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Number Sixeen ~ November 2005
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in this issue?. - Real Estate in Thailand - seven Thai wonderlands
worth your attention ~ Rising temperatures in the Dubai Real Estate
Market ~ Real Estate in Brazil - Size does matter ~ Real
Estate Markets - Bubble Bubble Toil and Trouble ~ Luxury Real Estate
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The Truth About Penthouses ~ Real Estate in The Baltic States
: An Emerging Market Place ~ Real Estate In Malta - Royal Visit
Boosts Island's Property Prospects ~ Green Building Media Fact Sheet
- Past, Present & Future
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| Featured Article: Amazing
Architecture - Hunderswasser Haus - Vienna |
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The Riskiest
Real Estate Investment? - a house in Nicaragua or a half million dollar
waterfront shack near your hometown
~ Best Second Citizenship
& Residency Programs ~ Another Way to Escape - Obtaining Financial
Independence ~ An alternative to development risk - Development
Preference Shares ~ Steve Cook, author and active investor shares his
Advice For New Real Estate Investors ~ Is the stock market on the level?
~ The Visible Hand
From Doug Casey's "What We Now Know" ~ Currency
- A watched exchange rate never boils ~ All this and more |
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Amazing
Architecture - Hunderswasser Haus - Vienna - Amazing
Architecture - Hunderswasser Haus - Vienna ~ Vienna
is an ancient city filled with the accumulated riches of a long history
of human civilization. Traces of culture have been found throughout the
city dating back 5,000 years, and Neolithic Age humans were found to have
created the first permanent settlements here from 3,500 to 1,800 B.C. Ancient
Romans expanded their sprawling empire to stretch to the Danube River in
15 B.C., only to lose control of this valuable trading city to a succession
of other invading forces. Once the seat of the mighty Hapsburg
Empire, Vienna is now home to countless palaces, historical churches, museums,
opera houses, and the remains of Roman ruins as well as exciting new architectural
endeavors. And around almost every corner of this city, Austria's
glimmering capital, the eagle-eyed viewer can spy something worth marveling.
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Michael Felton-O'Brien |
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| The Riskiest Real
Estate Investment? - The
Riskiest Real Estate Investment? ~ Want
to stop the conversation dead at a cocktail party? Mention that you are
buying a house in Nicaragua, Panama, or Slovenia. “Isn’t that…risky?” someone
is bound to ask, with others furrowing their brows and nodding in unison.
Mention that you’ve spent half a million dollars on a waterfront shack
near your hometown, however, and the same people will probably pat you
on the back with congratulations. But which purchase is more risky—really?
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Tim Leffel |
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Real
Estate in Thailand - Real
Estate in Thailand ~ Dragon-necked temples, night bazaars, misty
mountains, floating markets hill-tribe villages, and hot springs - seven
Thai wonderlands worth your attention. Thailand
has a romantic heritage that always beguiles visitors: from the razzle-dazzle
of Bangkok, to the floating markets and silk emporiums. Picture white-sand
beaches, swaying coconut palms, and an evening chorus of cicadas. Rising
from jade and turquoise waters are myriad islands girdled by coral gardens...bizarre
limestone
outcrops smothered in spinach-green vegetation. Yes, Thailand has four-million-dollar
properties, but you’ll also find nice homes for well under $150,000. (And
if you’re prepared to go off the beaten track, you’ll find them for below
$25,000.) Even in beach resorts like Pattaya, you can buy a basic studio
for under $17,000. In short, there are properties to meet most people’s
pockets. By Steenie Harvey |
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| Rising Temperatures
in the Dubai Real Estate Market - How Hot Can it Get? - Rising
Temperatures in the Dubai Real Estate Market - How Hot Can it Get?
~ The temperature
is continuing to rise in the Dubai property market, with hot new developments
selling out in hours. But as speculators buy and sell property frantically,
banks and builders try to slow the market down. Just how stable is
the property market in Dubai. By Tracey Meagher |
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REAL ESTATE MARKETS:
Bubble, Bubble Toil and Trouble - REAL
ESTATE MARKETS: Bubble, Bubble Toil and Trouble
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reports for some time now - that there is an inflationary bubble in the
US and European real estate markets. Some people that perhaps do have an
interest in seeing this continue might tell you - Keep Buying and Do Not
Worry. Others, like us, know that if any commodity or investment has already
run up thirty, forty, fifty percent or more in a very short period of time
is probably ripe for a correction. By John
Schroder |
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Real Estate in Brazil
- Size Does Matter: Adding It All Up - Real
Estate in Brazil - Size Does Matter: Adding It All Up ~ One
of the first things a real estate buyer wants to know about a property
is the exact square footage or yardage. Generally speaking, this bit of
information is a major factor in calculating a fair market price. Under
most circumstances, the owners, real estate brokers and property listings
readily provide accurate dimensions of a property. This is the system most
folks are accustomed to. But in Brazil, none of the old rules apply….
By Boris Goldshmit |
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Luxury
Real Estate - The Truth About Penthouses - Luxury
Real Estate - The Truth About Penthouses
~ Climb to the
very top of the property ladder, step off that final, elevated rung and
the chances are you'll find yourself walking into the ultimate symbol of
wealth, power, and social sophistication: the penthouse apartment....By
Michael O'Flynn |
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| Real Estate in The
Baltic States : An Emerging Market Place - Real
Estate in The Baltic States : An Emerging Market Place ~ Fed
up with looking at all the endless so called amazing deals in the UK at
only 5% deposit or 25% discount, I realised it was time to take the plunge
and start looking further a field for a place to invest. Having already
invested in Cyprus I knew buying off plan abroad can be very profitable
and work just as well as the UK. By Aeron Mathers |
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Real
Estate In Malta - Royal Visit Boosts Island's Property Prospects
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Estate In Malta - Royal Visit Boosts Island's Property Prospects
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image has needed a boost for some time to attract tourists and overseas
property buyers and to compete with other Mediterranean islands such as
Mallorca, Cyprus and Lanzarote. Malta hosts the Commonwealth meeting in
late November, and in attendance will be Queen Elizabeth II, Tony Blair
and the Prime Ministers of Canada, Australia, New Zealand and 50 other
countries, along with the media from each country. Will Malta let this
golden publicity opportunity slip by? By Roger Munns |
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& Residency Programs - Best
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Having a second passport and dual citizenship can bring you greater travel
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investments in a job-producing business, but not immediate citizenship.
That usually requires several years of actual presence. By Robert
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Green Building Media
Fact Sheet - Past, Present & Future - Green
Building Media Fact Sheet - Past, Present & Future ~ The
Home Builders Association of Metropolitan Denver introduced the first HBA-owned
green building program in 1995. Over the years, Built Green® Colorado
has become the largest green building program in the nation, with more
than 100 builder members across the state. By
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Brazil, Croatia, Panama, Costa Rica, and around the world. Each month we
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dream property and plan your escape. |
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Another Way to Escape - Obtaining
Financial Independence: Another
Way to Escape - Obtaining Financial Independence: Real Estate Investing
~ Prior
to my departure from the U.S., many of my friends and acquaintances couldn’t
believe what I was doing: leaving a secure job with a good salary and great
retirement to live in the 3rd world with a “lower standard of living,”
while simultaneously investing in real estate. Obtaining
financial independence isn’t rocket science, nor will it take long, especially
if you’re thinking globally. In this article I will attempt to simplify
some of the “mysteries” surrounding the real estate investing world, more
specifically, property analysis as it relates to cash-flow. By Ziad
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watched exchange rate never boils! - A
watched exchange rate never boils! ~ Your
mother probably told you that a watched kettle never boils but I bet you
didn’t believe her straight away. I’ll bet you spent at least one occasion
watching a pan of water heating up before you boiled an egg or something
and while you kidded yourself that you had nothing better to do, truth
be known, you just had to test the theory. By
Sophie Stride |
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| Development
Preference Shares - an alternative to development risk - Development
Preference Shares - an alternative to development risk ~ It
appears to be the latest trend to involve investors in development of projects,
in order to gain greater return for the investor. Development does involve
some level of risk. When Professional developers look at potential returns
they generally expect some level of variance to the returns suggested at
the outset due to building delays, expenses being over budget and a lack
of sales of the final product which can add to holding costs. As a way
to limit these risks for those funding projects developers in Australia
have introduced “development preference shares” as a way of moving an investor
into the position of financing the project rather than being a fellow developer.
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Dominic Murphy |
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Advice
For New Real Estate Investors - Advice
For New Real Estate Investors ~ Steven Cook is an author
and active investor in Baltimore, MD. He has bought and sold over 150 properties
in the last two and a half years, including 27 in the first two months
of 2001 alone. Steve pursues many avenues of investing and specializes
in the wholesaling and rehabbing of properties for profit. Read his advice
on how to get started and become a successful real estate investor... |
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 The
Visible Hand
From Doug Casey's "What We Now Know"
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Visible Hand From Doug Casey's "What We Now Know"~
Is
the stock market on the level? There are many investors who, comparing
their own paltry returns with overall market performance, get a little
paranoid about this, and convince themselves that somebody has to be manipulating
the thing. However, according to a recent report, they may be onto something,
if not quite in the ways that they think. Dishonest brokers, greedy, deceitful
CFOs, and their henchmen in crooked accounting agencies have gotten plenty
of publicity. But the role that government may play in the stock market
is seldom even acknowledged, much less openly discussed. A year ago Sprott
Asset Management, a Toronto-based financial services firm, published an
exposé of central bank manipulation of gold prices. This August,
they followed that up with a paper entitled Move Over, Adam Smith: The
Visible Hand of Uncle Sam. |
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