by Howard Audsley, ARA | Opinions and Observations
Recently joined appraisersforum.com and it has been an enlightening experience. The problems in the residential sector are widespread and pervasive. Much more so than even I suspected. Lots of thoughts and ideas over there what it means. From a historical perspective,...
by Howard Audsley, ARA | Opinions and Observations
This blog is going to serve as background for future posts on land values, but is important to establish criteria to be discussed. In answer to the question, “Is real estate a good investment”, first, it’s important to define the criteria of...
by Howard Audsley, ARA | Opinions and Observations
Lot of ink in the news these days about the mortgage problems brought on by subprime loans. What are these anyway? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subprime_lending Why would lenders or borrowers do this? Short answer is money. Who benefits from these deals? Lenders (when...
by Howard Audsley, ARA | Uncategorized
Welcome to the inaugural post on my MODIRT.COM blog. They say that all journeys start with the first step……. and here we go! Why MODIRT and why a blog? First on the MODIRT name. Short, easy to remember and very descriptive of what it is we do. In farm and...