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4 September 2015 | 1 reply
The 10,000 square foot Rakow Branch, situated on Elgin's West Side, is LEED registered, and was designed to be expandable up to 30,000 square feet.
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22 March 2017 | 56 replies
I know which are good/ bad from a renter's perspective and would be interested to know which are friendly to investors.Also, the school's student body grows larger each year. 2 year lag between incoming class and when they move off campus.
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10 September 2015 | 8 replies
I've always had an interest in real estate -- as a kid I spent a lot of time playing with various home design programs, learning how to use AutoCAD from my dad and watching HGTV (LOL yes I was kind of a dork!).
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4 September 2015 | 1 reply
I am a single parent of two young children, mixed Filipino, Japanese and Spanish, 7th child of 7 siblings that grew up in Northern California, with degrees in Fashion Design and Psychology, 17 years of experience in Intellectual Property law, and owner of a California corporation.
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4 November 2015 | 36 replies
We did the design, carpentry, painting, kitchen/bathroom/office install and every other little thing involved.
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12 September 2015 | 20 replies
If you don't want this to happen, you could instead designate the Mortgage Interest account type as a "non-operating expense".
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15 September 2015 | 10 replies
Honestly, this site and the podcasts are excellent ways to get a variety of opinions on a given topic to help you narrow your focus and start designing your business model.I am still on the hunt for my first flip <fingers crossed I am looking at a property tomorrow> but NOVA is challenge as I learned our foreclosure rates are really low.
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7 September 2015 | 2 replies
My husband is extremely handy, and I have design sense.
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14 September 2015 | 8 replies
Very different home designs here then in ny so what i would normally do in a rehab there wouldnt apply here in some cases.
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29 September 2019 | 34 replies
It's designed for big banks and online institutions to make quick credit decisions for the average consumer who has 3 credit cards, a student loan, a house payment, and a car loan.