All Forum Posts by: Ryan Watson

Thats a pretty nice place Jscott.

Do you have a bid summary for the demolition work? Showing the figures that went into 6500 dollars.

If they put the sewers in deep enough it may act like a french drain up stream in the aquifer from you. The water will run to the trench bedding and follow the pipe, thus relieving pressure on your basement. You can only hope anyway, it all depends on the ground composition and where the water is at.

What type of material do you have under your property?

the second question is from a property detail report. it shows the lot value and improved value to show a total cost of the house by the tax assessor. then a little further down the report it mentions the tax and weather or not there is a homestead credit and whatnot

yes. So would an example be like if there was an underground oil tank discovered after the special warrenty deed holder sells the property he's not liable?

Also little OT but whats the differance between Gross Tax and Net Annual Tax? Would this be after your personal deductions?

thanks seth. i was looking at another property around the block from the one i have in mind and this owner has a special warranty deed. whats that?

im looking to offer under 5000 for the property. So what exactly is a title insurance policy? Its not a monthly bill is it?

I've found a property that i'd like to use for personal use. Its a vacant lot that hasnt had anything built recently, however this area has alot of history dating back to the early 1800's. The houses nearby was built in the early 1900's.

Anyway I was thinking i would go down to the county recorders office to save some money on a title search and get my feet wet so to say. Anyone have any tips or other places i can look up information? The reports i can get right now only go back to the 70's as far as owner history goes however i want to go deeper, all the way back to the 1800s if i can.

If the title is good i'll send out my first yellow letter and cross my fingers. The property has been for sale before but taken off the market so i think i'll have a good chance here.

it was the one when Ronnie decided to run for mayor.

Its like talking to a wall. This thread would stay on topic if people didnt try to twist things around in order to discredit the point. Sorry Karen i got you mixed up with what Chad said.

Even though I plan to stick around and learn about the real estate business i dont need to know alot to know builders are offering people a bunch of ******** for housing. All these negative reactions can only point to a guilty conscience as far as im concerned. The truth hurts and is never well received.

The schools thing was an honest question aside from getting a dig at developers practices. Around here ive always been told for what a developer takes up they have to donate to build a new school. After 4 large neighborhoods came up they built a new school in the immediate area. I dont see whats so hard to understand about that? In no way am i trying to complain about my local area, the things I say are examples to try to get the point across.

The white collar blue collar subject got spun off from this post.

My point being from my previous post, the guy in the lowest position on the totem pole ususally has the most clean cut and simple answers and is more in touch with reality than somebody who only runs the buisness end of things reguardless if they can write their own name or not. What looks good on paper isnt necessarily good for real life.

In your example, an average mechanic is alot more qualified to speak about how executives do things more than you think. after all, when their crap shows it doesnt work out in real life like it did on paper they are the ones fixing it.

executives and management are all on their own planet. out of touch with reality. things would run more smoothly if the field monkey had some say in the upper end of things because they know from experience, not from sitting in a fancy office park reading market data.

Just like the carpenters or any other building tradesman. If you had the slightest clue how bad they make fun of white collar boys that roll up on the job in their BMW's you would feel about an inch tall. A field workers version of common sense and an investors/developers version of common sense isnt even on the same planet. When a developers mad at the contractor on performance, and they've had ****** weather and cant reach compaction with mud, it goes to show just how out of touch with reality most people are. P.S. I dont want to be a developer, especially if I have to do things like everybody else. I'm going to reinvent the wheel.

Karen Margrave The hostess example is an easy one. You cant keep giving outragous raises to people that make products that still cost 99 cents. especially in a time period when healthy food and exercise lablel the twinky as "Taboo". Skilled trades on the other hand deserve every penny they make, in all honesty its not even fair to compare a construction trade union to a food related union. One works alot harder than the other, including risking their life to make the project happen, and make roads fool proof for idiot drivers that couldnt pour piss out of a boot with the directions on the heal. They just pass that cost on in the next project bid.