It's been statistically proven that staged homes sell faster and for more money.2)If you trust your contractor this sounds like a great deal.

I haven't had a problem because of the granite, but of course that depends on your tenants.I doubt you can get more rent because of it, however it might help you lease it faster and would help on resale.I would probable stick to normal counters, unless you were planning on changing them out anywayandy

From the Governments perspective, they love HOA's because they gain all the property tax revenue but don't have to concern about the maintenance and snow removal so I suspect builders get faster easier approval etc.

This doesn't mean that you can't make money in those markets though.Long term is 44310 going to appreciate faster than inflation, no.

What you should save on is time which can mean faster time to market, less interest reserve and fewer general conditions overall.

Example their policy might be weighted to insure residential and not commercial as that is all they do.

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To say an approach of weighted averages per sq ft is going to be accurate is really saying you're lucky a lot.

Ease and convenience is worth it's weight in gold.

Some areas will recover faster than others.