Nakheel PJSC, the Dubai state-owned developer of three palm-shaped islands in the Persian Gulf, said Nov. 30 that it is scaling back or delaying work on some of its $30 billion in projects, including the 62-story Trump International Hotel & Tower near the Mega Yacht Club on the trunk of Palm Jumeirah. “In such a nasty downturn, which we are seeing now, they are just not immune to global events,†said Michael Baer, founder of Dubai-based Baer Capital Partners and great-grandson of Julius Baer, who started Switzerland’s largest independent wealth manager. “Maybe the boom is over for the time being.†The sheikhdom may need help from Abu Dhabi and the U.A.E. to service its debt, according to Moody’s Investors Service.

Here are three key points I spell out in my leases: 1.)

I live and do a lot of business in Charlotte, NC, but I have done and am still doing business in two or three other cities as well.I have many GREAT ideas and I use them and I help my buyers use them as well.

For me, there are three legs to this stool: 1) location, 2) upgrading my units to be the best in their area, and 3) offering more bang for the buck (being able to lower rents as the market dictates).Of course, if we hit the skids of another great depression I may rethink my strategy while standing in the soup line....

THEN she got (along with her two 55# dogs,) 3--yes, THREE, 30+ pound cats, for service and emotional support.

I am not touching anything in CA commercially right now and have not touched residential in the past three years either.That said, I think there will be an incredible buyer's opportunity in the coming years for commercial as it crashes right behind residential.

And book three "Flip: How to find, fix and sell houses for profit."

Assuming you don’t know your areas (as you should and has been suggested all over this forum) the first thing you do is call two or three realtors in the area of the property you are looking at buying and tell them you are looking at buying or selling a home in that area.

The court shall award exemplary damages of not less than three times the actual damages if the defendant has engaged in multiple acts of rent skimming and may award exemplary damages in other cases.

In the past we needed the Big Three (or four) in order to have competition.