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Troy Javaher: “Reasons for the freeze”

Saturday, August 14, 2010

A very interesting interview of Troy Javaher to Diplomat magazine WordPress Plugins Couple of days ago, I found online the interview of Troy Javaher, the head of Jones Lang LaSalle in Romania. Knowing him for some years and finding him one of the most serious guys in Romanian Real Estate world nowadays, I thought that... »

“I worked for a Real Estate developer
and what I say is…”

Saturday, July 31, 2010

During my analysis for the reality that a residential developer faces in Romania, I received many emails. One of them is very characteristic and I will share it with you today. Mr B.R. wrote to me: “I’ve been following your blog with great interest for more than two years. Until last summer I worked for a... »

“Ilia, orice persoană care gândește logic
ar investi acum in…Romania ta?”

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Salutări din Atena. Sunt aici de luni şi azi mă întorc în Bucureşti (cu o nouă afacere în “bagajul meu”). A trebuit să particip la un eveniment important, dar desigur agenda mea era plină cu intalniri cu clientii mei, potentialii clienti, parteneri de afaceri, jurnalişti şi cățiva prieteni. După o scurtă analiză a... »

“Ilia, why would any logical person
invest now in… your Romania?”

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Hello from Athens. I am here since Monday and tonight I return to Bucharest (carrying a new deal “in my luggage”). I had to attend an important event, but ofcourse my programme was full of meetings with clients, potential clients, business partners, journalists and couple of friends. After a short analysis of the dramatic situation... »

Some of the 10 lethal mistakes:
Arrogance, greed and tremendous expected profits

Thursday, July 22, 2010

Part 8 of the post «Do you like “role games”? Let us play the… residential developer» To read «Do you like “role games”? Let us play the… residential developer», please press here. To read «Of course you have to pay a lot, you will earn even bigger profits», please press here. To read «You should pay the whole... »

10 lethal mistakes that many
residential developers did in Romania

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Part 7 of the post “Do you like “role games”? Let us play the… residential developer” To read part 1, please press here To read part 2, please press here To read part 3, please press here To read part 4, please press here To read part 5, please press here To read part 6, please press here During the previous days... »

Why residential developers will try to stick to their
rate cards and who will sell at distressed prices

Monday, July 19, 2010

Part 6 of the post “Do you like “role games”? Let us play the… residential developer To read part 1, please press here To read part 2, please press here To read part 3, please press here To read part 4, please press here To read part 5, please press here Mr X is a serious successful medium size developer in... »

“We don’t negotiate too much with the clients.
If you teach them like this, you will spoil them”

Friday, July 16, 2010

Part 5 of the post “Do you like “role games”? Let us play the… residential developer To read part 1, please press here To read part 2, please press here To read part 3, please press here To read part 4, please press here Mr X is a serious successful medium size developer in his country. After having heard so... »

“We don’t negotiate too much with the clients.
If you teach them like this, you will spoil them”

Thursday, July 15, 2010

Part 4 of the post “Do you like “role games”? Let us play the… residential developer To read part 1, please press here To read part 2, please press here To read part 3, please press here Mr X is a serious successful medium size developer in his country. After having heard so many people talking... »

You should pay the whole amount cash, not in order
to receive a deduction in price, but so as to receive a
priority in our list of pending projects”

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Part 3 of the post “Do you like “role games”? Let us play the… residential developer To read part 1, please press here To read part 2, please press here Mr X is a serious successful medium size developer in his country. After having heard so many people talking about Romania, he decided... »


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