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5 May 2013 | 1 reply
These distressed properties are typically consolidated in a few areas with some subdivisions getting hammered in valuation creating a higher foreclosure rate than normal.My goal is to create urban land trusts set up to restore the environment and build up not out.
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23 May 2013 | 26 replies
The restoration company told me to pick my colors.
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19 November 2020 | 4 replies
I work for an exterior restoration company (primarily roofing) in the Chicagoland market and see these problems all the time.
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12 December 2020 | 5 replies
I flip fire-damaged properties and own a fire damage restoration company.
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17 December 2020 | 3 replies
Hello Team,I recently closed on a 3 unit north side property and have a 2 car garage that has been unused for the past ~10 years, sitting on $250/mo of potential income. The issue is, the garage lift door was install...
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4 December 2020 | 5 replies
The man had ran a Heat and Air business in the town for many years and apparently had even performed free repairs for needy people to restore their heat.
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9 December 2020 | 15 replies
It's designed not to protect you but to restore after a loss.
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9 February 2021 | 17 replies
But in August I decided to take this season of my life (no wife, no kids, no debt, and up to $60k cash to invest) to pursue entrepreneurship exclusively (I had toyed with the idea for years) via two ventures: starting a restomod business (a type of classic car restoration) and real estate investing.
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9 December 2020 | 4 replies
No-one should actually do this because it is dangerous and could kill them or the poor lineman trying to restore power if they didn't understand the inherent dangers involved.If you pulled your meter, shut off all of your circuit breakers, installed a 240v 30a plug to a double pole breaker and the neutral bus (instead of ground), then you could use a 110V generator with two extension cords to your new outlet (cords sharing neutral and having their respective hots in the 240v plug) in order to get 110v to both buses in your panel.
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16 December 2020 | 75 replies
I like driving/restoring older sports cars.