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@Raj Kaushal drive to locations with an outside nature draw, ie lakes, ocean, mountains.

It's human nature to max out their affordability when buying a home.

Conservation can both be a savings and a loss to the utility; it depends on the nature of the utility and where they are on their sawtooth.

Being a GC its natural for me to want to do all of the hiring of subs and oversight.  

Aside from the natural increases (2.5%) you can get vacancy increases but then you need to encourage folks to leave.

Also, install a drain pipe all around the home with fabric sleeve and gravel ontop, and back fill.They have already done this to pump water out :Installed sum pump at crawlspace, dug out a 1’ foot hole at lower spot of the house and drainedthe water away to avoid the formation of mold at the inside of the house.

Lot of people would recommend the places where they invest in, which is natural.

It really depends on the type of foundation and nature of the problem.

It changes the nature of the loan because it's owner occupied rather than an investment property.