As i have my main house and the wife would sell me before she let me rent it😩

I haven't looked in the Berkshires / Pittsfield, MA in the past, but that's not to say that I wouldn't in the future. 

The main reason why homeowners opt not to pull a permit is because building improvement will increase property taxes.

The actual changes are in the high-end SFR market, especially 3 million dollar houses flattening in price, mainly in Silicon Valley and Seattle-that is all I have actually seen.

(Something I HATE doing)The main issue we had on this transaction was that I did not know that the city was a " block to block" city.This just means that it's a lot tougher to value properties because one street could be extremely nice and then you can go down the road and be in a war zone.After we got all of the mess sorted out, we ended up getting a price reduction and we are going to move the deal forward.Here are my top three mistakes.1.

NJ is a very tough place to loan money from the lender side of things.. foreclosure time lines are for ever.so I don't think your being realistic on what you expect.. but I know Patch of land has done a ton of NJ loans. you can go direct.you need more than 20% cash into the deal.. in most instances in a state that is so tough to work in.credit while important is not the main driver in HML.  

I cover the main utilities (electric, gas, water, garbage/recycling), but I have not noticed any drastic changes. 

I haven't raised rents in the past, mainly due to my market, but I'm going to start on my next batch of renewals. 

The city insisted we do that after the water pipe LEAD (Pb) based connection at THE CITY mid-street main failed. 

Another project involved taking down walls and new mechanicals.I am looking for experienced GC's (at least 10 projects completed) with verifiable projects/references.My main area of focus is Central NJ.