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What is Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit
by Guest on Jan 17, 2013 • Real Estate • 2113 Views
What is a REMIC Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit (Mortgage Securitization) In the US, a Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit is: Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit a form of mortgage-backed security that allows the income to become taxed solely when gained by the bond holder and not by the entity that holds the right to the mortgages
What Is A Conditional Fee Estate?
by Guest on Jan 17, 2013 • Real Estate • 5535 Views
A fee estate that was limited to a defined donee and a given class of heirs, exclusive of others, and which reverted to the original donor of the assets, or his heirs, in the event of a failure of the requisite issue "A conditional fee, at common law, was a fee restrained to some particular inheritor, exclusive of others", 2 Bl Comm 110
Why Having More Divided Parcels Does Not Always Mean More Money
by Guest on Jan 25, 2013 • General Appraisal • 1792 Views
Clients ask me whether a parcel of vacant land that they own should be divided, without incurring the substantial cost of a full blown subdivision, into a few or several smaller parcels as may be allowed by the City or County government. They point to valid comparable sales and say, "Why not sell multiple parcels at the higher price per acre?"
What is the Best Way to Use Residual Methods of Valuation?
by Damien Abbott, B.Sc.,FRICS on Jan 26, 2013 • Real Estate • 3027 Views
The residual method of valuation is utilized to estimate the amount that it is worth paying for land
What is a Determinable Fee Simple
by Guest on Jan 27, 2013 • Real Estate • 2325 Views
Extract from Encyclopedia of Realty Terminologies 1 In English law, for 'determinable fee estate' see determinable fee simple
Rose Colored Appraisals
by Guest on Jan 28, 2013 • General Appraisal • 1989 Views
Like most appraisers I try to keep up with the latest market statistics and I read the "business" press, the university forecasts and real estate brokerage reports. It's interesting to read reports over and over again about how the Las Vegas economy is "improving," about how it's just a matter of time until the recovery really kicks in. It's the ridiculous "if we build it they will come" theory twisted by the press into "if we write it (or promote it) that will make it so."
Narrative Report Writing Assistance
by Administrator on Jan 29, 2013 • Narrative Writing • 2285 Views
Since I have already been helping appraisers all over the country who call or email me with questions about writing narrative reports I have decided to offer my assistance to those in particular need on a fee basis. If its your first narrative or you have been writing reports for years, I am willing to spend my time helping you with your assignment. I'm not saying that I can help everyone with anything but I have a relatively broad base of appraisal knowledge that I will share. I think my articles on this site speak for themselves, I have appraised many property types including; land, office, industrial, retail, shopping centers, golf courses, cell tower sites, wedding chappels, outdoor advertising signs / billboards, all kinds of property for eminent domain / condemnation both full and partial takings, gravel / mineral property, golf courses and even tank farms.
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