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BOOK REVIEW: Crash Boom! Rx for Real Estate Wealth

Posted on May 4, 2011 by cara

I’M NORMALLY EXTREMELY SUSPICIOUS of financial ‘gurus’ and of people who have their heads swayed by their often-dubious advice. But a new book by Greg Rand, a real estate entrepreneur who contributes to Fox News (maybe that’s why I hadn’t … Continue reading →

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How to Be an Absentee Landlord (Don’t!)

Posted on October 26, 2010 by cara

THERE’S A NEW QUESTION on my Q&A page. I’m putting it up today as a post; it will remain in perpetuity on the Q&A page along with others I’ve answered in the past: looking for property under 150K where to … Continue reading →

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The Importance of Being Painted

Posted on December 26, 2009 by cara

  THE OTHER NIGHT, a friend and I got to talking about how to stage a house for sale. Trying to sell a house while you’re living in it, as she is doing — the necessity to keep everything in … Continue reading →

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So Ya Wanna Be a Landlady?

Posted on June 9, 2009 by cara

SOMETIMES IT’S GOOD. When all the rent checks roll in promptly on the first of the month, and there’s a long spell without broken appliances or electrical issues or, God forbid, rats. Sometimes it sucks. I must make it look … Continue reading →

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Urgent Real Estate Questions: My Two Cents

Posted on February 2, 2009 by cara

C.W., a reader from Brooklyn, e-mailed to ask my advice on, as she put it, “what/if to buy right now.” So here’s my advice. But please, take it with a keg of salt.  We’re dealing in opinion here, not fact. … Continue reading →

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