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16 January 2013 | 84 replies
Property flipping becomes illegal and a fraud for profit scheme when a home is purchased and resold within a short time frame at an artificially inflated value.
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3 August 2021 | 16 replies
I wouldn't care, except I would like to refi and pull the cash out of them and I'm afraid the properties will not appraise high enough because our comps are artificially low.
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15 July 2012 | 51 replies
Those that haven't got a clue what to do when the market changes will probably fall out, but there will be plenty of other investors around to pick up the pieces.Interest rates are low, real estate is artificially low in some cases.
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29 April 2010 | 49 replies
I'm not really sure how Realtors can bare the blunt of the blame when it was the Fed that held rates artificially low for a number of years after we got out of the recession.
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27 July 2011 | 105 replies
I was a construction contractor when I was young so I figure why not give REI a try with these artificially low prices.
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16 December 2012 | 3 replies
When rates do rise, if they aren't prepaying, and it comes time to refinance, the values of these properties will have declined as the now artificially compressed CAP rates begin to expand, causing investors to need more equity to finance the properties.
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2 January 2019 | 16 replies
Most populous county in state)Bessemer Cutoff - May 23 (artificial "county" carved out of Jefferson County)Tuscaloosa - May 30 (home of University of Alabama)Montgomery - June 7 (capital of Alabama)
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17 March 2018 | 22 replies
The economy has been doing much better lately and it's becoming a hot spot for artificial intelligence.
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29 May 2007 | 0 replies
I'm desperately trying to buy a house in an artificially inflated market, and my pre-qualification is lower than anything listed.
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4 November 2017 | 29 replies
However, I think this particular rule creates an artificial market when all people including investors are not included.