Schools of Choice Enrollment

Cover Story

at Walled Lake Central, Northern
and Western High Schools
for 2005-06 - 9th and loth grades only

DIGGING ISRAEL from page 27

demand" came loose, she said, and
"people started pouring in." Well-built
homes in quiet areas, with a balcony or
garden and a nice view can sell for up to
S6 million, she said.
Almost all the foreign owners of luxu-
ry homes leave their property empty
when they're not around to enjoy it,
rather than rent them out, brokers said.
David's Village is a particularly striking
example of the desolate air that can set-
tle on a neighborhood whose residents
are frequently in another part of the
world. On a recent afternoon, three chil-
dren playing and speaking English were
the only noticeable company for the
complex's security guard stationed near-
by.

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160o Oakley Park Rd.
Walled Lake, MI 48390

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Commerce, MI 48382

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600 Beck Rd.
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3/17
2005

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Some foreign buyers do rent out their
property for short-term use while they're
in the U.S., as a way of offsetting their
costs.
Atlantans Shai and Judy Robkin lived
in Jerusalem for eight years and ran a
bookstore-cafe. When they decided to
buy an apartment in Israel in 2000 — the
year the intifada began and 16 years
after their return to theStates — they
planned to rent it out to tourists.
"We knew that the only way to make
this financially viable was to rent it out
for a decent percentage of the year," Shai
said. They travel to Israel at least once a
year.
Their three-bedroom, two-bathroom
apartment is located just south of Baka,
in a new building close to Emek Refaim
Street and the Tayelet (promenade) in
Talpiot. The Robkins have prepared
their apartment for renters by carefully
labeling the meat and dairy dishes and
preparing a notebook filled instructions
on how to use household items like the
water heater and air conditioner.
Sometimes they rent their apartment
to friends, like Chuck and Leslie
Lowenstein of Atlanta. In December, the
rented apartment acted as a base while
they searched for a place of their own.
An apartment in Israel, said the
Lowensteins, may be the one place they
will be able to spend time with their 10
grandchildren. The family is pretty
spread out — some in Israel full time
and others in California and Baltimore.
In the U.S., said Chuck, "we have to
travel anyway to see our grandchildren.
A home in Israel makes sense, he said,
because "the one place they're all coming
is here."
The couple's attachment to Israel has
grown over the years, they agreed.
As for buying a home in Israel, "It's
just something," she said, "you should
do if you can.

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