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2nd Place, woo hoo
Forbes Magazine says Austin is the 2nd best cities to buy a home in right now. God bless Austin. Read on …
Forbes, Real Estate
Best Cities To Buy A Home
Maurna Desmond, 07.14.08, 6:00 PM ET
Houston, we don’t have a housing problem.
The city’s $152,500 median home sale price is up 6.6% from 2005. It boasts a low [...]
Hula Hoop Lending
So lending these days has a few more hoops than it used to. Oh you can get the loan, you just need to sharpen up your hula hoop skills. Here’s what appears to be the hula deal … the more un-conventional your financial situation, the more hoops you will need to jump through.
What is unconventional? [...]
Cash Flow Property on the TX Coast
Investment or Vacation Property
I have a new development property I am working with in Port Aransas, TX two blocks from the beach that is projected to cash flow. I have purchased one of the units (as has my sister and a couple of friends) and personally know the builder and developer (all out of or [...]
UT parents cash drain: rent
Attention UT parents. Tired of paying rent, a lot of it? Do the math of 5 years x $$. You really can turn the college rent drain into an investment. Let’s do a little math.
Purchase a $200k home with 3 bedrooms and 2 baths. Put 20% down, get two roommates and here’s an estimated breakdown [...]
Markets That Are Doing Just Fine, Thanks
Some cities aren’t feeling the pain of falling home prices or rising unemployment. Despite the national slowdown, they’re doing just fine.
To identify the economically healthiest cities, Forbes magazine examined key measures in the country’s 50 largest metros. The magazine studied unemployment and job-growth data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, home price data from the [...]
Did you know?
According to Remodeling magazine’s 20th annual Cost vs. Value Report, the top five midrange home improvements that bring the greatest returns are: a wood deck addition (85.4 percent); siding replacement (83.2 percent); minor kitchen remodel (83 percent); window replacement (81.2 percent); and vinyl window replacement (79.3 percent). For more information, go to www.costvalue.com.
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Source: The Residential [...]
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