Real Estate

Everyone says to buy my first home as a short sale or foreclosure, but I am not sure how to find these properties. Do people really buy them or do they just go on market like regular homes?

It would help if I knew what state you were in. Or looking in. Please let me know and I can give you more detail.

We are pcsing. I have to find homes for two of my dogs. I am trying to post them. I want to ensure they have good homes. The site I am trying to post them on says post with a fee to ensure good homes. I am not exactly sure what that means. Can someone please help me! I love them so much and want the best for them.

It means that you should charge a small adoption fee, maybe around $20-$50 for each dog. This will discourage people who would use them for dog fighting or sell them to research clinics.

I am thinking of buying a new home in Virginia and was wondering if a using the mortage company associated with a builder was better, or had advatanges over the traditional bank or mortgage company? Who has more liberial on their requirements?

the mortage companies associated with a builder are simply banks/mortgage companies that have an agreement with that builders. So there is really no difference. The plus of working with the builders recommended lender is they often have special incentives like $2000 towards closing costs or a few months no payments. But its best to shop around try out one of the builders lenders, your bank and try a mortgage broker (my personal recommendation they have access to many more programs than a bank or mortgage company).

Looking at a spec home in a large development that is not selling well. They already discounted it from $249k to $207k

How much profit is there in these homes? How desperate are builders to get rid of these homes?

Will major home builders majorly negotiate the prices down even further, or do they stick to their asking price?

Well obvioulsy they can’t afford to take a loss or bring money to the closing table. They may negotiate at this point. But don’t get your hopes up for more than what you’ve seen so far. And if you know that they’ve reduced by $40,000, maybe that is as low as they can go.

Can someone point me to a good consumer-oriented website or offer advice on the steps toward getting a custom home built? My wife and I have a couple lots in mind, we’re narrowing down a list of floor plans. We could use some guidance as far what tasks — and in what order — we should be planning for.

the process is going to be different for different areas. i would recommend going to amazon.com and buying a few books on how to be your own general contractor, and how to build your own home. (i have i think is called "building your own home on a shoe string") some go into more detail than others. but read a few and get aquainted with some of the terms and such. they will also go through the steps.
but here are the basic steps.
1) find /buy land. make sure it meets all of your requirements, and the local requirements for building. consider a perk test, septic planning, access roads, frontage, any minimum size requirements.
2) site planning. where is the septic located (or are you on town sewer and water). where is the house going, where is the well going (if not on town water) where is the electric going to come in from. and which way will the house be oriented (stake out the corners)
3) excavation and foundation (this will go off the plans that you have decided on) (be prepared for the unexpected, who knows what they will find when they dig)
4) framing
5) skinning (roof and exterior walls and maybe siding, windows) inside is now protected from the elements)
6) electric, plumbing, hvac
7) insulating
interior walls, floors, ceilings
9) appliances, painting, finish electrical and plubing fixtures.
10) final walkthrough, cleanup, touchup.

those are the basics

Are luxury apartment homes only for lease or can you buy to own?

In New York City you can buy an apt. costing 45 million. and up

own company that they work with? and if i can buy seperate is it cheaper? i love PalmHarbor modular homes but i live in PA and im not sure if i can buy it cheaper than a builder?

Modular homes are made in a factory. You can have your own builder erect one on your site. Find out how far you are from the manufacturing plant. If you are far, the transportation costs will be enormous.

Suppose that the number of homes built can be modeled by an exponential function, H= p * at , where p is the number of new homes built in the first year recorded.

If you were a homebuilder looking for work, would you prefer that the value of a to be between 0 and 1 or larger than 1?

Explain your reasoning.

You want the value of a to be larger than 1.

This comes down to the growth rate. If we continually multiply a number by a fraction (between 0 and 1) then the end result will always be smaller than the original.

However if we continually multiply by a number larger than 1 then the amount will increase.

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