Aside from industrial properties and office spaces, there are still other commercial real estate properties that are perfectly suitable investors planning to venture into hospitality industry. Now there are Florida hotels for sale that are ready for investing.
When it comes in choosing the right investment property, it is important that you have a more than a quick glance and brief walkthrough in order for you to come up with the right decision. Here are some of the most important and needed considerations that you need to keep in mind when investing Florida hotels for sale.
Right location and sustainability
First of all, you have to know that location is the foremost crucial factor in real estate, commercial or otherwise. Fortunately Florida hotels for sale are situated in some of the most attractive and sought-after areas in the city. In a hospitality industry or an industry for that matter, strategic location is very important. A hotel that is placed in an area that receives less traffic from visitors will likely end up to foreclosure or bankruptcy. It is very important for the investors to pick out the most desirable, well-trafficked area to make sure utmost profitability.
Aside from the location sustainability is another important factor to consider. Keep in mind that Florida hotels for sale are not one time investment. The process of investing one takes some time and so does owning one. There are several things that you need to consider, including renovations, staffing, licensing and so on. This would take much of your time. Time might be your biggest enemy but of course you should always be ready for the challenge if you are indeed bent on buying this type of commercial real estate property. Likewise, you need to find a Florida hotel for sale that you see yourself owning or investing in for the next several years.
Background Knowledge
Hotel investment is the kind of investment that should not be taken lightly. Though you have the right resources for investing a hotel but do not have the right knowledge, you might as well pick out another type of commercial real estate investment.
You must acquire the business confidence of an hotelier. This is especially true if you are just starting out with this kind of venture. It is important to know the basics of owning Florida hotels for sale and operating them is very important. Right information is power and you can certainly rest on it to provide manners of surviving this commercial venture.
When investing Florida hotel for sale it is important to take your time and of course you have to invest in knowing everything that you can about the Florida hotel for sale, not only with the side that deals with the investing but as well as the operating. You have to develop managing skills and you will definitely find it easier to face the challenges of hotel ownership.
Super Crate Box appeared on iOS today (even though it's already packed with players), and I'm willing to say that it's the first great game of 2012. Especially on the iPad, where the virtual controls are a little bigger and the graphics are a little easier to see, this is a really slick and well-done arcade platformer. Sure, has its moments of frustration, but stays addictive throughout.
The game's been available as a PC download from developer Vlambeer for a little while already, but I think it works better as an iOS game. To play, you run around a one-screen 2D level trying to collect as many crates as you can, while avoiding enemies who resemble surreal skulls. The action is fast and crazy, as just one hit will kill your character and end your game. But that frenetic, temporary action works -- games are short and fast enough that even when one ends, you're usually ready to jump back in for another one right away.
The only other issue is with the virtual controls. Super Crate Box just begs for an old-school NES-style controller with every part of its being. Unfortunately iOS only offers the touch screen. It works well enough, but every once in a while, you'll miss a jump or a shot just because you couldn't find the little button area on the iPad's glass. That's not really the developers' fault, in my estimation, but man is it frustrating, especially when you are rolling along to what you're sure is a high score.
All of that said, Super Crate Box is an excellent little game, with crisp, frenetic gameplay and more depth than it should really have. Game Center integration, leaderboards, and some really excellent chiptune music all pad out the package -- the app is available in a universal version right now for just 99 cents.
Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce
By Allison Linn
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Hey college students, do you want a job? Then you may not want to study architecture or the arts.
A new analysis of government data finds that recent college graduates with degrees in fields such as health and education have much lower unemployment rates than those who earned degrees in architecture and the arts.
Georgetown University?s Center on Education and the Workforce crunched government data from 2009 and 2010 to find out which majors are the most likely to land you a job right out of college.
In general, the researchers found that people are much more likely to get a job out of college when they choose a major that puts you on a specific career path, such as business. By contrast, people who get more general degrees in things like humanities and liberal arts may find it tougher to land a job, especially given the current job market.
?Your degree matters less and your major matters more,? said Anthony Carnevale, the Georgetown center?s director.
That?s a change from past thinking, when conventional wisdom held that just getting a college degree would be enough to set you on a lucrative career path.
Still, even some very specialized degrees don?t guarantee a good job. Saying you?re an architect may impress people (or at least George Costanza always thought so), but Carnevale said it?s long been a very competitive field.
?It?s like being a chef,? he said. ?You may end up being a cook instead of a chef.?
The recent slump in construction has made the job market for architects even worse, and that could last for years. The unemployment rate for recent architecture grads was 13.9 percent, according to the report.
The findings also show that there continues to be strong demand for people with degrees in engineering, math and some computer science fields.
Still, the overall unemployment rate for people with computer and mathematics degrees was a little high, at 8.2 percent. Carnevale said that?s because there are a growing number of less technical computer information specialists degrees, and hiring in those fields slows down in recessionary periods.
The unemployment rate for education grads also was particularly low, at 5.4 percent. Although there have been cuts in education in recent years, Carnevale said it?s continued to be a good bet for jobs because there are lots of older teachers who are retiring.
The good news for all college grads, regardless of major: As time goes on, unemployment rates generally go down.
?The truth is, if you get a four-year degree ? you?ll do OK,? Carnevale said. ?It?ll be worth some money.?
Tip of the hat to The Chronicle of Higher Education, which first reported this story.
Related:
Loving the job, but hating the student loan debt
To get your kids ahead in life, get a college degree
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KINGSTON, Jamaica ? A Canadian couple, their toddler son and his Jamaican grandmother have been killed in a head-on collision with a truck while they tried to rush the feverish child to a hospital, police said Thursday.
A Jamaican police statement said the Canadian family and the boy's grandmother were driving Wednesday in a Toyota Corolla when they collided with a truck traveling in the opposite direction.
Police said the family from the Toronto area and the grandmother were pronounced dead at a hospital. The truck driver was uninjured.
John Babcock, a spokesman for Canadian Minister of State of Foreign Affairs Diane Ablonczy, said in an email to The Associated Press that "our thoughts and prayers go out to family and friends of those killed in this tragic accident."
Consular officials in Jamaica can provide assistance to the victims' relatives, according to Babcock.
Killed in the wreck were Garieno and Diane Dixon, 2-year-old Nichile, and grandmother Marie Myrie-Phillips, according to local media.
The Jamaica Gleaner newspaper reported that Garieno Dixon, a 27-year-old construction worker, apparently tried to overtake a line of traffic on a roadway and crashed into the truck.
Myrie-Smith's husband, Gerald, told the Gleaner that Nichile had been in Jamaica since September and had started to develop respiratory problems. He said doctors told the family that he "was not asthmatic but there was something blocking his airway and he needed surgery."
Todd Hoagland honored by Anatomy Society for excellence in teaching, research & scholarshipPublic release date: 4-Jan-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ]
Contact: Andrea Pendleton apendleton@anatomy.org 301-634-7910 American Association of Anatomists
Bethesda, Maryland The American Association of Anatomists' 2012 Basmajian Award will be presented on April 24 to Todd Hoagland, associate professor in the department of cell biology, neurobiology and anatomy at the Medical College of Wisconsin. The awards ceremony will take place at the AAA Annual Meeting at EB 2012 (Tuesday, April 24, San Diego Marriott Marquis & Marina, San Diego, CA).
This award recognizes health science faculty who are in the formative stages of their career, teach human or veterinary gross anatomy, can document excellence in their contribution to the teaching of gross anatomy, and have outstanding accomplishments in biomedical research or scholarship in education.
According to Joseph C. Besharse, Marvin Wagner Professor and chair of cell biology, neurobiology and anatomy at the Medical College of Wisconsin, Hoagland "is a true academic in that he believes in and participates in medical education research. He also has extensive administrative experience as a long-term course Director at BU and now at MCW." Besharse goes on to say that in a short time Hoagland "has become an important and respected member of the MCW medical education community."
Besharse also notes the quality of Hoagland's character, explaining he has an "inherent ability to see and seek common ground among competing interests while keeping the interests of our students in the foreground. This has become obvious in the respect he has gained from more research-intensive faculty in the Department those faculty see him as a leader and valued colleague, and his recruitment has gone a long way toward bridging the gap between research intensive faculty and their responsibilities to medical education."
In addition to collaborating with clinicians and basic scientists on clinically applicable anatomic science research and medical education studies, Hoagland has shown he believes improving the academic training of the next generation is a priority by developing, with Chair Mark Moss, the Vesalius program at Boston University School of Medicine. Hoagland explains "One of our goals of this teacher training program was to ensure every graduate from the department was a competent steward of anatomical science knowledge and some could go on to be master educators. We believed that doctoral students shouldn't just be chained to a lab bench, but instead get experiences that replicate those of junior faculty."
Hoagland received his undergraduate degree in biology from Bucknell University and his Ph.D. in physiology from the University of Notre Dame. Since 2010, he has been a member of the Medical College of Wisconsin faculty, where he is currently a course director for Clinical Human Anatomy and Advanced Clinical Anatomy (4th year elective), and anatomy discipline steward and co-director for the Musculoskeletal Skin module in the pilot integrated curriculum. Hoagland's hard work and dedication has allowed him to earn several teaching awards, an award for outstanding ethical leadership and induction into Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society.
Hoagland is an active member of the American Association of Anatomists (AAA), the American Association of Clinical Anatomists (AACA), the American Physiological Society (APS), and the International Association of Medical Sciences Educators (IAMSE).
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This year's Basmajian Award committee was chaired by Valerie O'Loughlin; other members were Judith Anderson and Norton Barry Berg.
The American Association of Anatomists, based in Bethesda, MD, was founded in 1888 for the "advancement of anatomical science." Today, AAA is the professional home for biomedical researchers and educators focusing on anatomical form and function. In addition to being the primary educators of medical students in their first year of medical school, AAA members worldwide work in imaging, cell biology, genetics, molecular development, endocrinology, histology, neuroscience, forensics, microscopy, physical anthropology, and numerous other exciting and developing areas. AAA publishes three journalsAnatomical Sciences Education, The Anatomical Record and Developmental Dynamicsplus a quarterly newsletter. Among its other programs and services, the organization sponsors an Annual Meeting (part of Experimental Biology) and maintains a Web site that offers members and others a variety of tools to enhance their teaching and research.
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Todd Hoagland honored by Anatomy Society for excellence in teaching, research & scholarshipPublic release date: 4-Jan-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ]
Contact: Andrea Pendleton apendleton@anatomy.org 301-634-7910 American Association of Anatomists
Bethesda, Maryland The American Association of Anatomists' 2012 Basmajian Award will be presented on April 24 to Todd Hoagland, associate professor in the department of cell biology, neurobiology and anatomy at the Medical College of Wisconsin. The awards ceremony will take place at the AAA Annual Meeting at EB 2012 (Tuesday, April 24, San Diego Marriott Marquis & Marina, San Diego, CA).
This award recognizes health science faculty who are in the formative stages of their career, teach human or veterinary gross anatomy, can document excellence in their contribution to the teaching of gross anatomy, and have outstanding accomplishments in biomedical research or scholarship in education.
According to Joseph C. Besharse, Marvin Wagner Professor and chair of cell biology, neurobiology and anatomy at the Medical College of Wisconsin, Hoagland "is a true academic in that he believes in and participates in medical education research. He also has extensive administrative experience as a long-term course Director at BU and now at MCW." Besharse goes on to say that in a short time Hoagland "has become an important and respected member of the MCW medical education community."
Besharse also notes the quality of Hoagland's character, explaining he has an "inherent ability to see and seek common ground among competing interests while keeping the interests of our students in the foreground. This has become obvious in the respect he has gained from more research-intensive faculty in the Department those faculty see him as a leader and valued colleague, and his recruitment has gone a long way toward bridging the gap between research intensive faculty and their responsibilities to medical education."
In addition to collaborating with clinicians and basic scientists on clinically applicable anatomic science research and medical education studies, Hoagland has shown he believes improving the academic training of the next generation is a priority by developing, with Chair Mark Moss, the Vesalius program at Boston University School of Medicine. Hoagland explains "One of our goals of this teacher training program was to ensure every graduate from the department was a competent steward of anatomical science knowledge and some could go on to be master educators. We believed that doctoral students shouldn't just be chained to a lab bench, but instead get experiences that replicate those of junior faculty."
Hoagland received his undergraduate degree in biology from Bucknell University and his Ph.D. in physiology from the University of Notre Dame. Since 2010, he has been a member of the Medical College of Wisconsin faculty, where he is currently a course director for Clinical Human Anatomy and Advanced Clinical Anatomy (4th year elective), and anatomy discipline steward and co-director for the Musculoskeletal Skin module in the pilot integrated curriculum. Hoagland's hard work and dedication has allowed him to earn several teaching awards, an award for outstanding ethical leadership and induction into Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society.
Hoagland is an active member of the American Association of Anatomists (AAA), the American Association of Clinical Anatomists (AACA), the American Physiological Society (APS), and the International Association of Medical Sciences Educators (IAMSE).
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This year's Basmajian Award committee was chaired by Valerie O'Loughlin; other members were Judith Anderson and Norton Barry Berg.
The American Association of Anatomists, based in Bethesda, MD, was founded in 1888 for the "advancement of anatomical science." Today, AAA is the professional home for biomedical researchers and educators focusing on anatomical form and function. In addition to being the primary educators of medical students in their first year of medical school, AAA members worldwide work in imaging, cell biology, genetics, molecular development, endocrinology, histology, neuroscience, forensics, microscopy, physical anthropology, and numerous other exciting and developing areas. AAA publishes three journalsAnatomical Sciences Education, The Anatomical Record and Developmental Dynamicsplus a quarterly newsletter. Among its other programs and services, the organization sponsors an Annual Meeting (part of Experimental Biology) and maintains a Web site that offers members and others a variety of tools to enhance their teaching and research.
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