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5 Ways to Get Your Home When Housing Inventory Is So Tight -- AOL Real Estate

The news is out. Real estate is back. Homebuyers are in the game again, but they're facing a huge inventory shortage in most markets. Some buyers make three or four offers on homes, only to keep losing out to other buyers. In this tight market, buyers and real estate agents need to think outside the box.

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Investors Pile Into Housing, This Time as Landlords

U.S. housing recoveries almost always have been ignited by rising demand from families and individuals looking for a place to live. This recovery is different. Investors-including some big Wall Street players-are leading the way.

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See A Former Yahoo Executive's $3.45 Million Home In Menlo Park

The outspoken CEO of , , just put his Menlo Park house on the market. He's asking $3.45 million. Garlinghouse first landed in the limelight in 2006 when he was a Yahoo exec. That's when he penned the famous memo known as the "Peanut Butter Manifesto" that accused Yahoo of being unfocused and spread too thin.

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HOUSE OF THE DAY: Producer Jerry Weintraub Has Finally Sold His $42.5 Million Malibu Estate

Jerry Weintraub, producer of box office hits like The Karate Kid and Oceans 11, has finally sold his 6.25-acre Malibu complex after nearly two years on the market, the Los Angeles Times reports. It was apparently purchased by fashion mogul Serge Azria. The home had been listed for $42.5 million, but the sales price has not been disclosed.

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How to Finance a Foreclosed Home

Q. I want to buy a foreclosed house that needs work. The previous buyers took away many items, including appliances and window air conditioners, and broke some windows. We can't get financing because of the problems. Do we have any options? A. Many potential buyers of distressed properties give up because it is difficult to find financing.

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Castle Sweet Castle

Natural, hand-cut stone construction, 14-foot vaulted ceilings, expansive gardens. And your very own drawbridge. It seems the thing of fairy tales-owning a private castle. And in Germany, there are plenty of them to be had. Germany's long history as a number of fractured principalities, each with its own noble residences, has left the country with more than 5,000 castles.

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The Do-It-Yourself Desert Retreat

Andre Nitze is no stranger to frontiers. In the late 1980s, as his native East Germany crumbled, the punk-rock singing teenager lived in an abandoned apartment next to the Berlin Wall.

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A Duplex with Outdoor Options

A Duplex with Outdoor Options 03/22/13 Price: $1,665,000 Location: Upper West Side, NY Type of Home: Penthouse The homeowners of this Upper West Side duplex built a roof garden and created a climbing wall in the home to indulge their love of the outdoors. -- Jackie Bischof

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