Friday, September 29, 2017

The International Appraiser’s 3rd Successful SEC Whistleblower Complaint Against an EB-5 Regional Center

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This week the SEC filed an asset forfeiture action against the Home Paradise Regional Center in Commerce, California, a EB-5 regional...
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Thursday, September 21, 2017

EB-5 Regional Centers Touting Fake Projects. Here are some more.

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Mythical California Chinatown in Rancho Cucamonga, advertised in China EB-5 regional centers are hastily assembled, opportunistic bu...
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Friday, June 2, 2017

Commercial mortgage “straw buyer” scams

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Future Bible theme park or flooded sand quarry? “Straw buyer” mortgage scams are often associated with handwritten “rea...
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Monday, May 29, 2017

Luxury Condominium Towers and Foreign Absentee Ownership

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Pavilion Residences Tower No. 3 in Kuala Lumpur Three months ago I received a request from a Chinese-Ameri...
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Sunday, May 28, 2017

Macau vs. Las Vegas Gaming Revenues: A Reversal of Fortune

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Lately, my post from 6 years ago, http://www.internationalappraiser.com/2011/05/macau-surpassing-las-vegas-as-worlds.html , has h...
Wednesday, May 24, 2017

French Property Portfolio Valuation

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  Office condo near L'Arc de Triomphe This was an investment portfolio of 8 properties scatte...
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Tuesday, May 23, 2017

Another appraisal in Seoul: Eminent Domain in a "Property Price Announcement" system

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This US citizen is suing for better eminent domain compensation Imagine having your property taken by the government and not being ...
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Thursday, April 27, 2017

Appraisal of a 5-star hotel in Vancouver

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This renovated 5-star hotel, the Rosewood Hotel Georgia, had recently been acquired by a publicly tra...