Thursday, May 17, 2018

Timeshares, Fractional Vacation Home Ownerships and Condotels are a Bad Deal

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Fairway Forest By now there are millions of disappointed investors in these types of properties. The most important lesson learned...
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Wednesday, February 28, 2018

Making Borrower Background Checks Part of the Appraisal Process

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In two previous posts I suggested appraisers sometimes do “background checks” on...
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Monday, November 6, 2017

A Reassessment of Real Estate Guru Ronan McMahon: Real Math vs. "Ronan Math"

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Almost 5 years ago I published a post that was critical of International Living magazine and their anointed real estate guru, Ronan Mc...
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Saturday, November 4, 2017

Rental Properties Marketed on Mondinion.com (Global Investments)

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Rental home in Inkster, Michigan Lately I have been receiving e-mails from real estate agencies Mondinion.com and PropertyO.com,...
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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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