Tuesday Catch Up: Rafael Marquez

SELLER: Rafael MárquezLOCATION: New York, NYPRICE: $10,950,000SIZE: 4,042 square feet, 4 bedrooms, 3.5 bathroomsYOUR MAMAS NOTES: As was first reported ages ago by the property peeps at The Real Deal, internationally known professional soccer player Rafael Márquez has his sprawling Manhattan combo-condo on the market for $10,950,000. Property records show the Mexican-born soccer star purchased the...

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Tuesday Catch Up: Jacqueline Laurita

In other semi-celebrity foreclosure news and gossip, The Real Housewife of New Jersey's Jacqueline Laurita and her entrepreneurial businessman husband Chris are reported by TMZ to be faced with the gaping maw of foreclosure on their Franklin Lakes, NJ mini-mansion.*It appears the Laurita's purchased their 1.75 acre semi-rural suburban spread in November 2001 for $1,720,000. We don't know a thing about...

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Tuesday Catch Up: Fantasia Barrino

She may have rocketed to fame as the winner of the third season of American Idol but fortune seems to have eluded three time Grammy nominee Fantasia Barrino who, bless her real estate heart, seems to have (yet again) run into a bit of a squeezy financial situation. Celebrity gossip juggernaut TMZ recently snitched that in an effort to avoid an ugly and protracted tangle with foreclosure Miz Barrino...

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Tuesday Catch Up: Vince Vaughn

After an arduous house hunt across Los Angeles, comedy and rom-com movie veteran actor Vince Vaughn (Wedding Crashers, The Break-up, Dodgeball) and his preggers wife Kyla have splashed out $3.925 million on a mini-mansion in the upscale suburban community of La Canada-Flintridge, CA.The turn of the most recent century white clapboard center hall Colonial is trés Beaver Cleaver that measures in...

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Understanding And Purchasing Distressed Property For Profit

According to the the latest Foreclosure Inventory Analysis showed nearly 1.5 million properties were currently in the foreclosure process or being held by banks as Real Estate Owned. This was up 9 percent from the first quarter of 2012, but down significantly from the apex of foreclosure activity -- 2.2 million units -- in December 2010. What Is Distressed Property? "Distressed property" is a blanket...

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Drake Bell Lists at a Loss in Los Feliz

SELLER: Drake BellLOCATION: Los Angeles, CAPRICE: $1,400,000SIZE: 3,400 square feet, 4 bedrooms, 3.5 bathroomsYOUR MAMAS NOTES: Yesterday Your Mama received a covert communique from a lovely lady we'll call Mustang Sushi who snitched that former child star, musician and reality game show contestant Drake Bell has heaved his hillside casa in L.A.'s celeb-friendly Los Feliz neighborhood on the market...

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What's Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week - April 29, 2013

Mortgage rates fell again last week and are again near record lows. According to Freddie Mac, the average rate for a 15-year fixed rate mortgage did achieve a record low of 2.61 percent as compared to 3.1 percent one year ago. The average rate for a 30-year fixed rate mortgage fell to 3.40 percent and near the record low of 3.31 percent. Low mortgage rates are helping homeowners with refinancing and...

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Taylor Swift Spends Big in Rhode Island

BUYER: Taylor SwiftLOCATION: Watch Hill, RIPRICE: $17,750,000SIZE: 11,000+ square feet, 8 bedrooms and at least 10.5 bathroomsYOUR MAMAS NOTES: Just a couple quick months after she flipped a house on Cape Cod—the one next door to her old teen-aged boyfriend Conor Kennedy's famed family compound—famously real estate fickle country queen Taylor Swift has reportedly dropped $17.75 on an historic, 16-room...

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H. Ross Perot, Jr. Double Whammy: Mi Patria

BUYER: Sarah and H. Ross Perot, Jr.SELLER: Freddy De MannLOCATION: Los Angeles, CAPRICE: $18,000,000SIZE: 10,000 square feet, 5 bedrooms, 8 bathrooms (as per listing)YOUR MAMAS NOTES: Earlier today Your Mama yammered on about the sprawling downtown Dallas penthouse that Texas-based real estate developer H. Ross Perot, Jr. has on the open market for $10,950,000.More than a week ago Your Mama received...

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H. Ross Perot, Jr. Double Whammy: Dallas

SELLER: H. Ross Perot, Jr.LOCATION: Dallas, TXPRICE: $10,950,000SIZE: 11,807 square feet, five bedrooms, seven full and three half bathroomsYOUR MAMAS NOTES: Some of y'all may not have heard but it's been a couple of months now since Texas-based tech-sector scion H. Ross Perot, Jr. put his suburban mansion-sized downtown Dallas (TX) penthouse on the open market with an asking price of $10,950,000.Natch,...

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"Buying Healthcare Real Estate That Includes an ASC...."

Always do your homework (or, as we tend to call it, your due diligence).  Check out this blog post on Block’s blog, going into this with respect to ASCs: “Buying Healthcare Real Estate That Includes an ASC? Do Your Homework....”http://blog.blockllc.com/2013/04/buying-healthcare-real-estate-that.html...

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7 Tips To Get Your Home In Tip Top Selling Condition

A clean, uncluttered home is very likely the single most important thing to get your home sold quickly and for top dollar. In fact, a recent survey by HomeGain showed a whopping 568% return on investment for money put toward cleaning and organizing a home for sale! And other experts say that a well-put-together home can shorten the time on market drastically as well. Before your real estate agent...

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Your Mama Hears...

...that just a few short months after hunky Hollywood hot shot Ryan Reynolds dropped $2,350,000 on a 1.75-ish acre country spread in the drop dead gorgeous rolling hills and dales of Bedford, NY, he and his stylish missus, in-demand actress Blake Lively, have had a real estate change of heart and surreptitiously shelled out $5,700,000 for a bigger country spread just over four miles away on a...

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How would you describe healthcare real estate right now?

Here are some encouraging gems that I’ve run across:*  "90% occupancy rates"*  "Tenant waiting lists"*  "Expanding industry"*  "Continues to thrive"*  "Uptick"*  "We were bombarded with inquiries"*  "There’s been a very high level of interest a wide range of potential tenants"*  "It was as if somebody turned on a switch"*  "The market for medical office space is hot"Read more at:Medical office buildings fill up as tenants seek room to growMarket remains...

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Zsa Zsa's Bel Air Mansion Falls Out of Escrow

SELLER: Zsa Zsa Gabor and Prince Frédéric von AnhaltLOCATION: Los Angeles, CAPRICE: $14,900,000SIZE: 8,878 square feet, 6 bedrooms and 5 bathroomsYOUR MAMAS NOTES: After a couple of unsuccessful years on and off the market, ailing nonagenarian Show Business Super-diva Zsa Zsa Gabor's ninth husband—the sassy and wacky faux-prince Frédéric von Anhalt*—re-listed their legendary, timeworn but (mostly)...

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How To Have the Best Garage Sale Ever At Your Home

It's getting close to that time of year again — time to have a garage sale at your home! Here are a few tips to help you have your most successful garage sale ever. Advertise Your Sale In Local Newspapers And Online Many of the habitual Saturday morning garage sale patrons around Kent use the paper to plan their treasure hunts. They do this to make sure they hit all of the sales in certain neighborhoods....

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Buckle Your Real Estate Safety Belts...

...The Times of London reveals (via Curbed) an unfathomably rich but unnamed member of an unidentified Arab royal family is fixin' to fling his titanic central London mansion on the market in a blaze of international real estate shock, awe and publicity with a intergalactic £250,000,000 price tag. That totals, according to Your Mama's trusty currency conversion contraption, a belly ache making...

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Nick Nolte Lists Quirky Malibu Compound

SELLER: Nick NolteLOCATION: Malibu, CAPRICE: $8,250,000SIZE: 6,006 square feet, 4 bedrooms, 4 bathroomsYOUR MAMAS NOTES: Accomplished but occasionally erratic acting three-time Oscar nominee Nick Nolte has listed a portion of his expansive, multi-acre Malibu, CA, compound with an asking price of $8,250,000.Although Mister Nolte, now in his early 70s, remains a vital, steadily working actor with a...

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