﻿<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><channel><title>VC Fodder Forums / The World of Fodder / Entrepreneurship a la Fodder  / Real Estate Investment / Latest Posts</title><generator>InstantForum.NET v4.1.3</generator><description>VC Fodder Forums</description><link>http://forums.vcfodder.com/</link><webMaster>admin@vcfodder.com</webMaster><lastBuildDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:58:36 GMT</lastBuildDate><ttl>20</ttl><item><title>RE: Real Estate Investment</title><link>http://forums.vcfodder.com/Topic1023-13-1.aspx</link><description>&lt;DIV align=center&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 24pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif" color=#000033 size=2&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;U&gt;Executive Summary&lt;/U&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV align=center&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 24pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif" color=#000033 size=2&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;U&gt;TheLandSmiths.com&lt;/U&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV align=center&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 24pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif" color=#000033 size=2&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;U&gt;(Punjab, India)&lt;/U&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV align=center&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 24pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;&lt;IMG alt="" src="http://www.propertymasala.com/Members/Images/logo.jpg"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 24pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;FONT face="Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif"&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;FONT face="Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif"&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;FONT color=#000033&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;This is intended only for quick reference.  It is qualified entirely with the detailed business plan which can be obtained from Mr. Aps Randhawa - CEO &amp;amp; President for a comprehensive study by prospective investors.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;U&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif" size=2&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/U&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;FONT color=#000033&gt;&lt;HR align=center width="100%" SIZE=2&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;FONT face="Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif" size=2&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif" size=2&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 24pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;&lt;A &amp;#111;nclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/worldguide/destinations/asia/japan/" target=_blank&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;A &amp;#111;nclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/worldguide/destinations/asia/china/" target=_blank&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;FONT color=#000000 size=2&gt;&lt;A &amp;#111;nclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.maps-india.com/india/index.html" target=_blank&gt;&lt;IMG height=295 alt="Map of India" src="http://www.maps-india.com/images/india-map.jpg" width=287 useMap=#1170d1ff392bb721_India border=0&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt; &lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;&lt;FONT face=arial,sans-serif&gt;a) &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT face=arial,sans-serif&gt;&lt;U&gt;Introduction:&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/U&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;FONT face="Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif" color=#000000 size=2&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;FONT face="Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif" color=#000000 size=2&gt;i) The project was conceptualised in year 2006 by the project Promoters - Mr. Aps Randhawa and Mrs. Sushma Randhawa.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;FONT face="Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif" color=#000000 size=2&gt;ii) They established TheLandSmiths.com - a real estate portal to provide the following services in the real estate market of India: &lt;BR&gt;aa) &lt;STRONG&gt;Online services &lt;/STRONG&gt;(advertisements through banners, property listing &amp;amp; search, etc.).&lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;bb) &lt;STRONG&gt;Retail management &lt;/STRONG&gt;(office and mall space selling) and Logistics (movement of men &amp;amp; material - transport, warehousing &amp;amp; inventory).&lt;/FONT&gt; &lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;cc) &lt;STRONG&gt;Marketing&lt;/STRONG&gt; under Sale &amp;amp; Purchase agreement and Joint Venture.&lt;/FONT&gt; &lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;dd) &lt;STRONG&gt;Asset management &lt;/STRONG&gt;(investment studies, investment analysis, transaction analysis, creation of land bank, due diligence, etc.)&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT face=arial,sans-serif color=#000000 size=2&gt;. &lt;BR&gt;ee) &lt;STRONG&gt;Liaisoning&lt;/STRONG&gt; of projects of developers and builders with government (change of land use - CLU, land acquisition, feasibility study, project management, assessment of property, etc.). &lt;BR&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT face="Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif" color=#000000 size=2&gt;iii) The business model has been tested over the past year.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;FONT face="Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif" color=#000000 size=2&gt;iv) The business contact particulars are:&lt;BR&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&lt;FONT face="Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif"&gt;&lt;FONT color=#000000&gt;TheLandSmiths.com &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&lt;FONT face="Geneva, Arial, Sans-serif"&gt;&lt;FONT color=#000000&gt;SCO : 675, Top Floor  &lt;BR&gt;Sector - 70 , Mohali 160070 Punjab (India). &lt;BR&gt;Mobile: 00-91-9876359876.&lt;BR&gt;Email: &lt;A &amp;#111;nclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:info@thelandsmiths.com" target=_blank&gt;&lt;FONT color=#000000&gt;&lt;U&gt;info@thelandsmiths.com&lt;/U&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;FONT color=#000000&gt;  &lt;BR&gt;Website: &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;A &amp;#111;nclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.thelandsmiths.com/" target=_blank&gt;&lt;FONT color=#000000&gt;&lt;U&gt;www.thelandsmiths.com&lt;/U&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR&gt;CP: Mr. Aps Randhawa - CEO &amp;amp; President. &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;&lt;FONT face=arial,sans-serif&gt;b) &lt;U&gt;Capital Required:&lt;/U&gt;&lt;BR&gt;USD 1,500,000 (United States Dollar One Million Five Hundred Thousand). &lt;BR&gt;c) &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT face=arial,sans-serif&gt;&lt;U&gt;Capital Utilisation:&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/U&gt;The capital shall be deployed for the start up and working capital for launch of the Head Office in Mohali, Punjab, India and 11 branch offices across the country.&lt;BR&gt;d) &lt;U&gt;Services:&lt;/U&gt;&lt;BR&gt;The company shall provide online real estate services with a focus on the market in India&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Dec 2007 04:43:13 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>thelandsmiths</dc:creator></item><item><title>Real Estate Investment</title><link>http://forums.vcfodder.com/Topic1023-13-1.aspx</link><description>We have put together a brief summary of the latest off-plan &lt;br&gt;Las Vegas development. We can also provide some links for further consideration. For your information, this site was bought last September for $18m and recently &lt;br&gt;had it re-valued at $43m (documentation available on request).&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;The team involved in creating this project are formed from the most experienced and respected professional firms in the USA including:-&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;Turner - Construction&lt;br&gt;JMA - Architects&lt;br&gt;Gensler - Architects &amp; Designers&lt;br&gt;RPA - Landscaping&lt;br&gt;WRG Design - Civil Engineering&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Basically this is an off-plan purchase but unusually we don't  &lt;br&gt;actually have to buy the apartment to make a strong return.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;We initially sign up to an option agreement which gives us the &lt;br&gt;right to either buy the apartment in which case we would get a 10% &lt;br&gt;discount and the keys when the development is completed, or we can &lt;br&gt;opt not to buy the apartment and just walk away without doing &lt;br&gt;anything and make 70% on the deposit.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;If we opt to walk away we get an 70% profit on whatever we've put &lt;br&gt;down as a deposit as long as the apartment has held its value over &lt;br&gt;the 18-24 month build period. The apartments are valued independently &lt;br&gt;by CB Richard Ellis.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;We are contractually guaranteed to at least receive our deposit &lt;br&gt;back whatever happens.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;If the apartment was to go up significantly over the build period &lt;br&gt;then we would be better off actually buying it and selling it on, or &lt;br&gt;renting it out. However, if we want to realize the &lt;br&gt;investment quickly we can just take the 70% profit subject to the &lt;br&gt;apartment having held its value.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Its a really good return and is completely hassle and fee free if &lt;br&gt;we should opt not to buy. If we decide to buy we will be put in &lt;br&gt;touch with a lawyer, lender and managing agent (as required) and try &lt;br&gt;and make the purchase and renting out of the property as easy as &lt;br&gt;possible.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Vegas is the fastest growing US city with 7,000 people a month moving &lt;br&gt;there, and as it is surrounded by federally owned land that can't be &lt;br&gt;developed, prices should go on rising quickly for the medium to long &lt;br&gt;term.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Should we proceed to invest we can expect to receive 70% profit on our proposed minimum $2m investment in July 2009. The only condition is that the apartments hold their value over the build period which should be a given. If the apartments go up in value 30% as expected we could opt to buy some of them and the profits could be much higher as we would be buying at a discount from the original value.&lt;br&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2007 10:03:19 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>VogueEstates</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>