Monday, October 29, 2012

Central American Real Estate Horror Stories

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I received another such phone call today. Today the offending country was Panama, but sometimes it is Costa Rica. I asked, “ Did yo...
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Monday, October 8, 2012

Appraisal of Beach Land in Bahia, Brasil

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This assignment was to value an L-shaped beach parcel, with the wide end of the parcel situated more than 1 km from the beach.   The subje...
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Ecuador Revisited

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The property north of Quito, near 10,000 feet above sea level  My previous Ecuadorian land appraisal reports [see July] were not favorably...
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Sunday, September 30, 2012

Appraisals for Chinese divorce in California

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    Beijing night market, September 2011 This blog has attracted inquiries from two separate California divorce attorneys who share a sim...
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Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Appraisal of a 1700-acre ranch in Belize

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I sometimes encounter misperceptions about the effect on land value when a property is divided into two parts. In this instance, a ranch o...
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Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Appraisal of a vacation club timeshare in Thailand

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This blog occasionally attracts inquiries from owners of foreign vacation timeshares .   They want their foreign timeshare appraised, but th...
Thursday, July 26, 2012

Appraisals of "View Land" in Costa Rica

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Much of my work involves flying to faraway places and then being driven in a 4-wheel drive vehicle into the countryside, up winding di...
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Saturday, July 21, 2012

Appraisal of Unfinished Condo Project in Barbados

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My previous appraisal assignment in Barbados was in December 2009, at a time in which vacation residence projects were faltering, the most ...
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Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Appraisal of proposed solar farms in Ecuador

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      Corn farm at almost 10,000 feet above sea level In my native land of southern California, it is becoming common to turn margina...
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