kansas city: Kansas City Power & Light District - 03/15/08 02:18 PM
Kansas City Power & Light District: Two Thumbs Up The Kansas City Power & Light District gets a thumbs up from me and an another from by buddy. We spent the day there yesterday hanging out in KC Live with all the festivities for the Big XII Tournament. As you can see from
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kansas city: Selling Your Rental Property In A Buyer's Market - 02/24/08 11:04 AM
Selling Your Rental Property In A Buyer's Market Kansas City is currently experiencing a buyer's market. Investment property is a little better off. Certain areas of the city are better than others. Let me give you a picture of what the investment market in Kansas City currently looks like. Below will be a couple sets
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kansas city: New Zip Code Appreciation (Depreciation) Map for Kansas City Real Estate - 02/17/08 12:37 PM
New Zip Code Appreciation (Depreciation) Map for Kansas City Real Estate
Last year I linked to the the Kansas City's Star's report on housing appreciation in the Kansas City metro area. By in large there was modest appreciation and some depreciation...but not enough to worry about in most places.
This year's interactive
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kansas city: An Example of Using Proper Leverage For Your Kansas City Real Estate Investments - 02/05/08 06:42 PM
Using leverage properly when you are investing in real estate is the key to economic success. Recently I wrote two different blog posts revolving around a duplex in Olathe that I know was purchased in 1997 for $106,000. The two posts that were written show exactly how the leverage could have been
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kansas city: Updating My "Real" Blog - 11/26/07 02:34 PM
For those of you that find this blog you should know that it isn't my main blog concerning real estate investing. That can be found over at http://kcinvestmentproperty.wordpress.com/. Otherwise known as www.bbqcapital.com. Either URL will take you there. It's a blog devoted to Kansas City real estate investing, BBQ and real estate
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kansas city: Johnson County, Kansas Real Estate Investing - 10/10/07 12:59 PM
Investing in real estate in and around Kansas City can be very profitable. Especially when you look at certain segments of the Kansas City metropolitan area. I live in, work in, and love Johnson County, Kansas. It's not only a great place to live but a great place to have your real
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kansas city: You Must HAVE A Real Estate License To Manage Property In KC, Unless - 09/07/07 09:36 AM
You MUST HAVE A Real Estate License To Manage Property In KC, Unless... The following is reprinted from BBQCapital. To read all three posts please visit today. Okay. Let's put an end to the question of whether or not you need a real estate license in the State of Missouri in order
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kansas city: The Search For A Great Kansas City Property Manager - 09/06/07 08:51 AM
Yesterday evening over at my BBQ Capitalblog I wrote a piece called Property Management In Kansas City. And while I'm not going to recap the entire post here I am going to say that I'm having a heck of a challenge finding a good property manager that is LICENSED to do
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kansas city: Kansas City: One Identity, Two States, Much Confusion - 09/03/07 03:18 PM
People ask me all the time about Kansas City. "So is it in Kansas? I've heard it's in Missouri." Where are the Chiefs and Royals? In fact, I just received a comment from Bill Roberts as follows; Chris, I was hoping that you were going to talk about real estate in KC or even that
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kansas city: Kansas City Real Estate Investing: Right In The Middle - 08/30/07 09:30 AM
Yesterday morning I had the pleasure of meeting with three New York/New Jersey area real estate investors who had come to Kansas City to see what the potential of investing here. They had apparently spent the better part of the week researching tax lien houses and parts of the city, well,
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kansas city: Kansas City's Crown Jewel: The Country Club Plaza - 07/21/07 10:13 AM
There simply is no place more beautiful or romantic than Kansas City's Country Club Plaza at Christmas. I've had the good fortune of seeing New York's Rockefeller Center and Washington's National Tree lighting ceremony. But Kansas City's one great contribution to Christmas is The Plaza. Photos just cannot capture the majesty of
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kansas city: Olathe, Kansas Concert Series Brings In Mark Selby For A Great Evening Under The Stars - 07/14/07 12:16 PM
One of the things about being a busy real estate agent based out of Olathe, Kansas is the crazy hours. There are a lot of times when I want to do something fun with the family but need to provide service to my clients instead.But not last night. At 7:00
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kansas city: Crazy Little Women In Kansas City - 07/01/07 09:16 PM
Kansas City "Kansas City" is a signature song for this town. Take a moment and read through the lyrics. And then help me answer the questions the song raises at the bottom of the page. Artist: Wilbert Harrison Lyrics I'm going to Kansas City, Kansas City here I comeI'm going to Kansas City,
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kansas city: Kansas City Rental Property Owners: Landlord Licensing Could Be Right Around The Corner - 06/22/07 05:09 PM
This is what Kansas City real estate investors do NOT need. I received this email from KCRAR. That's Kansas City Regional Association of REALTORS. I am in full agreement that we do not want, nor do we need rental licensing in Kansas City, MO for investment property owners and/or their rental properties.Now,
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kansas city: The Kansas City Zoo:: A Great Sunday With The Family - 06/10/07 05:24 PM
Today was my first visit to the Kansas City Zoo in what has to be at least thirty years. And I had a great time with my family. Well, most of them anyway. You won't find any digital photos of my own here because my digital camera is in Fiji with
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kansas city: The Great American BBQ: See You This Weekend - 05/25/07 02:32 PM
The Great American Barbecue Festival will be a blast this weekend. Do you like BBQ? Do you like the the blues? Do you like places that you can go and eat and eat and eat? This Friday, Saturday and Sunday out at the Woodlands in Kansas City, Kansas you will find The
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kansas city: Kansas City's Affordability: A Great Reason To Invest Here - 05/23/07 10:04 AM
SOURCE: NuWire Investor and CNN Money Take a look at those numbers above. I hear all the time that Kansas City isn't a glamorous city. We lack things to do. We're not world class. Almost invariably, those people have not spent a single day in the city. But let's take fancy lifestyle
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kansas city: Murder, Disaster, Deaths & Sacrafice in Kansas City - Got Your Attention? - 05/15/07 09:39 PM
I am taking a break from penning some thoughts about Kansas City real estate investing so I thought I would bring you this eclectic collection of Kansas City's history. We may be on the edge of the prairie but we've had a pretty colorful past. This doesn't even include Kansas City's history as
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kansas city: Investment Real Estate - City Comparisons: Kansas City v. Los Angeles Part 2 - 05/14/07 01:58 PM
Yesterday I wrote a post comparing Kansas City income property to Los Angeles income property. Feel free to go back and read the article as it will help you to get a basis as to this discussion. *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** Brief History Where we left off was
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kansas city: Investment Real Estate - City Comparisons: Kansas City v. Los Angeles - 05/13/07 05:20 PM
Los Angeles Real Estate Investing vs. Kansas City Real Estate Investing A good deal of my clients come from the California, Washington and New York areas. And most of those come from the Los Angeles area. So I thought, for a little fun, I would point out to the folks here in
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