Real Estate

If you have a suspended license in Ohio for OVI conviction and the court gives you limited driving privileges to work and home, can you stay at two homes? Like home and your partners place? Or are you only limited to what address you give them?
To clarify it’s going to and from work to one house one night and another residence another night after work.

That would not be permitted, only your permanent residence would be acceptable.}{

We are thinking about buying a new home built by K Hovnanian but are unsure of the quality of the houses they built. We heard mixed review. We would like to get home owner’s inputs.

Check this business out with the Better Business Bureau, other wise talk with some of there customers. A realtor may have an idea of who to contact, as they work with a lot of builders.

I Have already began plans on building our own home. We have a lot already selected and enough to pay 20-50% down on the total amount of the loan for the land and the home. I would like to hear from anyone out there that has already built their custom home recently so I know how to go about getting the conventional loan, what to watch out for, what tricks to follow that were learned by others, etc. Any insight or experience in this is appreciated!

I’m a real estate appraiser and have done many plans& spec custom built homes over the years. I have only once ever see one come in on budget by the time they finished. Most are 15-25% over budget. I’ve seen run one 50% over. Here’s the thing, you get a plan, get a builder, agree on the quote. The contract gives you the right to pick fixtures, flooring,etc up to a certain amount. You go shopping, and find the perfect tile for the kitchen, the perfect light fixture for over the dining table and it is only slightly over your allotted amount and this is your dream house so you agree to the extra. Before you know it, you are $40,000 over budget and calling the appraiser out again to see if the things you have done add any more value and you can up the loan amount. Think ahead, you will do this so- everyone does. So plan what you can afford to spend or borrow and initially spend 20% less – even with fighting to keep cost down, you will end up about where you want to be. Good luck.

OK me and my family want to go to this luxury home in Hawaii
http://www.fabulous-homes.com/villa.aspx?villa=110919
Any ideas how to get the money for that?
Thanks

It’s beautiful, but $3500 to $4000 a night is pretty extravagant for all but the ultra-rich. Unless you win the lottery, I think you need to choose more modest accommodations. I’ve seen some very nice looking 5-bedroom houses on the site below for as little as $115 a night for the first two guests plus $15 for each additional person. I’ve been to Hawaii three times and I never felt like the accommodations were the most important part of the trip. The point of going there is to see the sights, the beaches, the waterfalls, the rain forests, the snorkeling and diving sites, and other attractions. The rental house should be clean and comfortable, but it doesn’t have to be something out of Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous, because it’s basically just a place to sleep. If you’re really determined to splurge anyway, see if you can get some of your wealthiest friends to go along and share the expense with you. If your family doesn’t need all five bedrooms, you could have friends stay in the extra rooms.

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Here’s a more specific example of rental houses in that size range at more reasonable prices. If the pool and spa are important to you, you could probably find houses that include them for far less than $3500 a night:
http://www.hawaiiwego.com/

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Maybe this will help to put it in perspective. A 7-night stay at $3500 a night would be $24,500. That’s more than enough to buy a new car, which would last a lot longer than the vacation. If you don’t earn that much every week, I wouldn’t recommend spending that much in a week. You can experience all of the beauty of Hawaii without spending that much.