The appreciaition in the 4 years I've owned has been a big positive surprise. 

However, it's important to remember this trend started in the not too distant past, and for a very long time before that the norm was separate rooms, so it's not surprising that there are actually considerable disadvantages of open floorplans and advantages of more traditional ones.Opening the kitchen to the rest of the house has to be one of the worst aspects of this trend.

You will be very surprised what is NOT covered.

Ask questions so there are no surprises later.

I'd be surprised if you could get a project like that going in under a year.

If given it’s own forum I bet you would be surprised to see an uptick in activity.

That’s not to mention the factors that are unexpected or completely unknown that can ruin a deal.6.

I'm relatively new to BP, but it seems skewed towards companies of this size, and I wouldn't be surprised to see .I have some good news and some bad news for you:Bad news: There isn't a good way of getting Yardi training outside of working for a company that uses it. 

You might be surprised about the cost of running a business. 

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