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    "Legal" Rent is 3x Market Rate - How?
    Updated over 13 years ago
    Am curious how my legal rent is about 3x my preferred rent, which is around market rate. I do live in a rent-stabilized full service building, about 10 years old. ...
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    Investment Properties or Stocks?
    Updated over 13 years ago
    does it make sense to purchase an investment property in an up and coming area like Clinton Hill/Dobro as long as the rental income covers the expenses i.e. mortgage,...
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    Music Stops for Wall Street Bankers
    Updated over 13 years ago
    "Wall Street's latest problem: too many bankers and not enough deals. Amid new regulation, lower profits and a dreary market for mergers and acquisitions, several...
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    Help me interpret Miller Samuel Data
    Updated over 13 years ago
    Was messing around with the historical data tables on the MS site. Figured I'd pop some of it into Excel and see if that helps see through some of the smoke relative...
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    Home Owernship rate plummets
    Updated over 13 years ago
    The percentage of Americans who owned their homes has seen its biggest decline since the Great Depression, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The rate of home...
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    Harlem RE plunging
    Updated almost 14 years ago
    <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/08/nyregion/08harlem.html?hp">http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/08/nyregion/08harlem.html?hp</a> July 8,...
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    case study: 7-year investor, 34% gain, no profit
    Updated almost 14 years ago
    There is an investor I know who purchased a Manhattan condo almost 7 years ago, going into contract at the end of 2003. I randomly noticed that the place is now in...
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