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03/11/2010 10:38 AM
The Missouri Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal by a Washington real estate developer who sought to incorporate property off of Holtgrewe Road as a village.
03/10/2010 09:25 PM
President Obama draws big crowd, dollars for Missouri Senate race
03/10/2010 11:03 PM
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03/11/2010 07:07 AM
March 11 (Bloomberg) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of New York and American International Group Inc. agreed to shoulder as much as $450 million in losses tied to the insurer’s Japan real estate bets as part of the sale of a division to MetLife Inc.
03/05/2010 10:00 PM
How about this for a new and ingenious real estate money machine? Every time a house sells during the next 99 years, 1 percent of the price goes back to the original developer or is shared among investor partners. Ka-ching!

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School Crisis Rattles Missouri
Wall Street Journal
... school closings would gut many predominantly African-American neighborhoods that have already been hit by discrimination and the real-estate collapse. ...
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03/11/2010 04:17 PM

Lichter Real Estate Team Gives Back to the Community
I-Newswire.com (press release)
The Lichters both agree that their community involvement helps them understand the heartbeat of the city in which they base their real estate business. ...

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03/11/2010 03:18 PM

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Koster: Trustee, review needed in US Fidelis bankruptcy
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US Fidelis co-founders and brothers Darain and Cory Atkinson and their real estate companies owe US Fidelis about $66 million, according to the bankruptcy ...

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03/11/2010 04:40 PM

Nixon taking aim at tax credit programs?
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (blog)
Jay Nixon is getting out his budgetary axe, and may take a big swing at the tax credit programs that fund so much real estate development in St. Louis. ...

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03/10/2010 10:38 PM

Fed Shoulders AIG Loan Losses to Ease Sale to MetLife
BusinessWeek
“What does the Fed know about Japanese real estate?” said William Black, associate professor of economics and law at the University of Missouri-Kansas City ...

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Real estate management

Real estate management firms making life easier

Real estate investment can happen for various reasons. You could invest in real estate because you need a house for yourself (that house of your dreams that you so badly want). You could use real estate as a means for supplementing your income either by buying at a lower price and selling at a higher price or by letting it out. Sometimes you might buy a property for the purpose of resale but might want to wait for a few years before you actually sell it. In such a case, again it would make sense to rent out the property and earn some money till you actually decide to sell it off.
Whatever the reason, letting out real estate demands real estate management and real estate management is not an easy job for everyone. In fact, a lot of people find it so much of a hassle that they prefer keeping their property vacant instead of letting it. Real estate management demands time, which you will rarely have. Real estate management is not just about finding tenants and collecting rent from them. Real estate management is also about ensuring that you do all the duties that a landlord/landlady is required to do. Real estate management is about verifying the credentials of the tenants before you actually let out your property to them. Real estate management is about ensuring that all the paper work is complete and correct i.e. the tenancy agreement etc are properly done. Real estate management also requires you to do repairs as and when required. Real estate management activities also include maintenance, painting, polishing etc of the house when the tenants move out and before the new tenants get in. So, really, real estate management is not that easy a job for someone who is in a full time job. However, there is a solution to this and that is hiring a real estate management firm to do all these activities on your behalf. Yes, this will mean that what you receive as an income by letting your property will be reduced (due to the commission/ fee charged by the real estate management firm). But that is just a small price for the convenience that a real estate management firm brings to you. However, its important that you choose the real estate management firm carefully. There are all kinds of real estate management firms out there (good and bad). You must check the references of the real estate management firm before you actually hire them for the job. A good real estate management firm will not only keep your property occupied at all times but will also ensure that you always receive the rent in time and without any hassle.