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December 22, 2011

“Normal Wear and Tear,” Defined

Estimating “Rental Turnaround Cost” “Normal Wear and Tear“:   The inevitable physical decline of the condition of a property from time and usage. Normal wear-and-tear increases over the useful life of any property or asset. It results from normal usage by its occupants as well as from weather and other natural forces that surround it. Would-be...
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Chicken Soup (and its Opposite)

Regular readers of this blog know that I have a . . . well, quirky sense of humor — plus a love of language, odd constructions thereof, and word plays. In that vein, I’ve written such posts as, “What’s the Past Tense of Sight See?”; “Landmark — or Watermark?”; “Dried vs. MORE Dried Apricots“; and...
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Housing Market “Meterorites”

How Many Make a “Meteor Shower?” What’s a “housing market meteorite?” Like the celestial kind, they burst onto the scene in a brilliant flash of light; descend (in price) through the night sky (housing market) quickly; then just as quickly disappear (they’re sold). They often have these three additional attributes: One.  They’re top-to-bottom (bottom-to-top?) rehab’s;...
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