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Who’s walking in Memphis?

Wednesday, February 10th, 2010

A few weeks ago my husband, business partner Candace, and I were walking through a few neighborhoods in the Evergreen district with our dogs. The trees were still bare, no kids running around, and even the typically busier East/West streets of Union, Madison, and Poplar were just quiet. Sure, it’s still winter but on that [...]

Note on Foreclosures

Monday, January 25th, 2010

Foreclosure is certainly localized. According to RealtyTrac, over 50% of all foreclosure activity in 2009 was in only 4 states; California, Florida, Arizona, and Illinois.   With over 1.4million foreclosure filings during 2009 attributed to these states, price corrections are commensurate.  Additionally all 4 rank in the Top 10 for 2009 Foreclosures Per Capita.  Rounding out [...]

Perception is Reality !

Tuesday, January 12th, 2010

Looking back over 2009 and looking forward to what 2010 has in store causes me to think about was the recession all that the economist and skeptics made it out be, or was the perception of  it that caused the lack of confidence to fuel the fire that fostered fear which lead to a deeper [...]

Thoughts on Emerging Markets

Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

As a landlord, enterepreneur, and real estate investor since 2000, for 10 years, there has been a significant evolution in the real estate investment industry.  Given the current financial climate of 2009 and likely the next few years, many real estate investors are following the US trend of a more conservative approach to investing.   People [...]

2009-2010 Return to Sanity

Tuesday, December 15th, 2009

It’s taken a while to sink in but now I see it everywhere. People are saving, conserving, making better decisions in an overall bid to return to sanity. In real estate, during the last half of 2007 to the Lehman implosion in late 2008, we were booming. Arrogance was everywhere in the investment property market. [...]