International
Real Estate Sales Promotion strategies, get Properties into International Market for a better Price!
Sunday, July 6th, 2008Property Advertising Specialities
An advertising speciality should ideally satisfy three criteria — CI relatively low price;
high visibility; and
excellent utility.
Typical examples are calendars, pens, pencils, matchbooks, diaries, time planners, nail clippers, key rings, rulers, memo pads, playing cards, metric conversion tables, beer mugs, ties and city maps. These items usually bear the name of the advertiser and […]
Office property analysis
Thursday, June 19th, 2008building, floor, property, mortgage loan, debt consolidation, Payday-Loans, tenant, rental, office, personal loan, refinance, finance, liquidation
THE INITIAL NEGOTIATIONS WITH A POTENTIAL CLIENT
Tuesday, June 17th, 2008property-list, Discount-Parcel-Delivery, Sports-Gambling, Book-Rentals, car-parts, bike, race
Get myself involved in Commercial and Industrial Estate Agency Business
Sunday, June 8th, 2008property, real estate, debt, refinance, loan, liquidation, tax-relief, mortgage
Cellular Phones and the Estate Agent
Tuesday, April 8th, 2008Cellular phones have arrived and are set to do for communication what television did for broadcasting. They provide access to a person rather than a place, which enables estate agents to receive messages and respond to calls immediately. Cellular phones allow them to move around freely yet remain accessible at one telephone number. Slim cellular […]
New Housing Subsidy System part 3
Thursday, March 27th, 2008The White Paper emphasizes that the present budgetary allocation to housing is entirely inadequate to support the housing programme envisaged in the RDP and that it will be essential for
Government to adjust its priorities in this regard, if it is serious about achieving its target of one million houses in five years. It also emphasizes […]
New Housing Subsidy System Part 2
Tuesday, March 25th, 2008Following on from this 8 joint technical committees have been established between the Department of Housing and the National Housing Forum. Their job is to develop policy in these priority areas:
Overall housing strategy;
Housing subsidies;
Retail lending initiatives and the provision of housing credit;
Institutional arrangements, fund mobilization and the National Housing Budget;
Land planning;
Hostels;
Sector efficiency and effectiveness; […]
New Housing Subsidy System Part 1
Tuesday, March 25th, 2008On 27 October 1994 the Housing Accord was signed at Botshabelo in the Orange Free State. This laid the foundation for the passage of the White Paper on a new housing policy and strategy for South Africa. Typical of the prevailing democratic mood, representatives of each of the undermentioned groups made a joint and several […]
Market Valuations
Thursday, March 6th, 2008A basic approach to the valuation of residential properties using comparative market value as the yardstick
Market value can be defined as the price a willing buyer is prepared to pay a willing seller to conclude a sale where neither party is under any compulsion to act. Furthermore, the property is to be used according to […]
How Much of Your Land Do You Own?
Friday, February 8th, 2008What, exactly, is your land? The question is a lot more serious than you might think. “The Man Who Sold the Moon” is an old science-fiction story about an industrialist’s attempt to be the first man on the moon. It’s a fascinating tale, more about capitalism than rockets, orbits, and landings. The hero hedges all […]
Due Diligence: The Easter Egg Hunt
Friday, November 16th, 2007In Webster’s dictionary, the definition of “diligent” is “prosecuted with careful attention and effort.” But it’s really the synonyms for the word that reveal exactly what is expected during the due diligence period when purchasing investment real estate. The synonyms for “diligent” include “conscientious, thorough, careful, thoughtful, attentive, and […]
Property Manager Job Description, Part Two
Monday, November 12th, 2007INCREASING THE CASH FLOW
It is the property manager’s responsibility to increase the cash flow of the property. Good property managers understand the real world parameters within which they must work to achieve this goal, but if you are managing the property yourself, you’ll want to be aware of what […]
