Its funny how many times in the last few months that I have heard brokers tell me a property is a steal or I would be crazy to miss out on this opportunity.
I was recently looking at a house that was originally listed at $805,000 in 2007. ( A seller can ask what they want [...]
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What constitutes good value in a real estate purchase.
June 10th, 2009 No Comments
Tags: bank/ · broker · California · close.... at which point a · real estate purchase · USD
Why commerical and retail real estate arent the bargin they seem to be
February 16th, 2009 No Comments
With commercial and retail yields rising dramatically in the last several months people have started to dive in and buy at 8-10%.
Why do I not think this is a good idea?
This market didn’t just dry up so quickly as a result of the capital markets failure as you might initially think, what has really hit [...]
Tags: bank/ · Bear Stearn's HQ · commerical and retail real estate arent · definitive bank property · Jonathan Rose · retail yields
Looking Back – Predictions from 07 – did they materialize
November 10th, 2008 No Comments
I am reading through some of the older blogs i have on this site, it is interesting reading as we are now a year on and can look at the accuracy of the predictions:
Tuesday Sept 11th 2007 Banks:Don’t be surprised to see a bank failure or something close spark the next stock market crash, QIV [...]
Tags: American Express · bank failure · bank/ · car industry · Chrysler · Countrywide · depression · didnt buy bank · fantastic search algorithm · Ford · google · Honda · house builder · Jonathan Rose · medium sized banking institution · oil · real estate bubble · USD · Wachovia · WAMU
SIV's rear their ugly head agin in the most unexpected of places
November 10th, 2008 No Comments
SIV’s are blamed by many as the cause of the current economic crisis. With companies placing undesirable assets off their balance sheets they could report profits and other good news whilst hiding the truth. Thus today i was shocked to hear that SIV’s have once again reared their ugly head in the most unusual of [...]
Tags: bank/ · Federal Reserve System · Ford · GMAC · Jonathan Rose · oil · ugly head · United States · USD
The Problem With Modern Politics – "politicians the lowest and slowest form of whit"
October 4th, 2008 No Comments
The problem faced by joe public in the modern political arena, is knowing what candidates stand for, what they represent and what they really intend to do on coming to power. The absolute inability of political candidates to answer any simple question with any degree of honesty, accuracy or most importantly detail is unbelieveable. Contrite [...]
Tags: American Government · bank insolvency · bank/ · Bingley · Bradford · FDIC · Healthcare · Iraq · Islamic Republic of Iran · John McCain · Jonathan Rose · Obama Bin Laden · overpriced real estate market · President · Santander · United Kingdom · United States · USD · VP
Why the Bail Out won't work
September 25th, 2008 No Comments
The Roman legions understood failure and the issues that the country currently faces. They understood overstaffing, undermotivation, and they had this fantastic system called decimation where one in ever 10 person in the legion (made up of 100 soilders) is decapitated. Whilst I do not propose death, certainly heads need to role and not just [...]
Tags: bank/ · broker · California · cent · CEO · co listing agent · Florida · Jacksonville · Jonathan Rose · Los Angeles · manager · Newport · Newport Beach · Real Estate · secretary · Texas · United States · USD
Troubled Market – Obvious Change Required, But How to Achieve It
April 2nd, 2008 No Comments
Performance Related Pay has been the primary method of compensation for high level employees for the last 20+ years….Anyone with the ability to affect the volume of sales or profitability from sales should be directly compensated from this money, thus motivating them to bring in more business, cut costs and increase profit. It is also [...]
Tags: bank/ · Goldman · Jonathan Rose · USD
Everything You Ever Really Needed to Know About Personal Finance on the Back of Five Business Cards
December 4th, 2007 1 Comment
A few days ago, I had lunch with an individual who is considering hiring me to give a multi-hour seminar to a business convention on personal finance. This person knows me from the local community and is a reader of The Simple Dollar and he felt that I might be the right person to [...]
Tags: bank account · bank/ · car damage · car loans · Dave Ramsey · electricity bill · farmer · generic products · good writer · online ebook · personal finance · personal finance book · retirement planner at work about the specifics · USD
Liquidity Crisis – A Little Reflection Gives Compelling Answers – Impending Stock Market Crash – Real Estate Bubble has Burst
September 11th, 2007 No Comments
The media shouts of a liquidity crisis and the financial markets are in turmoil, the terrible words recession and depression are being uttered by many and people are drawing upon similarities between 2007 and the former stock market collapses of 1987, 1929 and the recessions of the early 1930’s, 1970’s, 1990’s, 2000’s . The question [...]
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Liquidity Crisis – A Little Reflection Gives Compelling Answers – Ignore at your own Peril
September 9th, 2007 No Comments
The media shouts of a liquidity crisis and the financial markets are in turmoil, the terrible words recession and depression are being uttered by many and people are drawing upon similarities between 2007 and the former stock market collapses of 1987, 1929 and the recessions of the early 1930’s, 1970’s, 1990’s, 2000’s . The question [...]
Tags: Alan Greenspan · America · bank failure · bank/ · Ben S. Bernanke · Chairman · Countrywide Financial · depression · Dow 30 · Fed Easing · Federal Reserve System · George W Bush · Iraq · Joint Strike Fighter · Jonathan Rose · JSF · media shouts · medium sized banking institution · Private · Real Estate · real estate bubble · real estate bubble growing · Staples · The media shouts · United States · USD · war gas · Warren Buffet
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