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Interview With George Guscott, Abha Pandya

Trotter Review

George Guscott was born in 1927 in Boston. An engineer with a degree from Northeastern University, he worked in an engineering firm for many years before branching off, very successfully, into real estate development. His firm, Long Bay Management Company, which he manages with his two brothers, is one of the largest minority-owned real estate companies in the city of Boston, In a ride in his van through Roxbury and Dorchester, Guscott proudly pointed to all the real estate he owns and spoke reflectively about the struggles and victories he encountered over the years to get to where he is …

Financing The Postwar Housing Boom In Phoenix And Los Angeles, 1945-1960, Lynne Doti, Larry Schweikart

Economics Faculty Articles and Research

This article compares the real estate markets in Los Angeles, CA to Phoenix, AZ.

Preserving Low Income Housing In Maine - An Inventory Of Assisted Housing, Elizabeth H. Mitchell

Maine Collection

Preserving Low Income Housing In Maine - An Inventory of Assisted Housing

Maine State Housing Authority, Augusta , Maine, 1988.

Ua37/30/2 Wku Research Notecards - L Topics, Lowell Harrison

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Notecards created by Lowell Harrison while researching his book Western Kentucky University. The cards transcribed below are for 151 topics beginning with L ranging from L&M Bookstore to Lyne, John.

Ua37/30/2 Wku Research Notecards - Q-R Topics, Lowell Harrison

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Notecards created by Lowell Harrison while researching his book Western Kentucky University. The cards transcribed below are for 118 topics beginning with Q & R ranging from Qualifications: Teachers to Russian Taught.

A Real Estate Appraisal Manual: Step-By-Step Procedure, Kenneth William Voss Ii

Theses

This manual provides a practical, step-by-step guide to the real estate appraisal process, written with clarity and accessibility for students, beginning appraisers, and practitioners seeking a structured reference. Organized around the three traditional approaches to value—cost, market comparison, and income—the text emphasizes not only the theoretical foundations of valuation but also the application of methods through worked examples, sample forms, and procedural outlines.

The manual begins with an introduction to the role of the appraiser, the purpose of appraisals, and the ethical responsibilities tied to valuation work. It then outlines the stages of a complete appraisal report, from defining the …

0403: Grady Risen Collection, 1900-1980, Marshall University Special Collections

Guides to Manuscript Collections

Huntington, West Virginia, realtor. Scrapbooks contain photographs and some appraisals of commercial property in downtown Huntington over nearly sixty years. Some holograph records of Aleshire-Harvey co., 1921-1922.

To view materials from this collection that are digitized and available online, search the Grady Risen Collection, 1900-1980 here.

Influences On Early Twentieth Century Bungalow Housing In Lincoln, Nebraska, Madeleine F. Panarelli

Open Access Master's Theses (through 2010)

Housing publications of the Bungalow era (1900 to 1930) containing over 1200 illustrated Bungalows and derivations, were compared with 717 photographed representatives in Lincoln, Nebraska. These samples were categorized by 10 types first described by writer Henry Saylor (1911). Interpretations of the style by local builders and architects in Lincoln, Nebraska, were traced to house pattern books, national and local publications, and state and city records, to determine how the style evolved locally. The search led to regional design features of the Bungalow, nearly square forms, and composite types.

Advisor: Mabel C. Skjelver.

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Demand, Supply And Spatial Distribution Of Second Homes In The Northeast, Robert Sim, Marvin Kottke

Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station

No abstract provided.

Ua12/2/75 Sigma Phi Epsilon Letter, Southern Kentucky Alumni Association

Student Organizations

Letter from Jim Wallace, president of the Southern Kentucky Alumni Association to Sigma Phi Epsilon alumni regarding purchase of a house and some events.

0228: Virginia Treasurer's Office (Wheeling Govt., 1861-1863) Records, 1862 And 1863, Marshall University Special Collections

Guides to Manuscript Collections

Tax receipts made out to T. Leach, deputy for H. H. Dils, sheriff of Wood County, Virginia; signed by Campbell Tarr, treasurer, and Samuel Crane, auditor.

Upper Market Street Flyer, [Circa 1977], Bert Schwarzschild

Mayor Moscone

Flyer against the Chamber of Commerce's plan for Upper Market Street

0200: Russell Barker Title, 1869, Marshall University Special Collections

Guides to Manuscript Collections

This collection is composed of a single framed item, a land title granting 67 acres of land to Russell Barker signed by West Virginia’s first Governor, Arthur I. Boreman in 1869.

Effects Of State And Federal Aid To Education, Taxes And Other Socio-Economic Factors On Certain Housing Values In Nebraska, Wallace W. Decatur

Student Work

There have been many studies, papers, articles, and theories which attempt to explain the effect of taxation on real estate values. Occasionally, someone will attempt to correlate some new, here-to-fore unrelated, factor to real estate values. The new factors are often utilized alone or in conjunction with previous study.

An Application Of The Income Elasticity Concept To The Demand For Housing, Loyce Bagwell

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Many studies approach the housing-income relationship by calculating the income elasticity of demand for housing. This study employs this approach in order to (1) test the implications of the permanent income hypothesis by using data which provide both biased and unbiased elasticity coefficients and (2) test the effects which the explanatory variable, family composition, may have on the elasticity coefficients.

The methodology involves regressing the log of housing expenditure on the log of disposable income for seven different family compositions in order to obtain the income elasticity coefficients. This approach is applied to data (cross section 1960-61 BLS consumer surveys) …

Charles Lonergan Cobb Papers - Accession 11, Charles Lonergan Cobb

Manuscript Collection

The Charles Lonergan Cobb Papers consists mainly of correspondence but also includes photographs, biographical material, magazine and newspaper clippings, all relating to Cobb's career as a banker at People's National Bank( 1905-1949); and the People's National Bank and Trust Company(1949-1953) in Rock Hill, SC as well as his association with Winthrop College as a Board of Trustees' member(1938-1953). Subjects include, railroad cotton shipping service to South Carolina mill towns, crop loans in the early 1920s, location of the Celanese Chemical Plant in Rock Hill, the Winthrop College Board of Trustees, and a1946 article about Cobb that appeared in the Saturday …

0067: C. C. Henking Collection, 1795-1861, Marshall University Special Collections

Guides to Manuscript Collections

The C. C. Henking Collection consists of land patents, deeds, titles, abstracts of titles, and indentures dating from 1795 to 1861. Also included are tax receipts, maps, notes and certificates. Many of the documents are in French. They are of particular interest to this region because all of the properties are located in what is now the state of West Virginia. In addition to the register, a more complete description of the contents of each folder will be found in the box.

0039: Cornelius Holly Indenture, 1837, Marshall University Special Collections

Guides to Manuscript Collections

Indenture for the sale of a 125-acre tract of land in Mason County, (West) Virginia to Mildred Clagg.

Ua3/3/1 Student Housing Report, Nerge Pritchett, Wku President's Office

WKU Administration Documents

Report created by the Bowling Green, Kentucky Building Inspector regarding the apartments and boarding houses used by WKU students in the city of Bowling Green.

Ua94/5/1 Special Meeting, Alpha Tau Omega

Student Organizations

Minutes of special meeting of the Board of Directors of the Kentucky Zeta Omega of Alpha Tau Omega, Inc. The meeting was called to discuss the acquisition of property at 1410 College Street to be used by the fraternity.

Ua3/3/1 Analysis Of The Demand For Married Student Housing At Wku, 1966-1967, R. E. Kramer, William Calvert, James Darden, Robert Hancock, Carol Lehman, Gary Lloyd, Robert Matthews, Melven Morris, Ronald Roby, Daniel Saur, Wayne Wilcox, Aubrey Wilson, Wku President's Office

WKU Administration Documents

The purpose of this study is to bring forth relevant information needed to determine the feasibility of an investment project for a married student housing complex on the campus of Western Kentucky University. Only the demand side of the market is analyzed; a potential investor will have the construction and land costs for such an enterprise at his disposal. With the information presented in this study it is hoped that a decision to construct a housing complex will be forthcoming. The study group attempted to present information that will allow a potential investor to make an intelligent decision as to …

Real Estate Syndication For The Local Realtor, Harold Joseph Lawlor

Master's Theses

The great volume of real estate transactions which have been consumated through large-scale syndications during the past fifteen or twenty years runs into the billions of dollars. Most of these transactions were consumated by the 11 know-how11 syndicators of New York, Chicago, Miami and other progressive 11 smart-money11 centers.

The purpose of this paper is to present a complete, simple and concise report on the techniques and tools of real estate syndication so that the small real estate broker will realize that: (1) putting together a syndicate is not beyond his comprehension; (2) it is not necessary to depend on …

Restitution - Fraud - Prospective Vendee's Rights Against Broker, Stephen C. Bransdorfer S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

Defendant was retained as a real estate agent by the vendor. He listed the vendor's eighty acres and buildings for sale. Plaintiff, a prospective purchaser, offered $7,000 for the property. Defendant failed to transmit this offer to the vendor and, instead, fraudulently caused the vendor to convey to two strawmen, as purported purchasers, for $6,500. After the defendant had falsely told the plaintiff that the latter's offer for the whole tract had been rejected, plaintiff purchased seventeen acres, including the buildings, for $6,000, an admittedly fair price. The strawmen conveyed the remaining sixty-three acres to the defendant's son, defendant giving …

40 Good Reasons Why You Should Buy In Jacksonville Heights, Jacksonville Heights Improvement Company

Correspondence and Textual Material

Forty good reasons why you should buy in Jacksonville Heights. Just a few reasons why you should invest in Jacksonville Heights in preference to any other location. Circa 1950-1959. PALMM

Ua97/1 Ogden Trustees Meeting Minutes, Ogden College Trustees

WKU Administration Documents

Meeting minutes of Ogden College Trustees regarding Ogden College scholarships, construction on rental property and sales of real estate.

Ua97/1 Ogden Trustees Meeting Minutes, Ogden College Trustees

WKU Administration Documents

Meeting minutes of the Ogden College trustees to discuss Ogden College scholarship applications, various leases of properties and real estate sale.

Ua97/1 Ogden Trustees Meeting Minutes, Ogden College Trustees

WKU Administration Documents

Meeting minutes of the Ogden College trustees for 1942:

• March 4
• September 12

Topics discussed: leases of various properties, Ogden College scholarship applications and revisions to the 1927 lease of the Ogden College campus to WKU.

Ua97/1 Ogden Trustees Meeting Minutes, Ogden College Trustees

WKU Administration Documents

Meeting minutes of the Ogden College trustees for 1941:

• June 10
• November 7
• December 9

Topics discussed: appointment of trustee Ward Sumpter, investments, real estate purchases in Bowling Green, Robinson Fund, lawsuit to break R.C.P. Thomas' will and leases of various properties.

Ua97/1 Ogden Trustees Meeting Minutes, Ogden College Trustees

WKU Administration Documents

Meeting minutes of the Ogden College trustees regarding the death of regent R.C.P. Thomas, appointment of Cooper Smith as regent and secretary, improvements to 446 Main Street and investments.

Land Transfers In Twelve Counties In Nebraska, 1928-1933, L. F. Garey

Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station: Historical Research Bulletins

The land transfers in twelve counties in Nebraska for the period 1928 to 1933 have been studied and the findings are submitted in this bulletin. The data on which the study is based were obtained from records in the office of the Register of Deeds in each county and from other sources and include transfers which occurred during the period indicated. The counties included in the study are Boone, Cass, Cuming, Dakota, Dawes, Frontier, Gage, Hamilton, Harlan, Lancaster, Nuckolls, and Valley.