I don't require my agents to join NAR and in fact dropped my membership when I opened my own brokerage.If the situation made sense, I wouldn't necessarily require an agent to join MLS, but it's such a basic tool of the trade, I can't imagine someone who is active in the business going without it.

New inspector said that it should not have been required.I agreed with the second inspector’s interpretation, I do not think I should have had to add grounds by the new panel when there were already double grounds where the drop came in.

The stress involved in dropping a big deposit is such a PITA.

Sometimes you have to drop everything to take care of your guest.

I respect your many years of experience Jay but want to bring some perspective from the other side of the table.In a corporate office which is running 10, 20 or even 50 projects at once (depending on the firm size), what is the benefit for the Architect to drop their other projects to jump on yours quicker?

There are 2 group calls per month with Jerome leading the call; it is scheduled at 2 pm PST (not ideal for most people regardless of time zone), Jerome was always late, there is no agenda or plan for the call, his phone reception was interrupted constantly to the point that his line would drop, and each call has ended abruptly with Jerome saying he had another commitment he had to get to.

Have yourself/PM or designer pickup the plans from the architect/engineer and drop the plans off at the city

There are often long stretches of flat SFR markets in US. like '79-'83, '89-'94, or even down markets like '06-'13 where single family home values dropped 36% on average across country, so 1% rule may help keep some investors out of trouble by at least having some cash flow to safely carry the mortgage during those times.      

Feel free to drop me a note and I'll send it your way.

Quartz countertops, fully tiled bathrooms, higher ceilings and doors, LVP flooring throughout. for us its upgraded appliance packages NO micro above the drop in stove.