I suspect even the banks who are aggressively expanding are doing so merely to sure up their geographical presence  to in order to expand their customer base but will then pull back on their branch numbers.Unless there is significant term remaining on the lease, there are other retail concepts that would be deemed more marketable.

But to date, I've just set my rents at a rate that accounts for me having to pay the water bill - and informed the residents that each year I'll increase the rent based upon my expenses (including water), so keeping the bill down helps me to help them.But one problem this could cause is if increasing the rent to cover the water bill then places your rent above the market rate.

Go back to the beginning of the BP podcast and just start learning!

Based on the prices, now seems like it's probably a pretty good time to buy in Galveston. 

Based on his claim of net-worth above 100M, it is strange that it has reached the lawsuit level.https://setexasrecord.com/stories/666762037-court-activity-o...

I have ideas of the values, but nothing based on anything concrete.If I take out a construction loan, how do I pay for the construction loan during the process? 

I'm Kristie Nguyen, a CPA based in NYC.

Pay the bill yourself, then reimburse yourself by charging the tenants based on a formula.

I’m a Portland-based real estate broker and work with many investors navigating cross-state purchases.

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