Monday, August 26, 2013

Updated Guide to The International Appraiser’s Most Popular Posts

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The two posts still drawing in the most readers, the post about the failed New South China Mall and the post about the mass marketing of...
Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Appraisal of an Industrial Property in San Jose, Costa Rica

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Urban real estate appraising sometimes yields pleasant surprises, as the shortage of land in growing or geographically constricted cities c...
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Friday, July 12, 2013

A Warning to Chinese EB-5 Visa Applicants about Investing in Real Estate through U.S. “Regional Centers” 警告通过美国的“区域中心EB-5签证中国投资房地产申请人”

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Advertised as "suitable and qualifies for multiple EB-5 applications" Twenty years ago the U.S. governme...
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Wednesday, June 19, 2013

The International Appraiser is Threatened with a Libel Lawsuit from the UK, a “Land Called Sue”

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Her Majesty's Libel Judge Ironically, the legal threat has nothing to do with anything I said, but what one of my readers commente...
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Monday, June 10, 2013

Chinese Housing Bubble

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The chart below may explain the reason for seemingly contradictory reports of housing shortages vs. reports of ghost cities of empty new a...
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Saturday, May 18, 2013

Avoiding Cultural Gaffes while Appraising Abroad

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British innkeeper Basil Fawlty [actor John Cleese]  is confronted with an "ugly American"     One day in Perth , Austr...
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Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Tropical American Tree Farms Update and Other Teak Farm Promotions

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Latest update:  https://www.internationalappraiser.com/2019/07/tropical-american-tree-farms-updat...
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Sunday, May 12, 2013

Down Payment Fraud – in the Perpetrator’s Own Words

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  I received a lot of feedback on my recent post on Purchase Contract Scams, and I was asked if I could provide an example, so I pre...
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Saturday, May 4, 2013

Attempt to defraud 261 Chinese investors in U.S. EB-5 Visa Program for proposed Chicago Convention Center

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Three 5-Star hotels and a convention center on a 2.8-acre site next to Hooters? It's been a while now that this blog has been cautio...
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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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