Stairs / Stairway Construction Engineering Innovation
by H. Ennis
Stairs / stairway renovation or construction for multi-housing apartments or condos is attented to by various types of products. One such product that seems to be superior in all respects is a fiberglass based stair step, stair tread replacement that seems to out-distance many others, along with current conventional methods. The component and method of the product, while primarily directed to use in conjunction with replacing old exterior stairs, or stairways, also finds application to t...
Home Foreclosures
by Richard Prosser
Home Foreclosures The Bane of the Nation These days foreclosure is the bane of the nation. There have been foreclosures since the time people started buying homes on credit, but nothing in the last 70 to 80 years like today's situation. It is a travesty for hundreds of thousands of home owners, but also an opportunity for those opportunists with good credit and or lots of cash. But whose fault is it? The fault lies with many: Home owners who got financially ove...
Oceanside Homes: Carlsbad Is The Best Place
by Wyatt Fisk
Having an Oceanside home is one thing most of us could ever dream of having. With an Oceanside home, a homeowner will be able to enjoy a spectacular view of the sunset and a cool weather all year long.Oceanside homes have an extravagant and elegant appeal which can leave our guests thrilled and impressed.Oceanside living are ideal for working people as a place for residence or vacation because of its relaxing and enjoyable ambiance. Carlsbad has remained as the ideal place to buy an Ocean...
FORGET IKE AND KATRINA : THE PERFECT STORM IS BUILDING IN MOBILE HOME PARKS
by Dave Reynolds
Like all forms of real estate, mobile home parks have had about a decade-long run of easy financing and low cap rates. However, those good old days are over. And the result can be some of the best yielding mobile home park deals since the first trailer rattled down the interstate. Here's our weather forecast on the great mobile home park storm, and what the impact will be: New home sales Mobile home sales have been in a continual decline since 2000. From a peak of almost...
Condemnation appraisals
by Patrick O'connor
Condemnation appraisals Condemnation appraisals differ in many ways from typical market value assignments. In condemnation appraisals, appraisers often cannot consider the best comparable sales (if they were purchased by the condemning authority) and comparable sales impacted by condemnation. In addition, to the condemnation appraisal, the values of the "part taken" and "damages to the remainder" must both be calculated. Further, since a condemnation appraisal may be scrutinized during a...