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20 November 2024 | 45 replies
Affordability is about 1:3So yeah on the surface it looks like a big difference, but there's a lot of things not controlled for in the stats- There were a crazy amount of houses built in the years just after the war, so housing stock was easy to come by everywhere;- Homes had nowhere near the kind of features they have now - 2 car garages, dishwashers, OTC microwaves, W/D hookups, high efficiency windows, central heat & air conditioning, etc - all those doodads and niceties drive up the cost of housing;- Fewer mortgages were 30 year, so homeowners had to pay (relatively) higher monthly payments;- Rentals were almost exclusively apartments, so there was more supply for buyers;ETCI think these things tend to be more stories that make for good press but aren't really that grounded in reality overall.
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14 November 2024 | 6 replies
If mold remediation is done by a handyman without air sampling or post-remediation testing, it can lead to issues during the sale.
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12 November 2024 | 15 replies
For example, we finish the basements with indoor/outdoor carpet (instead of LVP, which makes it feel a lot more homey), because we know parents go nuts in the winter if they can't send the kids downstairs to pay - or have a space for the guys to watch the game on Sunday.
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10 November 2024 | 1 reply
Wynd detectors are usually good for air quality, their effectiveness specifically for detecting marijuana smoke can vary, as they aren’t designed solely for this purpose.
14 November 2024 | 20 replies
Some won't but I would want that so they aren't pulling random #'s out of the air.
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11 November 2024 | 13 replies
I think the expenses are light.If you want to achieve market rents, no central air is going to be an issue.
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20 November 2024 | 37 replies
For example, you may build a house that costs $1 million to build, but once it is finished is immediately valued at $1.3 million, so you created 300k in equity out of thin air which you can use to borrow against.
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10 November 2024 | 18 replies
It's a really high-energy dog and I don't think they take it out often enough, so they play indoors a lot.
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11 November 2024 | 20 replies
Alternatively, you can offer more such as central air when the competition doesn't have it.Avoid areas with a lot of new rental deliveries.
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8 November 2024 | 19 replies
We're doing 30 and even 40 year fixed using 80% of AIR DNA to calc DSCR.