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Strategies & Market Trends : The coming US dollar crisis

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To: stan_hughes who wrote (4650)3/6/2008 10:37:04 AM
From: Real Man  Read Replies (2) of 71429
 
There is a limit to any distress. A house like that will
cost north of $150 per square foot to build, and that cost
won't come down any time soon, with Ben's foot on the monetary gas pedal. So?
It IS cheap. Buying RE at auctions is a huge risk, of course,
and one CAN overpay. But I still think you can get a lot
of bang for the buck there, if you are careful. With so
many properties on sale some might attract few bids. The
fact is, you can also get an instant double of your money
there if you are careful. This is a big sale. If I can see
any value out there now, it's in US RE in SOME areas.
US mid-west comes to mind somehow. These houses never went up
big time and are now selling for pennies, extremely
distressed RE markets. No way I would
shop in CA, DC or South FL. Chicago and NYC also seem
expensive. You could be buying for 1/4 of cost to build in
Michigan. IMHO.
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