Omaha daily bee., 1911-10-08
TIMELY REAL ESTATE GOSSIP
Ak.Sar-Ben Festival Season Makes
Trade Quist with Dealers,
READY NOW FOR FALL ACTIVITY
Realty Exchange IL Engaged in the
Task of AscertaininE Just How
Many Vacant Houses Are
in thc City.

Many Vacant Houses Are
I'm thc City.
AS Is usual during the Ak-Sar- Ben
season, local real estate men reported
quite business last week. So many peo-
pie had guests for the festival that It
was equally difficult to find a person
who wanted to look at real estate and to
find one who cared to show real estate
TO prospective customers. Business just
prior to Ak-Sar-Ben was reported fairly
good by the realty men generally and
now that the festival season is over the
usual lively fall trade is expected to
start.
Reports that Omaha has a large num-
Der of vacant houses frequently arise
from The fact that the Omaha Gas COM
pany and the Omaha Electric Light &
Power company say that certain num-
Der OF meters are not in use. This can
not be taken as indicative of the number
of vacant houses in Omaha, for the COM
pany's report on unused meters include
those in flats, office buildings and all
manner OF downtown structures, also in
old houses that have practically been
abandoned to make way for new ones,
but from which the company has not had
time to remove the meters. The Real
Estate exchange is now engaged in the
task OF ascertzlning the number OF
vacant houses in the city and It is ex-
pected that this number will prove small
in comparison with that in other cities
of like population.
e. T. Heyden of Hastings & Heyden
says several persons have been negotiat-
ing with his firm for homes within the
last week who moved away from Omaha
and have recently returned, declaring
Omaha the best place. after all Among
them is one who went to live in Mon
tana, one who went to Texas and one
who went to Missouri. 'If only one
fourth the money were spent on advertis-
ing many sections farther west, the Doug
las county people would stay at home in
fthe first place" says Mr.. Heyden. "They
really don't know what we have here"
Members of the Commercial club and
officers Of the woodmen of the World
alike feel confident that the location Of
the club in the woodmeh headquarters
building will draw tenants in that direc-
ton and make Fourteenth and Farnam
a good office district. The club last
week accepted the woodmehs proposal
to lease 1t two floors.
ITO get results that are lasting. and
publicity that warns up the situation in
1.-THE real estate business IN almost any
locality. newspapers are the best; liberal
use OF the classified pages and sufficient
use of display to keep the firm out of
the piker class and give dignity to the
smaller ads seems to cover the field and
prove the best Investment; other schemes
that are offered may seem and look rosy,
but they seldom reach the public when
II is in a frame OF mind to much impress
il with the Importance OF investing in
homes or In speculative real estate."-H.
b. Van Sickle in National Real Estate
Journal.
F. C. Best, real estate man. has written
for The Bee the following article on real
estate investment in Omaha:
ut has been truthfully said, that a
dollar kept in your pocket is OF no
value, in other words. the man who does
not risk, never becomes prominent In the
business affairs OF this world. This
being accepted as a fact, then the ques-
ten arises, what is the best and safest
investment to make? After considering
this question from all points Of view,
sthe man who has made a success I'm this
life will tell you to put your savings in
real estate. Then naturally follows the
closing question, where should one pur-
chase real estate?
II contend that the city OF Omaha
offers greater inducements than any
other cities for real estate investments,
and In support of my contentious give
these few facts. Omaha is the center
OF the grandest and richest agricultural
community i'm the world and from the
fact that our interests are so varied that
we both produce and consume. IL is one
of the best business cities OF the country
today, and when you show me a healthy
business city, 1 will show you safe
and profitable place to make your invest
ments. either In business or residence
property. Then, the climatic conditions
arc Of the best Generally speaking,
taking this locality, year for year. It Is
. great place TO live, with reasonable
winters and the grandest fails that
nature ever produced. making IL q
'healthy community. with mortality rate
very low.
".All OF the above being facts, Dsw the
question Of most Importance arises. WIN