Flood insurance rates are to rise 15% per year until the program is solvent.Its uncertain today what effect this legislation will have on real estate values for properties in the flood zone.

And there are plenty of deep pocketed investors out there who will listen to NPR's upcoming This American Life piece on the slumlording professor of Mobile Home University - and instead of wrinkling up their faces in indignation, will instead salivate at a potentially discounted investment class.He appears to be an adherent of classic deep value investing - going back to Graham, and currently espoused by any number of value adherents, perhaps most cogently by Seth Klarman of Baupost Group.The classic value play is to patiently sit on the asset until the market recognizes its true value, the asset price rises (ie cap compresses) and you unlock the true value of the asset you bought so cheaply that you had the "margin of safety" as Graham put it, and Klarman titled his legendary book.But rather than wait for the market to recognize value - Rolfe is trying to teach the market.Rolfe doesn't believe in buy and hold forever - he wants to unlock value and appears to really believe his assets deserve lower cap rates than they are given.I think he is probably succeeding in helping to single handedly move the market.

They take into consideration the value of your home in comparison to other similar apartments in the market, covering increased operating expenses for maintaining your apartment and building, as well as saving up for additional projects to improve your home. " Our expenses as a management company continue to rise.

I go with a $2500 deductible versus a $1000 (that would cost $2300/yr)A homeowners policy should be considerably cheaper.

Condo buildings, especially high rises, have limits on dogs by weight and it is often 20 or 25 lbs or so.

IMO you may have overestimated your competition, and not taken into consideration the entire market picture given what you were offering.No one stages where I am.

If someone still treats you poorly, rise above it and realize they are lacking something important in their own lives.

It's a beautiful thing because you can leverage at a usually low rate from a heloc or a cash out refi...your payments also usually don't go considerably up unless you are taking out a considerable amount.

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Seattle is a tenant friendly market, so another thing to take into consideration.