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Real estate you will invest in should be situated in proximity of transportation systems and in walking distance of a good number of local shops and services. It is essential to purchase the correct house or apartment for the market. It is beneficial to be patient and to discover the representative tenant in the selected region and the expected amount of rent they would pay. As soon as you have identified a probable type of renter, select properties that will fit this type.

]]>http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/blog/articles/70/acquiring-real-estate.htmlhttp://www.propertyshowrooms.com/blog/articles/70/acquiring-real-estate.htmlFri, 31 Jul 2009 09:39:00 0000Taking the creditWay back on the third of November, I advocated in this very blog, that central banks needed to slash interest rates in order to help boost flailing economies. And guess what? I was right! So I reckon I’m going to take the credit for this one (let’s face it, this doesn’t always happen, so milk it while the going’s good, I say!)...]]>http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/blog/articles/69/taking-credit.htmlhttp://www.propertyshowrooms.com/blog/articles/69/taking-credit.htmlThu, 11 Dec 2008 16:58:53 0000Head For The SeaWhat’s a property investor to do? Tales of a banking crisis in one country or another, falling stock markets and general doom and gloom predictions. Well, you could do worse than head for the sea. Not to drown your sorrows in some misplaced suicide bid, but to invest in property by the waterfront...]]>http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/blog/articles/68/head-sea.htmlhttp://www.propertyshowrooms.com/blog/articles/68/head-sea.htmlMon, 24 Nov 2008 11:43:35 0000A New DawnToday, we wake up to a new President-elect of the United States of America. Thank goodness. At last, Americans can travel the world and not feel embarrassed to open their mouths, lest someone hears their accent and vilifies them for it (I met an American couple at Heathrow Airport once, who were pretending they were Canadian, just to avoid abuse)....]]>http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/blog/articles/67/new-dawn.htmlhttp://www.propertyshowrooms.com/blog/articles/67/new-dawn.htmlThu, 6 Nov 2008 10:03:07 0000Slash Those Rates!There’s only one way to curb the current worldwide economic crisis, and that’s by dealing with the problem that started the whole thing in the first place...]]>http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/blog/articles/66/slash-those-rates.htmlhttp://www.propertyshowrooms.com/blog/articles/66/slash-those-rates.htmlMon, 3 Nov 2008 12:20:56 0000The investor mindsetNow that the dust (or most of it) has apparently settled following the almost cataclysmic worldwide banking meltdown, the question many property investors are asking themselves is: ‘where is now the best place to buy?’]]>http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/blog/articles/65/investor-mindset.htmlhttp://www.propertyshowrooms.com/blog/articles/65/investor-mindset.htmlFri, 17 Oct 2008 10:36:24 0000Short term memoryIt’s a fact that people have short memories. I mean, after the shocking bombing of the London Underground in 2005 (was it really three years ago?) it seemed that no one was ever going to use the Tube again. Everyone went out and bought bicycles. But how short-lived all those healthy intentions were. The London Underground is now as packed (and miserably sweaty) as it always was...

]]>http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/blog/articles/64/short-term-memory.htmlhttp://www.propertyshowrooms.com/blog/articles/64/short-term-memory.htmlTue, 14 Oct 2008 17:24:18 0000Could China be next?It is an undisputed fact that China’s economy has been booming beyond recognition. Unprecedented growth rates and out of this world building construction (Shanghai wouldn’t look out of place in any science-fiction movie) have led to a country which is unrecognisable from twenty years ago – well, the cities anyway. All of which has stunned the world.

]]>http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/blog/articles/63/could-china-next.htmlhttp://www.propertyshowrooms.com/blog/articles/63/could-china-next.htmlThu, 25 Sep 2008 11:30:36 0000Banking BluesBlimey, what a few days it’s been. Every Tom, Dick, and Harry of a financial expert has been jumping on the bandwagon using the word ‘crisis’ to describe the current banking chaos enveloping the United States and beyond. And they’re not wrong. The astonishing collapse of the Lehman Brothers investment bank (the fourth largest in the US) and the even more astonishing bail out of insurance giant AIG has left financial analysts and institutions rooted in the headlights of pure panic, horror, and disbelief.]]>http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/blog/articles/62/banking-blues.htmlhttp://www.propertyshowrooms.com/blog/articles/62/banking-blues.htmlTue, 23 Sep 2008 12:33:01 0000Cyprus is flying highSkydiving is a cool (if somewhat mad) activity, and I’m told that the island of Cyprus is now a trendy place to do it. It basically entails jumping out of an aircraft at about 10,000 feet, enjoying the exhilaration of freefall, before opening your parachute for a (hopefully) soft landing.]]>http://www.propertyshowrooms.com/blog/articles/60/cyprus-flying-high.htmlhttp://www.propertyshowrooms.com/blog/articles/60/cyprus-flying-high.htmlFri, 22 Aug 2008 16:23:00 0000