Divorce/seperation has a dramatic impact on life styles.

Your decisions and actions will have a definite impact on others in the company, and you’ll take pride in that and naturally want to continue growing there.

But how big of an impact would something like an elementary school play?

You need to know about flood plains, platting, topography mapping, road design, drainage design, water distribution systems and design, coordinate with utility companies, construction staking and final lot staking.You need to have an environemntal site assessment from a geotechnical firm, find out about any and all impact fees and permit fees, and possibly off site drainage improvements, off-site sanitary sewer extension, & on & off site water pressure measurements from the fire department to the hydrants.

I would think that a bankrupt SS system would have a major impact in all of this mess.

They don't build the roads, run the utilities, do the subdivision permitting, handle the stormwater design, environmental issues, zoning, grading, or anything else that goes into building a residential subdvision.There is a huge amount of expense involved with getting a site "pad ready" for a builders like these and unfortunately there are no "rules of thumb" that are going to let you quickly estimate what this is going to cost.You have a lot of due diligence to do my friend before you go down this road.For starters,Is the land even zoned to build these single family homes on it?

Im starting to think region has more of an impact then I thought.

My business is lower-end, inner-city, and from my personal experience, what I do is positive.•Vacant houses return to the tax roles providing more revenues for local government•Rehabilitated property reduces that impact of housing shortages•Investors utilize many resources from agents, lenders and appraisers to title agencies, attorneys, construction crews, landscapers and on and on•Incomes are generated and local businesses are patronized •A flourishing housing market equals a flourishing economy•And I help other aspiring entrepreneurs become successful real estate investorsIn 1999, after a year of reading books, “harassing†other investors and faxing typed letters from the floor of my apartment (Yes, with a typewriter.

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Tapping the LOC will impact your FICO more than getting new loans for purchase.I could go on, but the net is, I would recommend against it.