This can be used to eliminate most gains of a long hold highly appreciated rental asset through 1031 + primary resident conversion to establish a more favorable ratio. 

The risk in lifting these houses is there's not a clearly established market for flood damaged homes that have been elevated.

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someone could leverage 20,000 in bills every month and keep it against there debt vs giving it to banks/retail/ or other fine establishments and paying cash.

Look, I think of it this simple, I don't know a single established millionaire who does the "standard" consumer debt thing.

Offer the design team a piece of the equity OR pay a premium as incentive to keep to an established timeline (that is within their control). 

I often do this when I'm trying to connect with someone on LinkedIn: I try to find out if we have any mutual connections and lead with that in my message to establish some rapport. 

Eliminate debt, establish a budget, and save.

It’s more conservative, the city itself is established, older neighborhoods, better city amenities (museums, arts/music etc), more pro sports, more hills, bigger river, has a streetcar, arguably better nightlife overall.

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