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Ron Peltier on King World News
Ronald Peltier: Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of HomeServices of America, Inc., a Berkshire Hathaway Affiliate - HomeServices of America is the nation’s second-largest full-service residential real estate brokerage firm and became the conduit through which Berkshire Hathaway entered the real estate industry. Ron has helped build HomeServices of America into a massive conglomeration of 22 companies that provide integrated real estate services including mortgage, title and homeowners insurance, among other home related services. Ron’s keen insight and experience in virtually all aspects of the real estate industry gives him a bird’s eye view probably better than any other single human being in the US.
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Horizon Kinetics December 2013 Market Commentary
This month, we discuss the discrepancy in valuations between Canadian-listed companies and their US-listed peers, highlighting real estate investment trusts and real estate developers.
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How Wal-mart’s Waltons Maintain Their Billionaire Fortune: Taxes
Found via the Corner of Berkshire & Fairfax. America’s richest family, worth more than $100 billion, has exploited a variety of legal loopholes to avoid the estate tax, according to court records and Internal Revenue Service filings obtained through...
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Government Policies Cool China’s Real Estate Boom
Thanks to Andrew for passing this along. SANYA, China — China’s nationwide real estate boom became so manic last year that many would-be buyers camped in tents on the sidewalks of this tropical island city to be at the front of the line when condominiums...
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Mark Hanson On King World News
Mark Hanson is Founder and Managing Director of MHanson Advisors a 20 year veteran of the mortgage industry. Mark consults for investment funds and he has appeared on CNBC, Fox Business, Bloomberg, Barrons, Wall Street Journal, Forbes and more. Mark gives...
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Team Spirit Turns Hockey Star Into Real Estate Czar
Lenders are collapsing, home sales and prices in many markets are falling and lots of investors are panicking. Not Warren Buffett. He told a group of his real estate managers late last month in Omaha that he sees this as a time of opportunity.-The man...
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