http://www.house-blogger.com Real Estate News, Real Estate Investing, Advice, Information Fri, 12 Dec 2008 11:07:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Being a landlord isn't as easy as it may often seem. It brings with it the potential for serious risk, liability and consequences. To minimize such risks, it is important to be fully aware of the importance of protecting your investment and your property before hiring a tenant. Sometimes, the average ... http://www.house-blogger.com/landlord-tools/tenant-screening-important-landlords/ Before placing your trust in a prospective tenant, it's always necessary to conduct a background check. Unfortunately, many people who apply to rent property provide false information. So an accurate tenant background check  is required. Tenant screening can provide a landlord with the opportunity to evade such phenomena as fraud, theft, evictions ... http://www.house-blogger.com/landlord-tools/check-tenants-background-before-renting-out/ Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. and Driftwood Hospitality announced recently that the Sheraton Jacksonville Hotel has opened its doors and is warmly welcoming guests. The services and amenities at the hotel will exceed expectations even of the most capricious guests. The newly-built 159-room hotel offers guests Sheraton's signature ... http://www.house-blogger.com/hotels/sheraton-jacksonville-hotel-opens/ Actor Chris O’Donnell, a dedicated family man and father of 5 kids, has sold his 5,191-square-foot, Colonial-style house in Los Angeles’ Pacific Palisades neighborhood for an undisclosed amount after it had been on the market for $5,395,000. The buyers are a married couple who are far from being celebrities (the ... http://www.house-blogger.com/celebritys-real-estate/chris-odonnell-sells-pacific-palisades-home/ Best known for playing boxer Rocky Balboa and John Rambo, Sylvester Stallone has recently purchased two lakefront houses and will soon be met walking, or even running around Lake Sherwood in Thousand Oaks. The two parcels he has bought still need some construction. The first one has a house ... http://www.house-blogger.com/celebritys-real-estate/sylvester-stallones-lakefront-property/ Oscar-winning actor and real-estate mogul Nicolas Cage, who owns houses all over the U.S., has recently made up his mind to sell his new custom-designed mansion in Las Vegas, which he bought for $8.5 million in 2006, through his Hancock Park Real Estate Trust. As The Wall Street Journal reports, [Cage] ... http://www.house-blogger.com/celebritys-real-estate/nicolas-cages-mansion-market/ Singer Julio Iglesias has paid $7,000,000 for a 6,256-square-foot, Mediterranean-style house in the Indian Creek Village area of Miami. He is planning to move there with his large family, while his new Spanish-style estate on his existing four-acre property is being built. Even though the fixed price for this ... http://www.house-blogger.com/celebritys-real-estate/julio-iglesias-pays-7m-for-a-house-in-miami/ On June 13, 2008, the Kempinski Hotel Corvinus Budapest was the first hotel in Hungary to receive the “Seven Stars and Stripes” Award, one of the most prestigious awards in the luxury hospitality category, a Global Award, that is based in New York, USA. Budapest many impressive five star ... http://www.house-blogger.com/hotels/star-kempinski-hotel-corvinus-budapest/ Famous actor of comedic TV show Friends Matthew Perry has paid $883,000 for a 1,701-square-foot house in Los Angeles’ Studio City area. Perry has done plenty of wheeling and dealing of his properties over the last few years, the last one being a perfect one. The house Perry has recently ... http://www.house-blogger.com/celebritys-real-estate/mathew-perry-purchasing-house/ Famous Hollywood actress and new mom Nicole Kidman has recently purchased a 3,977-square-foot house in Beverly Hills, California, for an undisclosed price after it had been listed for $4,795,000. The house was previously owned by record producer and songwriter Ron Fair. It can definitely be stated that the actress has ... http://www.house-blogger.com/real-estate/nicole-kidman-purchases-songwriter-ron-fairs-house-ca/