Re: How do I short houses and real estate?


"Ron Peterson" <ron@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> r...@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> On 27 Aug 2005 07:05:46 -0700, "Ron Peterson" <ron@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
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>> >Brablo wrote:
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>> >> How do I short-sell the home across the street, which is selling for
>> >> $500K and is only 1000 square feet?
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>> >Why don't you build a home like that and sell it for a big profit?
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>> You have been reading this group long enough to know better than that.
>> It's the land, not the building, and you have to buy it _before_ the
>> price goes up.
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> You're right, but how does he short the local land market, or is that a
> losing proposition?
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> Can he buy land in a cheaper area and wait for growth to come his way?

That's a long, not a short.

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> Ron
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