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29 January 2015 | 28 replies
Keeping construction costs down and design are two very important factors to making $ in the Portland market.
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5 February 2015 | 21 replies
:) My 7 years to 7 figure wealth book is designed to help people understand the concept of "Hybrid Real Estate Investing" - the idea of trading up every few years.
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11 February 2015 | 2 replies
Your site is designed to bring leads for deals.
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6 April 2015 | 12 replies
Real estate is immovable, unique and assessments require knowledge and experience, you can't put that in software.Only repetitious functions can be made easier with a computer, while that may include statistical forecasting, it can not make an informed buy or sell or lease decision for a particular parcel or improvement.While the geeks may be able to design something that can fix my breakfast, they can not solve my outlook or assessments of real estate.I have gotten requests from others trying to find a silver bullet with software development, the issue is that they do not understand real estate.
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2 March 2015 | 16 replies
In all things, the bubble will burst and you need to know your exit plan before you enter into the investment.
18 June 2015 | 16 replies
Some comments here suggested using WordPress, which is great and is my favorite platform, but I don't recommend using a free theme ("themes" are the design of your site), at least not any I've seen.
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19 December 2016 | 49 replies
The Trust Co will hold the funds and pay for expenses per your instructions.Alternately, that IRA may be invested into a specially formed LLC where the IRA is the sole member and the account holder or someone they designate serves as the manager.
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1 May 2015 | 2 replies
It's Rural Res but designated for future high density development.
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15 May 2015 | 7 replies
As luck would have it, my Architectural practice has specialized in energy efficiency for over 30 years...and I have designed quite a bit using the materials mentioned in the house.
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19 May 2021 | 22 replies
We have found the best way to keep things running smoothly is to have a designated "Den Mother" in the house - in our case, my sister-n-law.4) You will be carrying all the utilities; as such, it is in your best interest to invest in programmable thermostats (with a lock-out limits on max and min temperature settings); low-flow fixtures and LED lighting.