"The International Appraiser": Objective valuation advice on international real estate

Vernon Martin has physically appraised/valued properties on every continent except Antarctica and provides independent, unsponsored investment and valuation advice.

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

WORLD CASINO GAMING REVENUE COMPARISON

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Singapore 's Marina Bay Sands Casino and Hotel This website is powered by Google Blogger, and one the most interesting features ...
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Saturday, June 25, 2011

Gibson v. Credit Suisse: The Mother of All Syndication Frauds?

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Previous blog posts have discussed deceptive real estate syndications.   The mother of all alleged syndication frauds is the...
Sunday, June 19, 2011

Hui Xian REIT IPO / Beijing Oriental Plaza 汇贤产业信托

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My last blog about Perennial China Retail Trust presented an example of a Chinese real estate IPO designed to enrich the sponsor rather tha...
Friday, June 10, 2011

Perennial China Retail Trust IPO 鹏瑞利中国零售信托

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After visiting vacant new malls in China, I was naturally intrigued to know the rationale behind this Chinese mall IPO on the Singapore Exch...
Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Fraud in International Real Estate Transactons

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Ecological preserve represented as potential residential subdivision Working for Jones Lang Wootton back in the 1980s, I sometimes rec...
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Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Private Housing in Singapore: Choice Between Luxury or Squalor?

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Singapore is bursting at the seams from population growth, but much of the growth has been in the population of foreigners (permanent resid...
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Friday, June 3, 2011

Costa Rican and Mexican appraisals

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Condo development site in Cozumel, Mexico I am more often asked to review local appraisals from Mexico and Costa Rica than I am asked to ap...
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Sunday, May 29, 2011

South African game farm appraisal

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Interior of hunting lodge I have been asked about the photo at the top of my blog page. This photo was taken from a lodge at a South Afr...
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Friday, May 27, 2011

Canadian Buying Spree in the U.S. Southwest

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Canadian-owned Desert Dunes Golf Course in Desert Hot Springs, CA My previous post mentioned the activities of Canadian real estate syndi...
Saturday, May 21, 2011

Warning about international real estate syndications and other crowdfunding ventures

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Unsold Arizona condos are a favorite among Canadian syndicators. What is a real estate syndication ? A real estate syndicator is...
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Vernon Martin, MSRE, CFE
Vernon Martin has 41 years of commercial appraisal experience and has physically appraised properties in more than 20 countries, 44 U.S. states, and 5 Canadian provinces. He started his career at the global firm Jones Lang Wootton and went on to become the chief commercial appraiser at 3 national (U.S.) lending institutions, formerly taught Real Estate Valuation at California State University, Los Angeles and has authored many professional journal articles and two books. He has degrees from the University of Chicago and Southern Methodist University and is a Certified General Appraiser. For more information, call 1-323-788-1605, or e-mail him at vernonmartin@aol.com .
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