land: How to Find Land - 02/08/08 12:03 PM
How to Find Land By Bill Roberts
Man has always had the urge to find new lands. It is what led to the discovery of the New World. It is what pushed us west from the Eastern Seaboard.
But just because all the land has been discovered doesn't mean that our thirst for … (5 comments)
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land: Retirement Planning For Baby Boomers - 12/11/07 06:33 PM
Retirement Planning For Baby Boomers by Bill Roberts
I have written extensively about the retirement planning process. All the way from assessing your needs, to where it's all going to come from, to where you will spend it.
I would recap all that here but I think I did a pretty good job … (10 comments)
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land: Would You Give $10,000 For $2,500? Are You Kidding Me? - 11/23/07 10:52 PM
Would You Give $10,000 For $2,500? Are You Kidding Me? by Bill Roberts
Most people facing retirement are asked to make this trade. They are currently earning about $10,000 per month (husband and wife) and probably getting by OK. They can even take vacations, buy gifts for the Grandchildren, and entertain friends.
But … (29 comments)
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land: Can You Get a Good Return on Land? - 09/10/07 11:57 AM
Can You Get a Good Return on Land? by
William D. Roberts
Yesterday (Sunday) I wanted to go to the fair. But as usual my wife was really slow to get ready. By the time she was ready I didn't think we would have enough time to do it right (after driving … (6 comments)
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land: I Don't Know Beans About Grapes - 09/04/07 07:07 PM
Everybody knows that California is Famous for Wine. We have several prominent wine growing regions: Sanapanoma, Oh I'm sorry, Napa-Sonoma, the Central Valley, the Central Coast, and Temecula which has more or less supplanted Cucamonga as Southern California's premier grape growing region.
Well, I live only an hour away from Temecula. … (11 comments)
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land: 106ยบ Today and We Went Looking at Land! Why? - 09/02/07 09:47 PM
Labor Day weekend and we are at my in-laws house. I needed a break so we hopped in the car and went looking at raw land about 15-20 miles east of their house.
I have an idea for a PUD (planned unit development) for "seniors" that have family that wants to visit … (22 comments)
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land: How Do You Sell a "Problem" Business? - 08/15/07 12:40 PM
I have a business for sale. Again.
I'm a business broker. I sell businesses. I've sold lots of businesses.
They all have problems.
In almost every case the biggest problem is the owner.
This particular business is one of my favorites. It has been around for over thirty years, but the last two owners have … (10 comments)
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land: Why I Went to Hemet Redux - 08/14/07 10:27 AM
It was a very hot day in Hemet yesterday (August 13th). It was 104° in the shade. What shade? I couldn't find any. I left a frozen bottle of Gatorade in my car while I was out looking at property and it was HOT when I got back. Not warm, not … (4 comments)
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land: The Simple Land Investment Program - 08/07/07 12:53 PM
That is Simple as in Savings Incentive Match Plans for Employees of Small Employers
The first thing you want to do is set up a Simple IRA. A Simple IRA is self-directed by definition. It's kind of like a 401(k) in that regard. The employer (you) runs it.
You can be a one-person business … (4 comments)
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land: Land - They Ain't Making Any More! Oh Yeah? - 08/05/07 06:09 PM
How many times have you heard someone say this about land? They just aren't making any more of the stuff.
Don't tell that to the people of Holland.
Or San Francisco for that matter. Some of the "most expensive" land in SF was "reclaimed" from the bay. It seems that we had this … (17 comments)
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land: Land Banking - Isn't It Time You Tried It? - 07/30/07 10:28 AM
If you are not sure then what you need is an example.
Let's say you have $100,000.00 in your IRA account at a major brokerage house. You want to retire in 10 years. What will this IRA be worth then?
In order to answer that we need to make certain assumptions: You will … (16 comments)
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land: Broker RoundTable Notes 2 - 07/26/07 11:52 AM
It was a disaster. I was really looking forward to another meeting of the San Diego Brokers RoundTable of the Mike Watson Institute of Real Estate Investing (MWI). We meet twice a month to catch up, learn something new and share our experiences.
The meeting was "hi-jacked" by the moderator right from … (2 comments)
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land: Why I Went to Hemet - 07/23/07 04:06 PM
I live in San Diego California. Arguably, one of the nicest places on Earth.
We have more days in the 70s than any place else in the US. We have Major League Baseball played in a beautiful park downtown. We even have an NFL team. And of course there is Sea World … (19 comments)
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land: I would never buy raw land part 2 - 07/23/07 12:06 PM
I am always hearing people say "I would never buy raw land." It's like they don't know that it is land that appreciates. They think that only improved property appreciates. But actually it is the land component of improved property that appreciates, not the structure. The structure actually DEPRECIATES, and eventually … (5 comments)
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land: Land and Land Banking Revised - 07/21/07 04:20 PM
Everybody knows what land is, right?
Or do they? Sure, land is that portion of the earth's surface that is not under water. But that definition covers a lot of "land."
To understand land we need to understand the uses of land.
Some land is forested. Some land is desert. Some land is prairie. … (20 comments)
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land: Under All Is the Land - 07/21/07 03:19 PM
When I started in Real Estate in 1975 there was a "Coffee Table" book for sale in the Board office. It was called something like "Under All is the Land."
That idea has stuck with me through the years.
I like land. It is the basis of all real estate. The value of … (6 comments)
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