Real Estate

Seller Financing Why Be The Bank

Why offer seller financing? Let me give you an example. Many years ago I bought a rental property, and then realized I didn’t want to be a landlord. So nine months later I sold it for 15% more than I paid, without fixing or improving a thing. The easy terms are what sold it. I took $1000 down, and years…

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Real Estate

Preparing For Appraisals Contracts And Comps

You’ve sold your home and are getting ready for the appraisal. Here’s how contracts and comparable home sales impact the appraisal. Your Contract One of the indications of value an appraiser takes into consideration is the contract that exists between unrelated parties for the sale and purchase of the home. As odd as this may sound, sales between relatives often…

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Web Hosting

Sisel Versus Neways The Batte Begins

Sisel International released a press release on 8 June 2007 in response to the lawsuit issued against them by Neways International. Neways was sold to Golden Gate Capital in 2006 and since the acquisition, Golden Gate has sold off assets such as the corporate headquarters and manufacturing facilities in Utah. As with its acquisition of Herbalife, it seems Golden Gate…

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Real Estate

Real Estate Appraisal Do It Yourself

For single family homes, there are two basic methods used in real estate appraisal. They are replacement cost analysis, and using comparable sales. A third appraisal method, based on capitalization, is used for income properties, and is covered in another article. In figuring replacement cost the question is: What would it cost to buy this land and put this house…

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Pets

The History Of The Pet Rock

Origin of Thought In 1975, Gary Dahl, an advertising executive, launched the sale of a fad that would make him a millionaire. This great profit is even more impressive when one takes into account the short time in which the rocks were sold, only six months, and also the low cost of the product, about four dollars. Dahl’s ingenious marketing…

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Web Hosting

Coaching Employee Satisfaction

If you have an online business and you have grown to a place where you have employees other than family working for you there are some ways to increase the satisfaction level of your staff. Many of these ideas are simply common sense, but are mentioned as a means of reminding employers of the strength and ability each employee brings…

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Food Beverage

The History Of The Jelly Bean

Funny as it may sound, but jelly bens do have a fascinating history. Jelly beans have been on the shelfs of our shops for around 100 years and have been enjoyed by young and old throgh out the world. While Jelly beans only made there main appearance in the 1900’s jelly beans have been about since the 17th century but…

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Auctions

Top 10 Strangest Ebay Items Ever Sold

eBay can be a very odd place, given that you can sell almost anything you want. Here are the auctions we’ve picked as being the strangest ever. #10 – Girlfriends: Some girls auctioned their services as ‘imaginary girlfriends’, who would send the winning bidder pictures of themselves and loving letters, which they could use to pretend they had a girlfriend…

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Finance

Are Business Buyer Notes Profitable

Like anything else, it depends on the type of business you’re selling. Business buyer notes are documents secured by a business, much like a mortgage broker except there is no real estate involved. Often, personal property like cooking equipment, furniture, and office equipment obligates one individual or company to make payments, usually monthly, to another person or company. Businesses are…

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