would a consturction firm have market power in the housing market?
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IT could. It depends. The housing market is highly regionalized. (You can't move houses around the country by Fedex). In a local market, a single construction firm could be a major player, and therefore have some market power (I read that to mean power over pricing and supply).\nHowever, unless the firm had a lock on the supply of raw land, the ease of entry into the construction business would tend to make for competition. And acquiring and maintaining a lock on the land supply  would be difficult, expensive, and tend not to last very long. So on balance the business tends to be highly competitive, with little individual "market power".
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The entity that has the Last Right of Refusal has the option to purchase / lease / accept the deal, overwriting the initial bid.  For example, landlord leases 10,000 square feet of space to Widget company, and Widget has Last Right of Refusal on the adjoining space.  When ACME wants to move in next door, Widget always has the right to meet or beat ACME's bid for the space.\n\n(Contrary to first right of refusal, where Widget would just have to match ACME's bid for the space and win, with Last Right, ACME can up the bid in which case Widget can then match.)
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Yes, I believe you may sign a lease as a representative of your company. All owners need not sign.
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As long as the contract is legal and binding (for example, the parties involved were of legal age to enter into a contract), then yes, the transaction is done and either party can be sued for non-performance or breach of contract if needed. \n\nThe above is of my opinion based on my experience and knowledge as a California real estate mortgage broker and investor. I suggest you seek legal advice from a lawyer who specializes in real estate law.\n\nRegards...
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Please don't go the "cheesy" route; IE: DITECH\n\n   Your business depends on a client base that is in need of housing certainly, but more important than that perhaps is,,, how active is the "Market" in your area?\n\n   Have you linked up/networked with any well established, possibly return customer, Realtors?\n\n   I enjoy investing in Real Estate, and/or at least constantly shopping it and any options for buying. I don't know the lattitudes you are able to offer as a Mortgage Broker however. Do you own the business? Is it already a well established business? Is it in a decent location?\n\n   Again, I don't know your allowable range of options within the framework of the business, but you might look into offering as many options to buyers as exist,,, IE: SHIP, etc. It may also serve you to offer a customer a referral to another type of lender once in awhile, depending on your ability to loan to them, or their abilities to get a loan.\n\n   Certainly you can do balloons and flyers, radio spots, TV, change the "CURB APPEAL" of your office, change the signing, advertise more extensively in the Yellow pages, hire some clown in a themed suit to stand outside,,,NOT,,,LOL.\n\n   Networking with other brokers and especially with Realtors, who in turn might recommend you to prospectives, might be the better way to go.\n\n   There is no fear that I can see, that the market is going to fall apart anytime soon,,,even with over escalation of prices,,,and no matter that, there isn't anymore land,,, per say.\n\nRev. Steven
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yes. Interest rates are low. There are less buyers on the market, which gives you an advantage. Anxious sellers and developers/builders are offering many different incentives. Ask about them. The problem with waiting until Spring or Summer is that there are going to be more buyers and you will have a little less negotiating power.
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Of course.  It does depend on if the REIT company will accept and facilitate a 1031 exchange.  It must also be real estate that is exchanged and not a structure or a business that sits on the property.  If you want more info, please let me know.
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entrepenuership (the selling of items)
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This is the answer to your 2nd question. Do you remeber supply and demand? I will illistrate by comparing a company's stock to a city. If there are more people moving away from a city do to a STORM than there are moving to the city, what would happen to the value of the houses in this particular city? Since more sellers are selling than there are buyers buying, the sellers will have to lower the price to compete with each other. This would be a buyers market. THe buyer has the upper hand. \n\nNow, picture the STORM I mentiond, instead of the storm being a hurricane and the city being a city, the storm is now a newspaper article entitled, "Intel Misses Wall Streets Expectations \nbuy a penny," and the city is now a society of people who own stock in Intel. \n\nLet's say you and I own a pizza shop we invented, Atari's Pizza. We have 5 tables and two grills for a total of 800 square ft. However we get very busy @ night, we'll do $20,000 in sales a night. We ask ourselves one night after work, "imagine if every city in the country had an Atari's pizza"\n\nIn order to make that happen, you will need $$$$$. In order to get the $$$$, you will offer the world a small stake in Atari's and decide to sell 2million shares for 20$ a share. THis is called an IPO (initial public offering), so to answer part of your question, you (Atari's) set the initial price, hence, "initial offering."  \n\nOk now the offering is over and you have 2million times 20$. Let's say that much money is enough to get you twenty stores up and running right away. Now how many stores will you have in 20 years? If each store gives you 20k a night, this is a lot of money. It will be enough to add 5 new Atari's every year in different towns. \n\nTHink about it now, you sold 2 million shares to the public for twenty bucks and that was enough to get 20 new stores up and running right away. Also it was enough to sustain 5 new stores a year.\n\nNow for the arithmetic,  20 stores (Stock Price 20$)+ 5 new stores a year for twenty years =  120 stores\n\nHypothetically, the price of the stock would be @ $120 because if investors were willing to pay 20 dallors when Atari's only had 20 stores then they would pay 40 dallors when Atari's had 40 stores as long as Atari's rate of growth didn't change, all else equal in other words.\n\nThis also sets the price or stockholders equity. What if Pizza Hut wanted to buy Atari's. They would be buying from the stock holders not the original two owners. That supports why 120$ a share is sufficient for 120 stores. That is what Ataris' is worth.\n\nGood Luck I hope this helped \n\nTHis website will help
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Heck yea and many scum sucking realtor will also. If they list a property that is way under market they flip it. There is no reason why they would even market the house or even put it on the MLS.  This is just one of the games that they do, check out this web site.\n\nhttp://www.breakingbubble.com/index.htm
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It depends on the equity later on down the road. Does the \n\nproperty hold value? Is this the only place you have \n\nlooked? It is your investment which you would need to think \n\nabout- it not just a yes or no answer.
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Yes, the added value is set by the business selling their product to consumers. But if you buy from the cheapest source, that business who has the higher added value will have to decrease their selling price in order to compete.
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purchase power - sales opportunity
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Yes, because a small change in price will affect demand more.  If a product is inelastic, then the firm can charge just about anything and the demand will stay the same.
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In some markets you can find foreclosures in regular real estate listings. I bought a power of sale in rural Ontario from a regular broker in 2003. No one else wanted it! Was a great house, turned a 33% profit in just over 2 years. If you don't mind living in the boonies, you can find stunning deals.
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yes you can, discuss it with whatever real estate broker has the listing for your property or hire your own broker to deal with them
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In a capitalist free-market society, the company's only responsibility is to produce results for their shareholders.\n\nTo do this, however, they must successfully balance their desire for unlimited profits with the consumers' desire not to overpay, and their workforce and suppliers' desires for compensation.\n\nWhen this balance is found, the company has already given back to the community. It has provided a product or service that the consumer wishes to purchase (if it hasn't, it will go out of business), and it has provided wages to workers in the community (if these workers don't find the wages acceptable, they will refuse to work).\n\nNow, don't get me wrong, I'm all for giving to the community, and I've been known to do so myself. But people need to understand that role of Home Depot is not to hand out good deeds as an apology for its existence, but rather to negotiate its position in the economy (or out of existence, if the market forces make such a determination).