... and Real- Estate Agents you fear setting it too high. It is the job of your real- estate agent, of course, to find the golden mean. She is the one with all the informa-tion: the inventory of similar ... political of ce he often sought, proved himself a master of information abuse. As Grand Wiz-ard of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, he was able to compile a mail-ing list of thousands of rank-and-file ... search of the next deal. Consider now another true story of a real- estate agent’s informa-tion abuse. The tale involves K., a close friend of one of this book’s au-thors. K. wanted to buy...
... and photographs of many different kinds of foundations, go to http://books.mcgraw-hill.com/business/download/condon.)The choice of foundation is often dependent on the topography orslope of the ... attracted to. When you sell, this is likely to make selling yourhome faster and more profitable. Sometimes a hot area of town isn’t new at all. There are many estab-lished areas that continue to ... sewer available to the lot, and does it run to the edge of the lot? Is municipal water available to the lot, and does it run to the edge of the lot? Is there natural gas available to the lot?...
... cases the seller is required to obtain the survey. If the seller is required to procure the survey, provide in the contract for a remedy in favor of the buyer if the seller fails to deliver ... encumbering real estate. An accurate survey, coupled with a physical inspection of the property, is by far the best way to determine the location of the boundaries of the property and the location of ... of these problems, you have a duty to disclose these latent defects to the buyer. What if you are aware of survey problems in the pre-contract stage of the transaction? Again, a selling...
... managers’ incentives to distort these estimates, and variation in the monitoring to reduce such distortions). This leads to our second hypothesis: H2: European realestate firms not voluntarily ... variable equal to 1 if firm i voluntarily adopts IFRS prior to mandatory adoption, and 0 otherwise; and EPRA, an indicator variable equal to 1 if firm i is a member of EPRA at the end of 2004, and ... 2005). The business model of our sample firms involves obtaining (either through purchase, lease, or development), managing, and selling realestate in order to generate profits through rentals...
... disposition of other realestate is addressed in ASC 360-20-40, Property, Plant and Equipment -Real Estate Sales-Derecognition (formerly within FAS 66, “Accounting for Sales ofRealEstate ), ... Creditors, in turn, often seek to liquidate their inventories of such properties quickly. Since 2008, it is estimated that millions of residential properties have passed through lender Page 1 of ... policies permit the rental of residential other realestate owned (OREO) properties to third-party tenants as part of an orderly disposition strategy within statutory and regulatory limits.1 This...
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... the state. A realtor is a realestate agent who is a member of the Realtor Association.2 The National Association of Realtors Web site uses its 2005 Home Buyer & Seller Survey to support ... subset of buyers shop on FSBO. A seller who fails to nd a match among the stock of FSBO buyers has to migrate to the MLS to expose her property to the stock of MLS buyers who do not shop on ... provided by a realtor seems to be the full realtor’s commission.3MLS transactions occur more quickly. The longer time tosell on FSBO is driven by two fac-tors. First, over 20 percent of FSBO listings...
... access to all FSBO listings since the launch of the web site in1 Real estate agents are licensed by their state. A realtor is a realestate agent who is a member of his orher local realtors association.2The ... data to the claim that the MLSdelivers a higher price. This is not to say that realtors do not provide value to the seller.Simply, the cost of such convenience provided by realtors seems to be ... commission.In order to become a realestate agent one has to be licensed by the state. In moststates this requires a short course and to pass a licensing exam. A realestate agent becomesa realtor when...
... ONE estate for years Estate ofreal property, theduration of which is for adefinite period. estate at will Estate ofreal property, theduration of which is for anindefinite period. An estate at ... 51 Real Estate Brokerage 52Agency Relationship 52Services Provided by a RealEstate Broker 53 Real Estate Brokers and the Internet 54Introduction to the Preparation and Review of a Real Estate ... PERMISSION OF GEORGIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS, INC.) 1034–4 EXCLUSIVE SELLER LISTING AGREEMENT (REPRINTED WITH PERMISSION OF GEORGIAASSOCIATION OF REALTORS, INC.) 1084–5 OPTION TO PURCHASE...
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... cooperation broker. 20the duties of a realestate agent is to bring together the buyer and seller to a "meeting of the minds." In completing this task, realestate agents must be properly ... also illegal.Types of AgencyTraditional or Seller Agency ModelThe traditional realestate brokerage practice consists of a broker undertakingrepresentation of a seller ofreal property. Within ... transfer to the realestate industry.Because the realestate industry is a system that involves management, laws, rules andregulations, and licensed realestate professionals, many of the practices...
... al. (2004) all use a large sampleofrealestate data to test the premium of land price over intrinsic value, whether irreversibility is an important factor for realestate investment, whether ... portfolio consisting of all stocks is called a market portfolio. In reality, it can be approximated by a large amount of well-diversified stocks. The part of the risk of a stock that can be eliminated ... UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA 2007 6 TABLE OF CONTENTS page ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 4 LIST OF...
... a representation of a random industry, weanalyze real- estate industry of the United States for two main reasons: one, real es-tate is one of the dominant industry sectors of the United State; ... predominance ofreal estate downturns in most of the U.S. states. Our results also suggest that nearly forty veU.S. states as well as the U.S. on aggregate exhibited distinct downturn of the real estate ... observe that realestate downturnsare more persistent than economic recessions. Comparison of the national and statelevel business and realestate cycle patterns suggest that only two out of four...
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... expectations of working conditions inUganda and abroad were comparable. Intent to migrateWe found 70 percent of nursing students expressed an intent to migrate out of Uganda. The percentage of nurs-ing ... pushing themtowards emigration. Those wanting to work in the settings of urban, private, or U.K./U.S. practiceswere less likely to express a sense of professional obligation and/or loyalty to country. ... likely to report wanting to emigrate. Students with a desire to work in urban areas or private practice were more likely to report an intentto emigrate forfinancial reasons or in pursuit of country...