15 December 2017 | 7 replies
North Highland Park has plenty of big American Foursquares that make for good flip material and so the competition is hotter for those properties there and drives up market value on the smaller ones to a certain extent.
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20 November 2017 | 6 replies
The valuation is most likely going to be Actual Cash Value (ACV) which is the depreciated value.Two companies that may consider it are Foremost and American Modern Home.
21 November 2017 | 16 replies
Recent quote from First American for a refi around the same loan amount: Escrow fee $595.00 - includes recording feesTitle fee $450.00 (short form policy)Notary fee $150.00I like them because they don't change a dozen different fees!
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5 December 2017 | 63 replies
Illinois is the number one state Americans are fleeing right now.
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29 November 2017 | 11 replies
If Amzn model will work then Americans will depend less on retail stores.
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6 December 2017 | 21 replies
Hi @Kayla ColluraI took the class at the American Real Estate Academy in Waltham and they were great.
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28 December 2017 | 5 replies
I'm not sure how others outside of the US and Canada can create events though.One nuance that I found was it kept giving me an error and wouldn't let me post the event until I realized that the blank box next to the end time was to select a timezone (only North American timezones are listed).
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3 December 2017 | 3 replies
Do you think it will accelerate the flow of americans to rentals in the long term by squeezing the already tight affordable house market?
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7 December 2017 | 5 replies
In addition I would assume that they will do a double conversion, first from Shekels to GBP and then to USD.Wiring money from an Israeli bank to an American bank is safe an easy, the only problem is the fees, that's why I'm looking for a transfer service with lower fees (and preferably one that's a long time running company with a reputation of not disappearing with the money...)
13 March 2018 | 0 replies
It's for a class titled The American Economy since 1865 and my professor is giving us a pretty large avenue of topics to write about, as long as it connects to the U.S. economy in some fashion and is centered around a pre-1950 period of time.I wanted to write about something that I have an interest in, so I've narrowed it down to real estate (and preferably the commercial side).