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• AFTER THE FALL AUTHOR TO KEYNOTE REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT CONFERENCE

  August 5, 2009

  • Author to attend 5th Micronesia Real Estate Investment ConferenceHAGATNA, Guam-Steve Bergsman, expert writer on real estate, will attend the 2009 Micronesia Real Estate Investment Conference on Oct. 2 and 3 at the LeoPalace Resort.Bergsman will be signing copies of his latest book, published this year, at the conference.After the Fall: Opportunities and Strategies for Real Estate Investing in the ...
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• Housing Chronicles Blogger Interviews Steve Bergsman on BlogTalk Radio about his book After The Fall

  May 2, 2009

  • Patrick Duffy, writer of the Housing Chronicles blog, did me a double good turn. First he did a live interview with me for BlogTalk Radio on the subject of my new book AFTER THE FALL: OPPORTUNITIES AND STRATEGIES FOR REAL ESTATE INVESTING IN THE COMING DECADE, and then he reviewed the book for the on-line real estate news Website Inman News. I couldn't put the audio of the BlogTalk Radio on this ...
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• AMAZON READERS COMPILE TOP REAL ESTATE BOOK LIST: MAVERICK TOMES ON BOTH LISTS

  April 11, 2009

  •  I pulled these two lists from Amazon. Compilations of the best real estate investment books. Maverick Real Estate Financing and Maverick Real Estate Investing makes both lists.Listmania!real estate investment bibles: A list by Lombard StreetMy Real Estate Library: A list by Hossam Alsaady "abujude"
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• NEW BOOK OUT; FRIENDS CHECK IN

  January 30, 2009

  • With my new book, AFTER THE FALL: OPPORTUNITIES AND STRATEGIES FOR REAL ESTATE INVESTING IN THE COMING DECADE, hitting the book stores, I thought I would inform old friends from my PASSPORT TO EXOTIC REAL ESTATE days, about the publication. A couple of compatriots responded to my missive, letting me know they were not only still selling real estate but thriving despite the global recession.First, ...
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• Nick Captain: Guam Real Estate Market Activity "Sidelined"

  November 20, 2008

  •          Although foreign investment in Guam real estate appears to be temporarily sidelined, local investors have remained confident, limiting the anticipated slowdown in sales activity. The 2008 3rd quarter statistics are relatively robust, reported Nick Captain, President of Captain Real Estate Group, with $99.8 million in sales volume. However, year to date real estate sales volume ...
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• Ron Hodges: Changes in Saipan's Real Estate Market

  August 25, 2008

  • First the good news: the federalization bill was passed and signed into law commencing June 1, 2009; an increase of U.S. presence here will be 400-600 government employees (unless the U.S. buys the Hyatt, I donʼt know where they will reside); two of our last three garment factories will close in Sept. (down from 65), which created a difficult economy, but may help Saipan with new direction ...
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• Philip Schrage: New Retail on Guam

  August 24, 2008

  • Steve, congratulations on the launch of your book.  We bought ours from Amazon.com and have enjoyed reading it.  We have friends from Guam who retired to Mexico so I was particularly interested in finding out the pitfalls.  I showed Matthew his quote and he really was thrilled.  Some good news, there is a bill that rezones Tumon Bay to prohibit massage parlors and other forms of adult ...
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• Henry Kappel: American Samoa Real Estate For Sale

  August 24, 2008

  • Home sales remain infrequent in American Samoa, but recently the Samoa News reported a listing of three 1/4-acre lots. Two of the lots come with three-bedroom, one-bath homes and are listed for $85,000. The third lot is undeveloped and lists for $55,000. The homes are fairly small and basic. .
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• Nick Captain: Guam Real Estate Slows

  August 22, 2008

  •            Guam’s real estate market cooled significantly during the first quarter of 2008 compared with the recent peak activity in 2007, while the median price of a Guam single family dwelling increased to a new high.  Captain Real Estate Group's database of all transaction activity reflected sales volume of $98 million during the first quarter of 2008, a drop of 43 percent from ...
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• Nick Captain: Guam Real Estate Market Activity Plummets

  August 22, 2008

  •              During the first half of 2008, Guam’s overall real estate sales activity dropped by over 40 percent compared with 2007 figures.  Through June 2008, Captain Real Estate Group reported that island-wide, annualized 2008 sales volume reflected $409.3 million, down by over 40 percent from the $686.8 million in sales reflected during 2007.   According to Nick Captain, ...
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