I'm sure the Ontario power folks would love an extra 2700 x pretty well every house that is currently heated with a gas furnace.

We knew we weren't building a ton of equity when we did the renovations (we spent extra on some niceties because we will live in it for a few years until we want to rent it).

That being said, if you have the extra money to raise a house, now may be the time to strike in Staten Island!

He said he wanted to redeem for 125-127K, basically make extra 5-7k.

Chances are they already have one written that you could use, or at least modify with minimal extra cost.

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Not to mention keeping the extra $59k more liquid.Take my opinion with a grain of salt, I'm inexperienced, and what seems to make sense on the surface, may not in the long run.

All of the extra paperwork, expenses, and added liability seemed not to be worth the small transaction fee I pay to a 100% broker. 

In two weeks, I will enroll in realtor school to hopefully come back here and offer some local non-realtors my time in giving info (I currently live on the MLS watching and searching) towards comps, searches, listings, or sellings  to gain some extra "how its done" real-time knowledge.Keeping this short, I will be trolling the forums.  

If you don't have extra carpet, at least it can be moved to someplace.