I suppose it is a good piece of information to be aware of going into the deal.

According to a piece I saw in The Economist, it’s surprising how certain markets keep evolving from year to year.

For some they just want a quiet piece of land to spend time with family and a rocking chair on the porch.

I mean it's CA for heaven sake :)   By the way our most recent couch purchase was a lovely piece of furniture built by the Amish. https://ssc.ca.gov/forms_pubs/hog/Are you saying the earthquake stuff is the reasoning for the timber construction vs masonry? 

From all the heirs I have talked to after a death, eighty percent are more annoyed they have to deal with this than excited to be passed a piece of real estate.

Don't worry, it's the last piece I'll put in this thread.

Appreciation on the other hand is the biggest piece of the real estate pie.

Even if you believe you can stomach the monthly payments, paying $20K a year to carry a piece of land based on the information you shared is not recommended.

This is why the GC should be responsible for ordering, accepting delivery on and installing every single piece of product on the jobsite including the nails and screws.

in our area that is a real big deal.. we did another demo and left a few pieces of flooring an inspector came on our job determined they had asbestos in them and we violated taking asbestos items to the regular land fill.. that cost me 19k in fines and 18k in lawyer fees to keep the fines from being really big..