| Strangest Homes You've Ever Seen |
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| 4/28/2008 |
| These are not your typical single family homes. There is nothing ordinary about these marvels of the imagination, as these are some of the strangest and bizarrely designed homes you've ever seen. The Toilet HouseNo, this is not a....(more) |
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| Attract Buyers with these Home Photo Tips |
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| 4/25/2008 |
| With real estate steadily converting to an online market, the notion of a home's esthetic "curb appeal" has evolved into "pix appeal". These days a property's attractiveness in posted photos is extremely important. ....(more) |
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| Green Your Home the Easy (and Cheap) Way |
| butterflylister |
| 11/20/2007 |
| With fears and concerns growing over the environment and global warming, many people are opting to go green these days. Especially in the real estate business, greening your home can be another great selling point to potential buyers. ....(more) |
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| How to Make a Low Ball Offer |
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| 11/8/2007 |
| According to Marketwatch.com, Home sellers are not automatically turning down offers that come in far below their asking price these days as housing prices cool and the inventory of homes for sale remain elevated in many markets. However, whenever....(more) |
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| Online Real-Estate Gossip Revolutionizes the Market |
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| 11/7/2007 |
| Nowadays you can find a whole lot more than just real-estate listings on the internet. Real-estate gossip is now the new frontier of online home shopping. Savvy surfers are discovering blogs and interactive sites that deliver the....(more) |
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| It's a Buyer's Market |
| butterflylister |
| 11/2/2007 |
| It's obvious that the best way to make money in real estate is to buy low. The best strategy for real estate is to purchase when the conditions are in the favor of the buyer. A buyers market occurs when the number of homes on the market....(more) |
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| Real estate investing |
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| 9/17/2007 |
| Real estate investing involves the purchase of real estate for profit. Profits are accumulated slowly by renting out properties in a cashflow method, or are generally improved and resold for a capital gain. In addition, real estate investors may....(more) |
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| Land trust |
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| 8/31/2007 |
| A land trust is an agreement whereby one party (the trustee) agrees to hold ownership of a piece of real property for the benefit of another party (the beneficiary). Land trusts are used by nonprofit organizations to hold conservation easements, by....(more) |
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| Full Explanation on Land Trusts |
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| 8/27/2007 |
| History of the Land TrustThe land trust probably evolved from the Massachusetts Business Trust. References to the Massachusetts Business Trust as a real estate title-holding device appear as early as 1854. The Illinois Supreme Court, in Hart v. Seymour,....(more) |
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| A Succinct History of the Illinois-Type Title-Holding Third-Party Trustee, Revocable Inter Vivos Land Trust |
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| 8/25/2007 |
| By Bill GattenReal Estate and one's financial interest in it are notoriously the most immovable and publicly exposed evidence of personal Wealth ever. It has been said that if you own real estate, it's a forgone conclusion that someone will....(more) |
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