion is just not doing the trick to sell those last remaining ones.  Maybe you should try spicing sales up with a “Banana Hammock Optional” community pool as one complex has done in Florida. Keith Morelli -Swimmers will have the option of wearing nothing at all at the Arbors at Branch... Read Full Story
Having Trouble Financing Your Investment? Your Not Alone!
Author: ladinventures 5 Jun Trying to find a lender to finance anything these days is more of a challenge than trying to figure out how a flux capacitor can get you to travel back in time. However, there is lender who is willing to take the leap of faith with buyers these days. They are Cincinnati based Fifth-Third Bank. By Nicholas Yulico Fifth-Third Bank, like other lenders, has a large inventory of foreclosed houses on its hands as the result of borrower defaults on... Read Full Story
More Good News For Apartment Investors!
Author: ladinventures 17 Apr By VIVIAN MARINO FALLING prices, tighter credit and rising foreclosures have taken their toll on the housing market, but there is one residential sector that could actually benefit from these economic woes: multifamily rentals. The reasoning seems simple enough. “People still need a place to live,� said Richard Anderson, a senior real estate analyst at BMO Capital Markets, adding that “a bad homeowner could be a very good renter.� Indeed... Read Full Story
It’s The Best Time In 30 Years To Be Investing In Apartments!
Author: ladinventures 16 Mar From Barron’s Edited by Robin Goldwyn Blumenthal: The carnage in housing hasn’t spared any sector of the real-estate market. But favorable fundamentals could turn apartments into lucrative investments again. “The demographics are very supportive for apartments, with a lot of young people graduating from college,”says Sam Chandan, chief economist of real-estate research firm Reis. An estimated 82 million echo-boomers (baby boomers’ progeny) will be... Read Full Story
Pandora Radio, The Coolest Thing Since…
Author: ladinventures 29 Feb You could say that Pandora Radio is the second coming of radio. Well, I’m going to step out on a limb and say just that. While Sirius and XM are planning their merger, Internet Radio is slowly creeping onto the scene as a main captivator of music junkies like myself. During the work day, I spend endless hours on my computer and therefore always have my 3000+ song itunes library on shuffle. But now after being exposed to Pandora Radio, I will... Read Full Story
Doomsday Vault Now Open!
Author: ladinventures 26 Feb Above: Gap Kids New Spring Apparel Line Apocalyptic Sheik Associated Press- LONGYEARBYEN, Norway — Norway opened a frozen “doomsday” vault Tuesday deep within an Arctic mountain where millions of seeds will be stored to safeguard against wars or natural disasters wiping out food crops around the globe. Read the rest of the story… Filed under: Just Schmoozin, Real Estate News feed for comments on this post TrackBack... Read Full Story
Rent And Run…Clinton Staff Stiff Landlord!
Author: ladinventures 8 Feb Karen Dandurant PORTSMOUTH, NH — Rochester physician Terry Bennett said he rented a city building to people who worked for Sen. Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign — and skipped town without paying the bill. Making matters worse, Bennett said, the 3,000-square-foot building at 236 Union St. was left trashed. Campaign signs were left lying all over the place, he said. Read the rest of the story… Filed under: Just Schmoozin, Real Estate News... Read Full Story
R-Rated Whopper Freakout!
Author: ladinventures 25 Jan Is this a case “Minnesota Nice” or “Minnesota Ice”? You be the judge! Filed under: Just Schmoozin, Business Sense feed for comments on this post TrackBack   Be Brilliant...Join Our Network! Recent Comments...Go Ahead & Make One & Be On This List! Jack Payne: I believe the thinking aboutjulia: That baby picture is tooladinventures: Dean, Thank you for your comment.Dean Guadagni: Oh Schmoooze! That is... Read Full Story