Smiling JOe
SoWal Expert
A BeachBuilder. Good, we need to hear another point of view. Welcome.
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Auction on two lots in WaterColor
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AAbsolute
Banned
Is it o.k. with you if I share my point of view too? Maybe I can steer a person or two away from getting upside down $250,000. That might be nice for a family with kids preparing for college.
P.S., if someone is going to delete this can I get a courtesy note please? I'm trying to keep people out of trouble.
BeachSiO2
Beach Fanatic
AA don't know if you noticed this but some of the threads you have been reviving are 2-3 years old when the diversity of the board was much smaller and there weren't many competing points of view. The common knowledge then is much different then now with the exception being Shelly.
As for you trying to help others not get upside down, I say help as many as you can so we don't bail them out later....
AAbsolute
Banned
AA don't know if you noticed this but some of the threads you have been reviving are 2-3 years old when the diversity of the board was much smaller and there weren't many competing points of view. The common knowledge then is much different then now with the exception being Shelly.
As for you trying to help others not get upside down, I say help as many as you can so we don't bail them out later....
Sowal posts Threads of Similar Interests at the bottom of a lot of the Threads I read. What could be better than these types of group analysis of recent history? Who would knock down an opportunity to become truly informed? I figure those Simlar Threads are there for a good reason.
Smiling JOe
SoWal Expert
aabsolute, I give you the award for bringing back the most ancient threads.
BeachSiO2
Beach Fanatic
I agree that discussing some old threads is often a good practice. My thought was more along the lines of addressing a three year old post as if it was written yesterday. It's more along the presentation of the thought. Maybe something more along the lines of....
Then you could even leave off the P.S. and possibly get business. The current tone might not entice possible clients that you could actually help.
Smiling JOe
SoWal Expert
Now, I am wondering what a builder can do, other than buying the lot at 2005 prices, to get the seller above water.
AAbsolute
Banned
I'm not always looking for business....maybe about 5% of the time.
In this case the style and materials of home they were all chatting about cost under $100 per square foot, materials only. I have brought this up several times and no Builder or Architect on Sowal has ever denied it as a fact. Doesn't anyone understand that with hard costs under $100 per square foot someone is making loads of money on one home?
AAbsolute
Banned
I've seen you quote construction costs several times. What was the costs of materials only per square foot for the home type you were talking about?
Do you think it's o.k. for a group to take $200,000 profit on a 4 month job only to leave the customer/owner/neighbor upside down 6 figures? That overpriced construction nonsense only works when groups of professionals all sing the same tune. I have been told personally how John Doe is wrecking a good thing by charging "X" I feel terrible for anyone who was given a referral to a builder overcharging the public. You know as well as I do that there were also referral fees from Builders to Realtors, sometimes at illigitimate inside deal rates.