@Cody M.I would add a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment as a contingency to any offers on properties more susceptible to environmental issues (dry cleaners, gas stations, auto repair garages, etc.)

The basement is dry as hell, and it's nicely decorated.QUESTION:  What types of financing, financial assistance and tax benefits does one get from being a registered landmark in a historical district? 

Compared to  CA AZ NV OR WA which is very cut and dry..

He would try and sell that original loan to investors so they could also fund the draws but he got caught in interest rate spikes and left a lot of people high and dry as he was writing loans at lower rates and when rates spiked the loans were worth a lot less.

No list no set of characteristics and predict motivation because motivation is based on emotion, NOT DATA.If you were a lion in the dry savannah of Africa and you wanted food.

A big chunk of the housing shortage goes back to the Crash of '07 / '08 when, according to the economists of the day, 80% of builders and developers went bankrupt once the supply of new mortgage lending dried up.A good solution - though not the only one, certainly - would be to get home building back on track.

My father studied to become a plumber and my mother worked in a dry cleaning shop.

Once mortgage is denied seller is left high and dry, 30 days and sometimes 6 months into the contract (sometimes even longer, in cases where seller is a builder who built the whole $700K mansion for you, in firm belief that your bank will come through and finance the entire purchase at the end).

It's definitely not as cut and dry as a BRRRR or flip. 

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