Monday, April 15, 2013

The Important Synergy of Being Both a Certified Fraud Examiner and a Commercial Appraiser

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Harry Markopolos, CFE, testifying before U.S. Congress Some readers have noticed the CFE credential placed after my name. It stands f...
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Friday, February 15, 2013

Ronan McMahon’s "Real Estate Trend Alert" is Put to the Test in Costa Rica

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I’ve been a reader of International Living for a few years now (I only subscribed for one year, but since they have my credit card...
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Saturday, February 2, 2013

“Crowdfunding” -- A New Name for an Old and Abused Concept

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I’m normally a fan of Bloomberg BusinesWeek , but I found myself baffled by last week’s article, “ Crowdfunding for Skyscrapers”, particula...
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Monday, January 14, 2013

When Extra Due Diligence on the Borrower Can Pay Off for Appraisers and their Lender Clients

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Most of my work is for private lenders, and there are too many scam artists out there who think of private money as stupid money waiting...
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...