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Look beyond what is, to what COULD BE...
It took a team of world class architects from Miami (DPZ Associates) a week of study and great ideas to come up with the CNU Plan for the...
bob waun
Oct 7, 20201 min read
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Using Seller Financing to increase Buyer/Seller ROI
Todd with the DIRT team has successfully sold a portfolio of rental homes using land contract financing which was a win-win for both...
bob waun
Oct 6, 20201 min read
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Owning History
Mr. Engass came to downtown Pontiac and built this 28,000 square foot building for his jewelry store business at the main corner of...
bob waun
Oct 6, 20201 min read
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DIRT. Dig in!
When we needed the new brokerage DIRT, we debated the negative connotations of DIRT, and the word play that might come from it. A quick...
bob waun
Oct 5, 20201 min read
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Downtown Pontiac Lofts For Lease... get on the waiting list!
Every month 1-2 new loft apartments are being renovated. But the demand for downtown Pontiac living is much greater! DIRT can help you...
bob waun
Oct 3, 20201 min read
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Time to leave Home (office)?
You can live in a downtown loft, walk to the coffee shops and lunch, then see a show at Crofoot, Elektricity, The Strand, and go to your...
bob waun
Oct 3, 20201 min read
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What if you were part of the rebirth of a Great American City?
100 years from now, will people talk about you? Will someone look upon a building in which you left your fingerprint? It's highly...
bob waun
Oct 3, 20201 min read
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Why are so many Americans investing in Costa Rica?
DIRT has over a decade of real estate experience in Costa Rica. We have watched property values skyrocket in places like Quepos. And we...
bob waun
Oct 2, 20201 min read
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Letting a city rise, by embracing nature.
Somewhere I read, that if NYC platted and sold off Central Park for urban high rise development, and the entire park became taxable...
bob waun
Oct 1, 20201 min read
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Tax Free Returns in 121 months - Opportunity Zones
Imagine if you made a $100,000 investment at 50 years young, and had a tax free $1.3 million tax free gain by age 60 years old. Wouldn't...
bob waun
Oct 1, 20201 min read
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downtown loft office space starting @ $10/day
Zoom without interruptions...
bob waun
Oct 1, 20201 min read
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Abu Dhabi. Surreal in the desert.
It's easy to write of the success of the UAE by calling it 'oil money'. But the truth is many countries have oil money. Norway has...
bob waun
Sep 30, 20201 min read
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On The Topic of China.
Waunderlust and travel have always been my passion. But Communist, polluted China was not on my 'must see list', so I begrudgingly...
bob waun
Sep 30, 20202 min read
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Debate Tonight: Don't vote for Kevin, again...
As we prepare to watch the US Presidential Debates tonight, I'm reminded how much I dislike Kevin Chang and people who think like he...
bob waun
Sep 29, 20201 min read
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bob waun
Sep 16, 20200 min read
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Leave Me Alone.
This is NOT a good sign.
bob waun
Sep 16, 20201 min read
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Surfer Dude?
Never judge a book by its cover or a guy by his flip-flops. This was the lesson affirmed the day I met real estate developer and former...
bob waun
Sep 16, 20201 min read
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Above Flint
High above Flint, this building towers above all others. Sweeping views of the river and the city. From up here you can see clearly why...
bob waun
Sep 16, 20201 min read
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Dubai, Do Go.
My first Dubai trip was in November 2008, the world was ending if you were in the development business anywhere in the world, and Dubai...
bob waun
Sep 16, 20201 min read
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Dressing up 1970s Apartments
Urbane Apartments in Royal Oak, MI is one of the most innovative multifamily companies in the country. They engaged us to build these...
bob waun
Sep 16, 20201 min read
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