This is mostly due I believe, to the 60M high school, and 23M other improvements in educational structures and purchases they made in the last 3 years, and a few other improvements to a sprawling community 30-45 minutes outside of a large urban area.

How likely is it to find a bank that would loan on a home improvement as a second lien holder and keep the interest rate under 6%.

How can I improve my experience in finding a good GC for renovation work?

You may wait 6 months to improve your credit to see if you could get a lower rate, but who knows where market rates will be.

(If you develop a reputation of buying distressed properties and improving them, you become an asset to the 52.

i do it on the cheap by using google earth to get the mailing address for both ends of the street plus the houses that i specifically want to market. then send them a handwritten letter. much more direct, much more cost efficient.

Not only is she cute but she is very efficient, plus her husband is a lic electrician that's into rehab.I like the para legal idea a lot!!!

But you want to take the value of the land away from total value, that is the assessed value of the improvements.

Inspect the property for potential deferred maintenance or needed capital improvements (roof, heating system, etc.).

Improvements within code?