Saturday, December 29, 2012

Hong Kong Revisited -- Risks Presented by Low Cap Rates

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View of Hong Kong Central from Kowloon, November 2012 Returning to Hong Kong 18 months after my previous post, I found residential price...
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Tuesday, December 25, 2012

Perverse Executive Compensation Schemes Instigated the American Mortgage Crisis

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Last month I had the opportunity to watch my former boss on trial. On December 7th, he and his two co-defendants were found liable by ...
Thursday, December 13, 2012

The “Colonias” at the Mexico-Texas Border

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Colonia in Cameron County, Texas While working on an assignment near Brownsville, Texas, which was a proposed subdivision with no e...
Friday, December 7, 2012

Waterfront Land Appraisal in Puerto Rico

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This was a 1000+acre combination of fee simple (freehold) and leasehold interests in land around a scenic bay in Puerto Rico, and the leas...
Friday, November 30, 2012

Real Estate Purchase Contract Scams

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The appraisal textbooks don’t mention these, so I will.   Real estate purchase contracts are often constructed to mislead lenders and...
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Sunday, November 18, 2012

Mexico's La Riviera Maya: Ruins from a post-Columbian Race

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Storm clouds gather at El Cañón de los Condos, Cozumel ...
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Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Mitsui Fudosan and Shuwa Investments: Then and Now

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Mitsui Building in Tokyo's Shinjuku district, Nov. 2, 2012 Some of us still remember a time, about a quarter of a century ago, whe...
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Monday, October 29, 2012

Appraisal in St. Maarten

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The property was a 20-acre hillside, ocean view parcel, improved with a 10,000 square foot home. The top half was zoned for conservation o...