"Every night before I rest my head; See those dollar bills go swirling ’round my bed."
So sang Patti Smith in the composition Free Money on her critically acclaimed 1975 debut album, Horses.
That’s a tune that cash-desperate real estate developers and project owners may have found themselves humming during the current credit crisis. But
As I mentioned in an earlier post, Ohio Governor Ted Strickland recently signed legislation creating a new “land bank” in Cuyahoga County. Like a dose of cold medicine, 
The impact the aging baby boomer class affectionately known as “Boomers” is having on many segments of the economy has been discussed in the media for some time now.
The Stimulus Plan is supposed to create jobs. In the retail sector, jobs will be created only if consumers start spending again. Some of you may remember the eighties when consumers were able to deduct credit card interest from taxable income. With the need to motivate consumers to spend, reinstituting this kind of tax credit
involve a reinstatement provision and was decided differently) went like this: Lender brought
In March 2007, Governor Strickland created the “Ohio Foreclosure Prevention Task Force” to address the ever-increasing number of foreclosures plaguing the state. The
Many counties in Ohio, Hamilton and Franklin included, have just completed their triennial valuation of real property. In this day and age of falling real estate values and 401(k) balances, saving money is on everyone’s mind. That makes today a good day to review the Auditor’s new value of your property and ask yourself, “Am I paying taxes based upon my property’s correct value?”
In the past 20 years or so, China’s real estate market has experienced phenomenal growth. Hundreds of skyscrapers bursted into the sky during the two decades and many more are coming. This dramatically changed the landscape of many cities in China. All these skyscrapers and other real estate developments are built on a unique land ownership system. The system is still in its primary state of formation, thus uncertainties exist in many crucial areas. In 2007, the first Property Law of People’s Republic of China was enacted and clarified some of the uncertainties but it is far from eliminating them all. Many land ownership issues are still left undefined. The following is an overview of some aspects of China’s unique system.
Have you ever asked the question when researching a property: "Where did the tanks go ?" or "What were the prior improvements ?" Now Google Earth can help you out with the recent release of