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As a guest on the Late Show with David Letterman Monday night, Gov. Chris Christie's witty banter and doughnut-eating may have made headlines, but he was quick to remind everyone that Hurricane Sandy relief is still needed.
Christie and Letterman talked about the Hurricane Sandy NJ Relief Fund started by first lady Mary Pat Christie. She announced today that two major celebrities have joined the honorary advisory board.
Bono, front man of U2, and NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams will join Bruce Springsteen, former U.S. Sen. Bill Bradley, Jon Bon Jovi and others on the board.
Bono called it "an honor" to support the relief efforts.
"Sandy took away just about every piece of my Jersey Shore childhood," said Williams, who is from Monmouth County and has a home in Ocean County. "'Jersey Strong' isn't just a phrase; it's a way of life. It's a redundancy actually. The rest of the country will see how strong we are, starting now."
The nonprofit relief fund was started Nov. 1, four days after Hurricane Sandy hit New Jersey and surrounding areas. To date, more than $32 million has been raised for the fund.
"We are thrilled that Bono and Brian have lent their names to assist New Jersey families in rebuilding their lives and overcoming the most destructive storm in our state's history," Mary Pat Christie said.
Last month, more than $50 billion in federal aid was approved for Hurricane Sandy relief efforts. On Letterman Monday night, Christie said although the delay in voting on the package didn't make him very happy, the money should come this month to help with rebuilding.
More than 40,000 families are still homeless, Christie noted.
"We will rebuild," Williams said in a statement. "We will see you on the boardwalk in time for the first waves of summer."
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Tale of Two Markets
Let's start by savoring the irony that the biggest thing ever to hit business—the Internet—was the creation of hackers working with government money. They didn't do it for the money, and they didn't do it to make money. They did it because it needed to be done and doing it brought a priceless kind of esteem: the respect of their peers. Crafting the Net was a good and noble work that still goes largely uncredited outside the circle of peers who best understand what actually happened. Given the importance of that work to the economy, it's a wonder these guys don't have statues on Wall Street.
Now the stock market is going gaga over Linux for the same reason it went gaga over the Net: it's good for business. Why doesn't matter to the market. Putting Linux to work is kind of like putting an e in front of your idea or a .com after your company name. It's a grace. A particularly lucrative grace, it now appears.
But just as the Big Boys didn't understand at first what that .com truly meant, they don't understand what Linux and open source mean, either. They thought the Net was just a 10-million-channel TV with a keyboard instead of a remote control. Likewise, they think Linux is just a 10-million-hacker version of Microsoft with bloated attitude instead of bloated software.
Not that the "free software" community is especially understanding about Business. Scott Lanning had this to say about Linux Journal for a Seattle Times story: "It's proprietary, so it means nothing."
Makes me wonder: how are we "proprietary"? In Open Sources: Voices from the Open Source Revolution, Richard Stallman writes, "The `Linux' magazines ... are filled with advertisements for proprietary software that works with GNU/Linux. When the next Motif or Qt appears, will magazines warn programmers to stay away from it, or will they run ads for it?"
Well, probably both. Why shouldn't we give Troll Tech a way to say good things about Qt tools? What's wrong with that?
Answering this question will, of course, bring up blood-boiling moral questions which find their most concrete expressions in licenses and copyrights (also copylefts) that are strange and baffling to those who never heard of "open source" or "free" software until confronted with the need to use it. What's so "free" about something that comes with so many restrictions—and with so many people who are quick to flame you for breaking rules only they understand?
Business has a real demand for what Eric Raymond calls "software that doesn't suck", and for the people who make it. Likewise, those people have a real demand for good development tools. And not all of those tools are going to be free or open source. Qt is an old example. The new example comes from Inprise (formerly Borland, also known as Borland/Inprise).
This past July, Inprise ran a survey of developers visiting various Linux sites including Linux Journal. Of the 24,000 unique responses, about 6,000 called Linux their primary development platform. Naturally, the leading development tools for this group were gcc/egcs (47%) and Emacs with gcc/egcs (27%). Yet a majority of these same 6,000 developers were willing to pay for commercial Linux development tools: 27.9% said they would be willing to pay $300 or less, and another 37.2% said they would be willing to pay $100 or less. Only 21% said, "Nothing, it must be free."
What kind of tools did they want to buy? By class, the favorites were "Rapid Application Development IDE (RAD, visual development)" at 53.6%, and "traditional development IDE (integrated editor, compiler, debugger)" at 35.7%. As for particular tools, first choices were "C++Builder (C/C++ with RAD)" with 29.6%, "New IDE that works with existing standard Linux tools" with 24.2%, Delphi with 19.2%, and "Borland C++ (C/C++ without RAD)" with 13.3%.
Inprise has responded to demand with Kylix, described by Michael Swindell, who heads the project for the company:
Kylix is the code name for a high-performance native Linux development environment—a Rapid Application Development environment—that will support C++ and Delphi development. It's a major effort. We're developing a visual component framework to radically speed and simplify native Linux development. Graphical, database, GUI, Internet, multi-tier development will all be completely visual and component-based, using the Borland VCL and two-way tool technologies. Just like Delphi and C++Builder for Windows. Its architecture is a component abstraction directly over the native environment. It is derived from the VCL architecture the current Delphi and C++Builder products are based on, so the component APIs and methodologies will be very similar. So familiar that if you already develop with Delphi or C++Builder for Windows, it will be very easy to do Linux development from day one. Essentially, you won't have to learn the complex details of the underlying architectures, though they'll still be completely accessible, making new Linux development much faster and porting far easier.
Now here's the really tricky part, because it's cross-ethos as well as cross-platform:
We are not developing Kylix as an open-source project, but we are investigating which parts of Kylix lend themselves to being open source. Right now, Kylix will allow developers to create open-source applications. But we have not determined which, if any, components in Kylix will be open source. Our goal is to enable Kylix to develop both proprietary and open-source applications, because there will be markets for both.
This is a discovery stage that a new market has to go through. You've got commercial vendors coming into the open-source space, and open-source vendors moving into the commercial space. It's a merging of very different business practices. We will have to go through a lot of head scratching before this settles out.
We need the extremes. These are the people fighting for the noble causes. We can't discover open-source standards and policies without them. And frankly, open-sourcing everything is not a closed question for us. We'd welcome the Open Source community's involvement in our own development. But we've got fourteen years of intellectual property and patent accumulation, plus legal and shareholder interests to protect. There are extremes on that side, too. The best we can do right now is answer the market and talk to everybody with an interest in making this work.
Freedom is an efficiency that drives value. Isn't it fun to watch this new software business teach Adam Smith's lesson, one more time?
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Linux has become a key foundation for supporting today's rapidly growing IT environments. Linux is being used to deploy business applications and databases, trading on its reputation as a low-cost operating environment. For many IT organizations, Linux is a mainstay for deploying Web servers and has evolved from handling basic file, print, and utility workloads to running mission-critical applications and databases, physically, virtually, and in the cloud. As Linux grows in importance in terms of value to the business, managing Linux environments to high standards of service quality — availability, security, and performance — becomes an essential requirement for business success.
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Upon successful completion of this program, individuals are qualified to obtain an Oklahoma teaching certificate to teach English in grades 6-12. Since USAO teacher certification programs are nationally certified by The National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) certification in other states is simplified. It is recommended that certification be initially obtained in Oklahoma prior to seeking certification from another state.
A program checklist for a degree in English with teacher certification is provided below. Students wishing to pursue a teaching certificate in English should consult one of the English education advisors in the English Department, Davis Hall.
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These questions came up in the U.S. team envelope thread and I think this is a topic that might be of interest, particularly regarding how elite international skaters from different countries receive funding / may or do not receive any or enough outside funding to support their competitive careers.
kwanfan1818 explained in this reply in the other thread. There is also USOC (U.S. Olympic Committee) funding available to Team A and B skaters/teams, but I don't know any specific details or amounts.
2. No (ETA: unless the event organizer can provide prize money).
3. I don't think so.
I will post links to information online re. Canadian elite skater funding and would be interested to know what is publicly known or available online about elite skater funding in Japan, Russia, other European countries, etc.


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WEC 39 "Brown vs. Garcia" is set to go off Tonight March 1, for the American Bank Center in Corpus Christi, Texas. In the main event champion Mike Brown will take on number one contender Leonard Garcia for the WEC featherweight belt.
The televised portion of the card starts at 9:30 EST on Versus. Results after the jump.
- Mike Brown vs. Leonard Garcia
Result: Mike Brown defeats Leonard Garcia by Submission (Arm Triangle Choke) at 1:57 of R1.
- Ricardo Lamas vs. Bart Palaszewski
Result: Ricardo Lamas defeats Bart Palaszewski by Unanimous Decision.
- Jose Aldo vs. Chris Mickle
Result: Jose Aldo defeats Chris Mickle by TKO (Strikes) at 1:39 of R1.
- Marcus Hicks vs. Rob McCullough
Result: Rob McCullough defeats Marcus Hicks by Unanimous Decision (29-29, 30-27, 29-28).
- Phil Cardella vs. Danny Castillo
Result: Danny Castillo defeats Phil Cardella by Split Decision.
- Marcos Galvao vs. Damacio Page
Result: Damacio Page defeats Marcos Galvao by KO (Punches) at 0:18 of R1.
- Johny Hendricks vs. Alex Serdyukov
Result: Johny Hendricks defeats Alex Serdyukov Unanimous Decision
- Kenji Osawa vs. Rafael Rebello
Result: Kenji Osawa defeats Rafael Rebello by Split Decision.
- Alex Karalexis vs. Greg McIntyre
Result: Alex Karalexis defeats Greg McIntyre by TKO (Punches) at 4:19 of R1.
- Mike Budnik vs. John Franchi
Result: John Franchi defeats Mike Budnik by Split Decision.
- Justin Haskins vs. Mike Pierce
Result: Mike Pierce defeats Justin Haskins by TKO (Punches) at 3:39 of R3.


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Cambridge, Mass. - February 14, 2009 - The Springfield College women's track and field team competed at the MIT Invitational on Saturday afternoon. Leading the way for Springfield was Nikki Hay, who put together a sensational performance in several events, and setting two school records in the process.
Hay continued to dominate the New England track and field scene as she took first in the long jump (18'00 1/2), the triple jump (38'11 3/4), and the 200 meters (25.55).
Hay's marks for the day were some of the best in program history, as she broke her own school record in the triple jump that she had previously set last year with a 38-1 1/4. She also tied the school record in the 200 meters, a record she now shares with former All-American, Janet Williams. Hay's electronically-timed mark of 25.55 is the equivalent of Williams' hand-time of 25.3, which she set in 1986.
Hay met the NCAA Provisional qualifying mark in the long jump once again, became an automatic qualifier in the triple jump for the NCAA Championships,and qualified for the Division III New England, Open New England, and ECAC Championships.
Erika Marks posted a pair of second place finishes in both the 55 meter dash (7.50) and the 200 meters (26.24). Lacey Cartier crossed the finish line second in the 800 in 2:24.23.
Hay was also the third leg of the 4x400 relay team that finished second in 4:09.62. The relay team of Hay, Joy Jennifer, Kathryn Schumann, and Katie Parente also qualified for the Division III New England, Open New England, and ECAC Championships.


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NORMAN — Not only does top-ranked Oklahoma host its first home game of the season, fans will get to see the undefeated Sooners a few hours earlier than they expected.
Weather concerns altered the weekend schedule, and OU (15-0) will now open the homestand at 3:15 today against Houston (8-5). The Sooners will follow that up with a double-header beginning at 1:30 p.m. Saturday against former conference rival and 25th-ranked Nebraska (11-4) before meeting Houston again at noon on Sunday.
All games will be played at Marita Hynes Field on campus rather than split between Norman and Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City.
The weekend is the Sooners' first opportunity to play at home after three weeks of games on the west coast. Of course, being that far from campus hasn't mattered. The Sooners have steamrolled their competition so far, and are now a near-unanimous No. 1 in the ESPN/USA Softball poll,
"As a team, I think we're just coming together and doing what we love," senior outfielder Brianna Turang said. "We're excited to play in front of our fans."
Also on the line will be OU's streak of holding ranked opponents scoreless. The Sooners are 7-0 against ranked opponents this year, and have outscored them 47-0. The burden to continue that streak likely will fall to both Keilani Ricketts and Michelle Gascoigne when the 25th-ranked Huskers come to Norman for Saturday's doubleheader.
After 15 games on the road to start the season, eight of OU's next 10 will come at home. After this weekend's slate, the Sooners travel to Wichita State for a doubleheader on Wednesday before hosting Northern Colorado and Drake for a pair of games each next weekend.
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The Cedar Grove Zoning Board is scheduled to discuss an expansion project proposal for St. Mark Coptic Orthodox Church on Tuesday.
St. Mark's, located at 5 Woodstone Dr., is looking to expand the church while adding additional parking. The proposal has brought several residents to the podium at Cedar Grove Township Council meetings.
The proposal has been scheduled to go before the Board in previous months but has been rescheduled several times, said Cedar Grove Planning Zoning Coordinator Jackie Koster.
The proposal is now back on the Board's agenda for a public meeting at 8 p.m. at Town Hall, 525 Pompton Ave. A meeting agenda is attached.
Highpoint resident Stacy Kilkenny addressed the council during a public meeting in June.
"We think (the expansion) would irrevocably decimate the area financially and ecologically," she said, citing the removal of 111 trees to accommodate the additional parking.
Other residents of Highpoint have submitted petitions to the Zoning Board and Township Council expressing concerns over water run-off from the parking lot, additional traffic on the surrounding roads, additional noise and pollution as well as a potential negative impact on property values.
"If that application is granted by the Zoning Board, then the objectors have an ability to appeal to the governing body to overturn what the Zoning Board did," said Cedar Grove Township Attorney Thomas Scrivo.


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The following story appears in the June 25, 2012 Investment Guide issue of Forbes Magazine.
Early last year Nicholas Vercollone bought his first property: a run-down three-family Victorian in the working-class Boston suburb of Chelsea for $175,000 in cash. The place, which he spotted on Zillow.com, was being sold "as is" by an estate. "There was two feet of snow in the living room, and we were working in raincoats through the spring," chuckles Vercollone, a 32-year-old carpenter who decided to invest in distressed properties after working on renovations for other investors.
Fourteen months of near-daily labor and $375,000 in home improvement costs later, he put the updated units up for sale: $299,000 apiece for two three-bedroom condos and $270,000 for the two-bedroom third-floor unit. Like many young entrepreneurs, Vercollone financed the deal in part with loans from relatives (more on family lending here). After they, the Realtors and the tax collectors get paid, he figures that if he gets just 90% of his asking price for the units he'll net up to $50,000.
Not great for a year's work (he did odd jobs to support himself) but enough to convince him there's money to be made in distressed residential real estate. Vercollone and his fiancée just snapped up a two-family house they plan to renovate and hold as a rental—the first of many they hope to own.
Since the housing bubble burst and the foreclosure wave began, nearly 4 million families have been pushed into the rental market. Meanwhile, the supply of habitable rental units has shrunk, what with new housing starts depressed and many foreclosed homes gone to ruin. The result: Rents are rising. The National Association of Realtors projects a 4% average increase in rents nationally this year and 4% in 2013.
So investors, ranging from large private equity funds to carpenter-entrepreneurs, are flocking to housing. The National Association of Realtors estimates investors accounted for 1.23 million home purchases, or 27% of sales, in 2011—up from 749,000 investment purchases, or 17% of sales, in 2010.
Today's individual investors are a different breed from those who queued up in the early 2000s to buy new Tampa condos on credit, hoping to flip them for a quick profit. Last year half of investment purchases were for cash and half were of distressed properties. The median price paid was $100,000, up 6.4% from $94,000 in 2010. If buyers are planning to flip a property these days, it's usually after fixing it up. And many are looking for a long-term, stable income play—something paying more than the 2% current yield on ten-year Treasurys.
Goldman Sachs economists estimate that rental properties (acquired at today's prices) are yielding more than 6% on average nationwide. Even Warren Buffett lauds distressed single-family homes as an attractive investment now.
Tempted? Here are some pointers.
Getting dirty
"When investing in real estate the first question to ask yourself is 'Do I want to get dirty?'" says Andrew Waite, publisher of Personal Real Estate Investor Magazine. If you have either building skills or a knack for managing contractors, you could pick up a cheap fixer-upper, rehab it and sell it or rent it out.
This is harder than it sounds, although the dearth of new construction means you can probably get quality workmen at reasonable rates in most markets. Vercollone suggests paying a general contractor $200 to $300 to walk through a property you're serious about buying. (He did.) Take the contractor's estimate, factor in other costs (taxes, marketing, etc.) and then add 20%, since something unexpected is sure to crop up.
Hey Nicholas Vercollone, here's another tip from a long long term experienced real estate investor. If you want to earn money in real estate, skip the fixer uppers and skip trying to flip properties…. rarely does one earn wealth with those get rich quick schemes. You may win on #1 or #2, but #3 will clobber you. Instead, buy moderately priced rental properties in working class areas that are in decent shape, as close to rental ready as possible, work hard to get them rented and treat your tenants with respect…. You'll make a lot more money skipping the time and expensive process of renovating…. and the longer you keep your tenants, primarily by treating them well and keeping the units in good shape, means less vacancy, less hassle, less work, and lots of long term wealth building. Good luck!
There is truth to this last comment. However, there is an art to identifying the target properties for fix and flip. It is an art. It is easy to determine a #1, 2, or 3. The 3 is obviously a high risk and should have not been done. If you have experienced advisers you should hopefully be able to plan better and avoid the bad apples. Strong and experience advisers are key. You may think your adviser is the strongest and best, but there is always someone more experienced than them out there. It is the successful investor who seeks and finds these experienced advisers to guide their investment process. Good Luck.
Great Info on here Forbes! Good emphasis on getting dirty – it maximizes profit margins. For example, if you only transact the sale (buyers/sellers rep) you make less than you would if you had fixed it from scrap out of pocket and sold it at a higher marked up value. It's all about acquisition of short sale and doing the repairs yourself to create a larger profit potential. But painting and plumbing are about the most skilled a person can get before he gets really dirty, before you have to call the roofers, tile people and interior designers.
What about insurance? What tax deductions do you use?
Patra – Insurance is different if it is a rental property vs. a home vs. an attempt at a flip (I say "attempt" because most people lose money on these, probably 95% of the people who try). Make sure you have an open, honest discussion with your insurance agent and get the proper type and amount of insurance in place. If you procure a rental policy, but are flipping the property (hence doing significant construction, maybe by yourself, or unlicensed handymen) and something goes wrong……in a big way, your insurance company might deny the claim. Always have the proper insurance in place.
Tax deductions are different too based on a home, a rental, or an attempt at a flip. Home is Schedule A, Rental is Schedule E, Flip would be Schedule C. It's complicated and you need to work with a licensed tax professional to make sure you are properly doing your taxes. Good luck.
Great article Morgan!
Very thorough with excellent details. Another area to consider for a longer term investment seems to be vacation rentals which investors are holding onto for retirement. I think a lot of investors are coming back out of the woodwork so to speak, and planning safer alternatives to ROI.
What is your stance on investing in real estate tax liens and deeds? In doing research, this also seems to be a great way to gain some passive and residual income opportunities if the right property is chosen.
Thank you for this post. My husband enjoys investing in real estate and I enjoy fixing things up. I think we would make a great team in this industry. I could run the projects while he continues doing his other work. I applaud the man who did this, and thank him for inspiring me to want to do so as well.
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Greetings apartment investors. I am an apartment specialist practicing in Southern California since I was 25 years old. My background includes degrees in accounting, economics, finance, science, and an MBA from the University of California, I am also a former "Big 4 Public Accountant." I represent buyers and sellers of multifamily income properties in Southern California. I consult many clients on profiting and flipping properties and my clients include professionals who have been flipping properties for over 30 years. If you are looking to invest in apartments I highly recommend Southern California for several reasons.
1-Map of the US with the 100 most populated counties highlighted. 5 of the 12 most populated counties in the country are in Southern California. These 12 counties are also the only counties with populations in the US over 2 million people each according to the 2010 census. Of approximately 310 million people in the US, about 43 million (14%) of them live in these 12 counties. In these 5 Southern California counties, 20 million people reside or almost half of the 43 million, or 7% of the US population. This makes Southern California real estate extremely unique. California is the most populated state in the US, almost 50% more populated then the next most populated state, Texas. Map & Data from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:U.S._counties_population.JPG
2-Among countries of the world the GDP of California ranks the state as the 8th largest economy in the World amongst nations, with GDP of almost $2 Trillion. Almost double the GDP of New York.
As a result of the population density and financial production, commercial real estate in California is unlike any other in the world.
Greetings apartment investors. I am an apartment specialist practicing in Southern California since I was 25 years old. My background includes degrees in accounting, economics, finance, science, and an MBA from the University of California, I am also a former "Big 4 Public Accountant." I represent buyers and sellers of multifamily income properties in Southern California. I consult many clients on profiting and flipping properties and my clients include professionals who have been flipping properties for over 30 years.
NEWS: This just in! The rental market in North Park/Normal Heights area of San Diego is booming. Rents have risen dramatically in the last two years in this niche market.
This is a very unique market. Many units exist here as most buildings are 7-8 unit buildings built in the 1960′s. The 8 corridor around the Balboa Park comprises of several thousand of these small buildings. This area has been improving for over 20 years and after the last condo conversion boom of 2003-2007 the area looks fabulous and is finally making strides. In fact it was published in Forbes in the Top 20 Hippest US Cities earlier this year.
This is an excellent place to profit from investing, improving, and reselling apartment properties for profit. However, the most profits are made consulting professionals like myself who can help steer investors in the right direction and put them in contact with the right people in the community to make all the moving parts come together for an easy profit.
If you are looking to invest in apartments and have over $150,000 in cash please give me a call (619) 800-6256. Please mention that you are calling from the Forbes Blog. I currently represent over $15,000,000 in apartments for sale in this marketplace and have many properties for purchase that are on and off the market. But, knowing the intricacies of a market is very important to maximizing profits. This market is very complex.
Why is this market so hot for apartment investors and flippers? The rents range from $875 to $1200 for one bedrooms and $900 to $1600 for two bedrooms. That is a big range. The reality is that the same unit that rents for the low end could be moved into the upper end or even exceed the upper end with proper improvements and fixtures. The area is so close to Downtown and La Jolla the economic centers of San Diego for jobs and students there are no shortage of people looking to live and work in sunny San Diego. Especially with high gas prices working against people living a commute away from work. This area is on top of downtown, so there is no traffic or FWY to get to downtown and it is only a short distance from Miramar Air Force Base and La Jolla/UTC/Carmel Valley (High Tech Center of San Diego). There are 3 major universities in the area San Diego State, University of California San Diego, and University of San Diego.
The busiest walking district in North Park is centered at the intersection of University Avenue and 30th Street. Here you will find the North Park sign, the restored Birch North Park Theatre, Ray Street, many restaurants, bars, and new developments. Ray Street is the center of North Park's artist community. 30th Street is North Park's "Restaurant Row" featuring the heart of San Diego's farm to table movement and named the best street for Craft Beer in the Nation. The community is just east of Hillcrest and the Hospital District of Uptown San Diego, north of Balboa Park, and east of the 15 freeway. The area is known for its unique culture and many new developments.
Now back to investing…
The multifamily income property market in and around the San Diego Metro area has been hot for the last 6 months. As the economy begins to recover from the "Banking Crisis" that plagued national real estate markets, areas like the San Diego Metro have experienced dramatic rental growth.
After the fall of the San Diego Market in late 2007 when the popular "Condominium Craze" came to a halt, the apartment market fell as the once easy to obtain capital was absent from the marketplace, soon after the entire residential real estate market collapsed. With the collapse many San Diego residents lost their homes to foreclosure and were forced to become tenants once again.
Previously during the prior real estate boom prior to 2007, many of these individuals flocked to areas within 100 miles of their work, seeking more housing square footage for their dollar, ultimately facing a commute to employment centers. After the boom turned into a bust, these individuals who were previously landlords, switched back into becoming tenants. However, the economy was still very tight. As a result the apartment market in San Diego County saw a flight to quality specifically around employment centers like Downtown, Mission Valley, and La Jolla/UTC. Including areas like North Park which experience very rapid rental rate growth, as the landlords gave back their homes far away from employment centers and became tenants in a recession. These centers flourished as a result of high gas prices, that made it expensive to afford a long commute. The most predominant rental growth occurred in areas primarily comprised of many smaller individually owned older rental property inventory. As larger and newer apartment rentals in the metro area experienced downward pressure on their rents, they opened up considerable opportunity for rental growth in metro areas with older rental property inventory.
For example large properties in Mission Valley that feature full amenities and are owned and operated by large REITS or conglomerates are currently charging rents around $1,600 for one bedroom units. However, areas like North Park and Normal Heights have smaller, older units, primarily owned by individuals, renting between $800 to $1,200 for one bedroom units and $900 to $1,600 for two bedroom units. As a result of the spread between the rents in the large buildings compared to the older buildings, there is a broad range in quality of individual units in the markets dominated by individual ownership, that leads to the considerable spread existing in the marketplace rents. The spread exists as a result of ownership preferences and quality of units.
This spread is what is currently responsible for the current hot small metro building markets of San Diego. An investor looking to make quick profits can purchase an underperforming building, perform a wide range of improvements that result in increasing the property rents. Once the rents are raised considerably, the property is then resold, or flipped for profit. The risk involved lies in the deployment of capital to purchase the property on the buy side of the flip and a balanced and methodical approach to the adequate allocation of capital resources for rehabilitation that will result in increases in rent and increases in the property value when it is time to sell to the marketplace.
Since there markets typically trade primarily based on capitalization (cap) rates (net operating income[gross rental income, less expenses, and vacancy]/price), a property can be bought and sold for close to the same capitalization rate, but have a very different value because of the discrepancy in the rents that is receiving from tenants. For example, a typical building is on the market as a 6% cap, it is comprised of 8 units, half are two bedrooms and half are one bedroom units. The property in this example was built in the 1960′s. The one bedrooms are renting for $900 and the two bedrooms are renting for $1,100.
However, when the property is purchased the units are old and tired. The cabinets, countertops, flooring, doors, appliances, and bathrooms are old and have been used by renters for 50 years not having been adequately replaced. This is called deferred maintenance. The buyer purchases the property at a 6% cap for $1,000,000 with leverage, putting 25% or $250,000 in down payment. The 6% cap is based on the in place rents at the time of purchase. Then the new owner makes changes to management and performs improvements to the units of about $10,000 per unit on average. Improvements include new cabinetry, upgraded fixtures and appliances, new flooring, carpet, and paint, granite countertops, and interior moldings throughout the unit. After the work to improve the property is completed the new owner has invested the down payment of $250,000 plus the additional rehabilitation of $80,000, for a total invested cash total of $330,000.
After the improvements are completed the property rents are increased to $1,100 for the one bedrooms and $1,500 for the two bedroom units. At this point the owner has dramatically increased the cash flow (24% increase) and the internal rate of return on the property significantly taking the gross rental income from $96,000 (at purchase) to $119,000 (after rehab). The new rental income stream has a value of $1,350,000 at the same 6% cap rate. As a result the purchaser for $1,000,000 was able to invest $330,000 of cash into the purchase and rehab of the property and increase the property value by $350,000. This increase in property value creates a profit to the rehabber of $270,000 ($1,350,000-$1,000,000-$80,000=$270,000).
Ultimately in one year the internal rate of return (IRR) to the flipper of the apartments earns a $270,000 profit on an investment of $330,000, for a one year IRR of 80%. The spread in rental demand that exists above for quality metro located apartments close to employment centers has resulted in the multifamily marketplace changing from a buyer's market that existed from 2008 to 2011, into a seller's market in 2012.
If you would like to make profits like I have described in previous posts, please contact me. I am a specialist in this market place. I was trained by the late Jim Hendershaw, who was responsible for much of the gentrification of the area and bought and sold more small buildings by leaps and bounds over any other agent in the region since the 1980′s. I have a history of representing clients in this marketplace and have sold over $100,000,000 in properties. In addition to developing a few 50+ unit apartment complexes in the region.
In this complex marketplace information and knowledge are key. Some less experienced agents can lead investors into losses. Timing and planning is key to success. Please call me, Matthew Udewitz, the San Diego Apartment Specialist (619) 800-6256 and mention that you saw my blog on Forbes.
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The Canes' season has made a big turn for the worse in the past month. As for the Caps, things couldn't be better or brighter.
The Caps topped the Canes 3-1 Thursday at the Verizon Center, getting big saves from goaltender Braden Holtby and making what proved to be a decisive second-period surge to stay two points ahead of Winnipeg in the Southeast Division.
Jeff Skinner's power-play goal gave the Canes a 1-0 lead after the opening period, but the Caps answered with second-period scores from Troy Brouwer and Mike Green for a 2-1 lead. Brouwer added an empty netter in the final seconds.
Once again, the Canes had a strong start, outshooting the Caps 14-0 in the first 10 minutes. Again, they were undone by a mediocre second period in dropping their seventh straight game.
"The guys played hard, they were batting and competing and playing well," Canes coach Kirk Muller said. "We're just not getting the result, but I can't ask for more for the level of competition. We had no passengers tonight."
Of the past 15 games, the Hurricanes have won just once, going 1-13-1. The Caps (22-17-2) now lead the Canes (16-22-2) by 12 points in leading the NHL's Southeast Division.
"The way we played tonight is the way we've been for probably 10 of the last 14 games, yet we walk away with no points," Muller said. "The guys deserve better."
And to think, when the Canes last came to the Verizon Center, on March 12, they won 4-0 and had a 10-point lead on the Caps.
"It sort of drains you mentally," Skinner said of the losses. "Physically you just have to stay a way to stay positive."
Holtby made a career-best 43 saves in winning his 18th game of the season. Skinner scored off the rebound of an Eric Staal shot in the first, but Holtby had all the answers after that.
"He was outstanding throughout the whole game," Green said. "Even in the last five to 10 minutes he made some saves that should have been goals."
Holtby did get a big assist from defenseman John Carlson in the final minute of the opening period. Canes defenseman Jay Harrison unleashed a shot from the point and the puck slipped behind Holtby, but Carlson swept it away inches from the goal line.
Brouwer scored a power-play goal after a slashing call against the Canes' Jordan Staal, one-timing a pass from Mike Ribeiro from the right circle at 8:08 of the second. Green then scored at even-strength, the defenseman wheeling around Skinner in the right circle and ripping a shot over Justin Peters' shoulder.
The Canes thoroughly controlled the first 10 minutes of the game against the Southeast Division leaders, outshooting the Caps 14-0. Carolina kept the puck in the Caps zone, pressuring Holtby.
Skinner's goal was his 11th of the season and his first in 10 games. It came on a four-on-three power play as Eric Staal ripped a shot from the right circle and Skinner knocked in the rebound at 5:01.
The Canes kept coming after the Skinner score, as Jordan Staal, Skinner and Kevin Westgarth all got off heavy shots and Jiri Tlusty drove the net. Only some strong saves by Holtby kept it 1-0.
But the momentum swung the Caps' way after a tripping penalty against the Canes' Alexander Semin. Alex Ovechkin blasted a shot on the power play -- the Caps' first on goal at 10:05 of the period and Justin Peters' first save.
"That power play gave us a little life and we got some momentum," Caps coach Adam Oates said. "The game goes in waves. You don't always have your best legs to start a game. But we turned it around."
Early in the game, the Canes' Justin Faulk popped the puck over the glass for a delay-of-game penalty. But Brouwer was called for high-sticking soon after the faceoff.
The Caps' Jack Hillen then was penalized for tripping at 4:51 of the first, setting up the Canes' 4-on-3 power play. Skinner scored 10 seconds later -- his first goal since March 21 against New Jersey.
In the second, the Caps scored twice and appeared to be taking charge, only to have the Canes make a push. Holtby was forced to make sharp stops on a flurry of shots by Jamie McBain, Semin, Chad LaRose, Jordan Staal and then Tuomo Ruutu on a rebound.
It was a milestone game for two Canes: LaRose was playing his 500th career NHL game and forward Nicolas Blanchard his first.
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Am I ok to build a box without having a table saw for really straight cuts? Or should I hunt down someone who does to at least cut out the pieces. (for SR104DVC sub)
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Am I ok to build a box without having a table saw for really straight cuts? Or should I hunt down someone who does to at least cut out the pieces. (for SR104DVC sub)
If you have a router just cut the pieces oversized (don't have to be even close to straight) and just trim off the excess. You do, however, have to have at least a couple straight pieces... I'm not quite sure how well that would work. Can you bribe a neighbor with beer?
if you've already got a good circular saw and blade, clamps like tru-grip (griset) or all in one (emerson) can help you make pretty good cuts. but, if you don't want to buy those you can get the same quality cut with a good straight edge and a couple of clamps, it's just a bit more work.
many lumber yards and home centers will cut for you relatively cheaply if you don't have the tools or you're not sure of your skills. accuracy might be hit or miss with them though, just double check before you hit the register.
OK, so a guy at work says, that is simple. Just buy a drywall square. (ruler with a t bar at one end). Clamp it to the MFD and then remove the T bar piece. Now you have a guide to run a circular saw against. So I'm going to give this a shot.
I do have a question though. For cutting out the whole for the sub, I have an article from a mag on how to do this. They show a "Perfect Circle" attachment for a router. Does anyone know where I can buy one? I can't find them anywhere that are called "perfect circle". It seems Jasper makes one but not the same as in this article (they had a picture in I think June 2007 of car audio and electronics, it was how to make circles with a router)
Parts express sells one. Apparently they work very very well. If you're only cutting one or two holes you can always just make a quick jig for your router.
Be careful with a carpenter's square. It is a straight edge, but it's also flimsy. Your circular saw may end up going over or under the guide. Your best bet is to cut a piece of wood with a known straight edge. Clamp that as a guide.
Make note that by cutting wood with this method, you can end up with piece that have straight edges but are not square. You must take your time and be precise for good cuts.
For holes, either make your own jig or ensure the one you get can do the hole size required. A jigsaw and a freehand cut is often good for this.
A square I think is definitely necessary. I use just a circle saw and a rotozip to cut the hole for the sub. I do it free hand but I have alot of practice. There are two things you must be sure of when your marking and cutting - assuming measurements are already correct - 1. when you mark and cut account for the thickness of the blade. If you cut inside of your line your panels won't fit! 2. Don't assume precut panels you get from the lumber yard are square. Always check with your square every corner before you cut. A crooked panel is a real waste of time and materials.
If you want to cut that hole out you can use a saber saw or any plunge cutting device (router or spiral cut saw). Just cut inside your line, you can always trim just a little more if you need and you'll have an air tight fit.
I built a few boxes by having the Hardware store cut the four sides from a sheet and when I got it home assembled the four sides and the other pieces were fit between the top and sides (so quality cuts were not as important) I usually glued a block all the way around for the panals to screw in, I sometimes sank the front in for the grille panal to snap in.
I think they charged me 50 cents a cut, all I had was a jigsaw and a drill .
I've heard a lot of good things about this jig.
I have a friend building me some new speaker cabinets and just picked one up. He'll be using it this weekend, I'll let you know how things go.
"He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
That jig is really nice, I got mine, and another jasper jig for cutting smaller circles, at www.partsexpress.com
Music is like candy, you have to get rid of the rappers to enjoy it
I always wanted to buy a jasper template but thought they were kinda pricey, my router had mounts so got 2 pieces of 1/4" rod and built a adjustable end piece with a mount hole I have been sinking in all my drivers and cut the holes with it to , it may not be as conveniant to change a dimension (I gotta loose bolts and slide the arms or center ) .
But I build 1-2 speakers at a time , I have 2 sets one for 6-10" and another for up to 15"
Thats on the big bosch plunge router .
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Are all your cuts going to be straight?? If so then go the home depot, and buy 3/4 MDF, and tell one of the guys that works there to cut the pieces for you. As long as they are all straight cuts they will do it for free. If not then I would follow what is being said here.
I have HD cut 4x8 sheets of MDF into 2x4 sheets so they'll fit in my car and it's rare that they're perfectly straight. IIRC, only the first 3 or 4 cuts are free around here.
"He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
all of this DIY stuff is making me wanna build something now.
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It's a gift to the community that's been 20 years in the making, and one that began with a promise among two Liberty County siblings, both now deceased, and a New York attorney.
Jim Thomas, 30-year Liberty County resident, announces his candidacy for the mayor of Hinesville.
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As odd as this may seem, Linux originally was not intended to be our primary development platform. Our software initially was intended for use on the Mars '01 mission, which essentially would have been a repeat of JPL's 1997 Mars Pathfinder mission. The plan was to do all rover commanding on a single Silicon Graphics workstation, as had been done on Mars Pathfinder. Our Linux support was, at that time, mainly a hedge against SGI's fortunes.
After the failure of JPL's Mars '98 missions, however, JPL re-planned its Mars strategy. The Mars '01 plans were scrapped in favor of a later launch, the mission that eventually became MER. The upshot was we got two more years of development time than we had planned, albeit for a different spacecraft than we had planned. The MER rovers are larger, smarter and more complex than Pathfinder's Sojourner rover, and each one sports a robotic arm.
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Our software, a suite of applications called the Rover Sequencing and Visualization Program (RSVP), was developed, tested and deployed on Linux. RSVP gives MER's engineers and scientists sophisticated tools for commanding Mars rovers. Because of the lengthy light-time delays, which amounted to nearly a 20-minute round-trip on Spirit's landing day, it's not possible to drive the rovers interactively. Instead, RSVP provides an immersive environment that accurately displays the rover's environment and simulates its behavior. Throughout the Martian night, we Earthlings use RSVP to plan a day's activities at the command level and then uplink the resulting commands to the rover. The rover executes those commands during the following Martian day.
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Voters in 10 Illinois counties support concealed carry
The National Rifle Association may have missed its target in the presidential race, but it hit a few bull's-eyes in Illinois.
As the only remaining state to prohibit all concealed firearms, Illinois remains a focus for gun rights advocates like the NRA, and on Tuesday voters in 10 Illinois counties made it clear they want concealed carry, the Associated Press reports.
Non-binding measures in the mostly rural counties passed overwhelmingly.
Concealed carry supporters hope the votes will help persuade the largely Democratic state government leadership, but opponents don't feel Tuesday's poll results will have much impact on the debate in Illinois.
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Good for these ten counties. Concealed carry is more important than the public wants to realize. While I live in another State, we have expanded our concealed carry over the last two years. While there was public outcry [mainly from Sheriff's Departments] at the onset of the new laws, that has abated, and there have been no negative effects. I encourage Illinois voters to continue to pursue this issue with their legislators.
Illinois needs concealed carry desperately. With all the home invasions, shootings in general, and gang activity (chicago) the people deserve a right to protect themselves. Sure doesn't seem like the cops are doing it!
Illinois already has concealed carry, lots of it. Just not by law-abiding citizens.
This is about allowing citizens to be able to protect themselves in a legal manner if they so choose, rather than being victims at the time, place and manner of a criminal's choosing.
It's going to be like the wild west if IL permits concealed carry.Hide replies
already is... just might give the law abiders a chance
A lot of states have generous CC but you don't hear of major shootouts.
Oh wait, there have been some.
On second thought those always occurred in places where guns weren't allowed.
Now I get it, the criminals prefer unarmed victims.
And, they don't obey the laws.
HomeOftheBrave, you people have been crying that for decades! Hasen't happened yet! It did not happen in Wisconsin last year! Now get back outside to watch the sky continue to fall!!!!
If IL passes CC, I guarantee that it will be the last state ever to pass it.Hide replies
haha, i see what you did there!
C.C. is a good thing BUT!!!!! All you do is put yourself on the map......So when OBAMA
want to come and get your guns he will know where to find them!!!!!!!This Moron don't get that he is playing with fire.......Fast and Fun and now Bengasi.......like i said .....YOU WANT BLOOD YOU GOT IT....AC/DCHide replies
WHAT the heck are you babblin about?
upears, cancel your life membership to the John Birch Society!
IL. politicians are not put in office to listen to the people. This will never go thru!Hide replies
Well, then maybe it will go to the Supreme Court for a decision?


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Michael Wayne Phillips "Huggie," 62, of Corbin, went to be with our Lord on Nov. 22, 2012, at University of Kentucky Medical Center.
Michael was a beloved husband, father and grandfather. He was a member of Central Baptist Church of Corbin. Michael was a retired CSX Railroad employee. He was a veteran of the United States Marine Corps. He was an avid outdoorsman.
He was preceded in death by his mother, Ellen Sinkhorn Phillips, and father, Jessie Phillips.
Survivors include his wife, Delois Davis Phillips; daughters, Brandi (Justin) Baker, of Gilbert, Ariz., and Kristi (David) Delk, of Corbin; granddaughters, Whitley Amanda Joy Baker, of Gilbert, Ariz., and Kinley Lois and Kelsey Lola Delk, of Corbin; one sister, Carolyn Yeager, of Danville; and a host of nieces, nephews, sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law to mourn his passing.
Funeral services will be conducted Sunday, Nov. 25, 2012, at 2 p.m. in the Hart Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Max Cox and Rev. Chad Fugitt officiating. Burial will follow in Pine Hill Cemetery with full military rites by the D.A.V. Chapters 158 & 66.
Pallbearers will be Justin Baker, David Delk, Casey Young, Kyle Young, Jason Woodwork, Jason Faulkner and Chris Drinnon. Honorary pallbearers are former and current employees of CSX Railroad.
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[JURIST] US senators Carl Levin (D-MI) and John McCain (R-AZ) [official websites] on Thursday released the executive summary [text, PDF; press release] of a Senate Armed Services Committee [official website] report that says senior US officials are to blame for the use of abusive interrogation techniques against detainees held in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Guantanamo Bay. The report cites a February 2002 memorandum [text, PDF; JURIST report] signed by President George W. Bush, stating that the Third Geneva Convention [text] guaranteeing humane treatment to prisoners of war did not apply to al Qaeda or Taliban detainees, and a December 2002 memo [text, PDF] signed by former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld [official profile], approving the use "aggressive techniques" against detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, as key factors that lead to the extensive abuses. Dismissing arguments that the abuses were simply the result of poor decisions by lower-level officers, the committee wrote:
The abuse of detainees in U.S. custody cannot simply be attributed to the actions of a few bad apples acting on their own. The fact is that senior officials in the United States government solicited information on how to use aggressive techniques, redefined the law to create the appearance of their legality, and authorized their use against detainees. Those efforts damaged our ability to collect accurate intelligence that could save lives, strengthened the hand of our enemies, and compromised our moral authority.