@Sastry Srini You will not have any problems with that street in Lyndhurst, except that it borders the high school, so lots of daily foot traffic by students. 

According to tax records the house was almost 400 square feet bigger than what it actually was, that threw my numbers off significantly considering I had figured a per square foot price, and taught me an extremely valuable lesson about trusting anyone else's measurements. 

Maybe he's decided that paying an additional $2.3MM is worth lessening the burden of leaving his hearis with assets they have to liquidate.They'd have to figure out how to foot a $6.674MM tax bill.

I would love to put a sliding glass door in, as it lets in more natural light, which would greatly improve the space.Someone suggested French Doors, however, I'm not sure how well that would mesh with the Crafstman style.The city won't let me do anything that contradicts with the style anyway, so I guess I can't shoot myself in the foot too badly.

We're definitely getting started on the wrong foot with this couple.It seems like there must be a better way to do background checks?

Even if this deal doesn't go through, you would have put your foot in the door to establish a relationship. 

I was able to get my foot in the door with community banks in TX by showing my CA experience BUT they were still very cautious since I had never built in TX.  

(If they made adjustments to the cost per linear foot based on allowable density, that might make more sense and encourage development in lower-density zones.  

During the crash, many investors' portfolios in linear or job growth markets had 5%...maybe 10% market value declines and the rents and vacancy did not skip a beat...some rents went up due to increased demand.

Hi Everett it seems to me that you are planning to make a offer before running the numbers if that's the case then I think that you're starting on the left foot.