Tag: San Juan
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Puerto Rico: 128 Years Under the American Flag — The Unfinished Struggle for Sovereignty
On this day in history, Puerto Rico exchanged more than 400 years of Spanish colonial rule for American sovereignty. What was presented as a new beginning became one of the longest unresolved political questions in modern American history. The Day Puerto Rico Changed Hands On October 18, 1898, the American flag was raised over Puerto…
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The Airbnb Real Estate Model: Turning Property Into a Cash-Flow Business
The Airbnb real estate model is not really about owning a house or condo. It is about owning a mini hospitality business wrapped inside a piece of real estate. That distinction matters. A traditional rental investor buys a property and collects fixed monthly rent. An Airbnb-style investor buys a property, furnishes it, markets it for…
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San Juan – The New Havana?: Making the Move from Miami to Puerto Rico
[typography font=”Open Sans” size=”11″ size_format=”px”]by Gerald Nowotny[/typography] I lived in Miami for about ten years during the time that I went to law school at the University Of Miami School of Law, i.e. the Harvard of the South! I also worked in Miami while I went to law school at night and have a good…