But if you do have a house that sits in expansive soils and are susceptible to shrinking and expanding they can put pressure on the basement walls (exacerbated by frost/thaw cycles) and cause them to crack horizontally.

I'm thinking interest rates will sit at 6.25-7.5%, with total cost at roughly 210k.

However, rates have since moved upward.A 30-year fixed rate mortgage is once again sitting around 7% interest:For broader context, here’s a chart for 30-year fixed mortgage rates over the past 5 years:The real estate industry hoped 2024 would see a recovery in which mortgage rates fell and home sales climbed.

He is going to sit tight and get his occupancy up to 80% this fall.   

Sellers are offering incentives like paid closing costs, and with homes sitting longer on the market, buyers have more room to negotiate!

If property values appreciate well, you might be sitting on a property that's worth a great deal more than todays ARV, especially if you can complete some of the repairs while your grandmother still lives there.

The request was quietly dropped, but Taylor never acknowledged her error or apologized.

Now, don't get me wrong...I hear exactly what you are saying but then again isn't that really just to weed those that just want another course to sit on their shelf and point to and say...that doesn't work?

That said, in the scenario you described, I’d either end up homeless and broke or starving to death, lol, while sitting on $275K of equity.

When I go to events like this, I do go to some of the sessions, but most of my time is just sitting in the lobby chatting with people.