Aim to buy “forever home” later on down the road, maybe at next correction.2. 

I like to use a famous person's quote on why learn IRR:"We choose to LEARN Internal Rates of Return (IRR) and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard; because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one we intend to win, and the others, too."

He told us that if the measurements were around 4” then we would really need to consider leveling the house but it should be fine as is.

I'm aiming for June 2018 to finalize everything for my mom.

TerryS&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Indices for August 2017 ( measures home prices year over year)Yearly increases by citySeattle 13.2 percentLas Vegas 8.6 percentSan Diego 7.8 percentDenver 7.2 percentDetroit 7.2 percentPortland 7.2 percentDallas 7.1 percentBoston 6.9 percentCharlotte 6.8 percentTampa 6.8 percentLos Angeles 6.1 percentSan Francisco 6.1 percentPhoenix 5.8 percentMinneapolis 5.6 percentAtlanta 5.4 percentMiami 4.9 percentCleveland 4.4 percentNew York 4.4 percentChicago 3.7 percentWashington D.C. 3.4 percent

That is what you are aiming for at the end of the day.4.

We have worked out with him that we measure and order all large ordered materials first thing so it’s all there ready to go and then he gets paid as the work gets done.

So use that as a measuring standard when speaking with a lender that is willing to lend that low. 

Hi all,I'm fairly new to the Milwaukee market and am aiming to buy a duplex but am wondering what to expect for the competitiveness of the market in the trendier Bay View/ Brady st / Shorewood areas?

Hi all,I'm fairly new to the Milwaukee market and am aiming to buy a duplex but am wondering what to expect for the competitiveness of the market in the trendier Bay View/ Brady st / Shorewood areas?