When purchasing a property in Italy you should go through 3 stages: 1) Proposta irrevocabile d’acquisto (reservation offer) 2) Contratto preliminare di vendita (preliminary contract) 3) Atto di vendita (deed of sale) Once you have chosen your property you should engage the services of a solicitor, whether you buy through a real estate agent or [...]
May 30, 2009
Categories: Real Estate Investments, Training . Tags: Italian property buying guide . Author: Greenfield Staff . Comments: Leave a Comment
“Most of the expats and retirees in Honduras,” explained Correspondent Michael Paladin yesterday, “have flocked either to the north of the mainland, beginning at Copan, variously described as the Athens or the Paris of the Mayan world, or to a few enclaves along the Caribbean coast and the Bay Islands, especially the famed diving island [...]
May 30, 2009
Categories: Great places for holidays or investments, Investments, Real Estate Investments, holidays . Tags: live and invest overseas . Author: Greenfield Staff . Comments: 1 Comment
REALTOR® Emeritus L. Harrell Pendleton attributes his successful, five-decade career to hard work and intrepid investing. Find out more about how he kept his business strong in good times and bad. How did you get started in real estate? PENDLETON: I got into it by accident. I was working for a local movie theater as [...]
May 29, 2009
Categories: People, Real Estate Investments . Tags: diversify to succeed . Author: Greenfield Staff . Comments: 1 Comment
Not all buyers love jumping in the car with their real estate practitioner to scout out neighborhoods and homes, and some buyers don’t even want to take separate cars. Special situations may require that house hunters take solo trips to look at homes you’ve recommended. Technology can make such scenarios as fruitful as possible. [...]
May 29, 2009
Categories: Real Estate Investments, Technology . Tags: Use GPS to Send Buyers in the Right Direction . Author: Greenfield Staff . Comments: Leave a Comment
At a time when some mortgage products are showing signs of life, jumbo mortgages are hard to get and expensive, making it difficult for many would-be move-up buyers to take action. What to do? Since the credit crunch hit about two years ago, many lenders have all but abandoned jumbos, which are too big for [...]
May 29, 2009
Categories: Investments, Market data, Real Estate Investments . Tags: mortgage update . Author: Greenfield Staff . Comments: 1 Comment
Whether you like them or not, online rating Web sites are a reality for today’s real estate professionals. Those sites, in addition to Facebook and other social media outlets, create a powerful tool for spreading the word about you and your services. But to do it right, you need your customers’ help. The [...]
May 29, 2009
Categories: Real Estate Investments, Training . Tags: 9 Ways to Get Glowing Online Reviews . Author: Greenfield Staff . Comments: Leave a Comment
Un raport dat publicitatii de U.S. Government Accountability Office semnaleaza pericolul ca in 2010 sistemul Navstar GPS sa nu mai poata functiona la parametri normali datorita ritmului lent de inlocuire a satelitilor. Succesul unei tehnologii vine in trei trepte. Prima este trecuta atunci cand oamenii inceteaza sa o priveasca din perspectiva tehnica. Nu ne mai [...]
May 29, 2009
Categories: Technology . Tags: probleme sistemul gps . Author: Greenfield Staff . Comments: Leave a Comment
“Here’s a reason to retire to Honduras,” writes Correspondent Michael Paladin: “No one over age 65 can be sent to prison…not for anything. “Here’s another: Obtaining retirement residency is a straightforward matter. Show proof of US$600 a month in income to qualify for the pensionista visa or US$1,000 a month in income to qualify for [...]
May 29, 2009
Categories: Great places for holidays or investments, Investments, Real Estate Investments, holidays . Tags: Honduras, retire to Honduras . Author: Greenfield Staff . Comments: Leave a Comment
“Kathleen, you write much about Nicaragua as a possibility for retirement,” writes reader David M. from the United States. “I am in agreement for the most part. However, as opposed to Panama, about which you are very frank concerning the downsides, I have not read anything about the problems in Nicaragua. “Most prominent in my [...]
May 28, 2009
Categories: Great places for holidays or investments, Investments, Real Estate Investments, holidays . Tags: Nicaragua . Author: Greenfield Staff . Comments: 1 Comment
It’s a common dream: Find a tumbledown farmhouse in Italy and renovate it into a dream country home. In some regions of Italy, Abruzzo, for example, the cost can be as tempting as the romantic notion. You can find stone house ruins in this part of the country for US$50,000 and less….sometimes much less. But [...]
May 27, 2009
Categories: Great places for holidays or investments, Investments, Real Estate Investments, holidays . Tags: country home in Italy . Author: Greenfield Staff . Comments: Leave a Comment
