Thursday, July 08, 2004
After several nights of loan calculating in Coronado, I'm ready to face the lenders, mostly with more questions. Banks make their money somehow, somewhere, so it's just a matter of finding their sweet spot; sometimes it's the "foundation survey," draw fees (oh, so you _want_ the money we said we'd loan to you? It'll cost you each time we issue some ...), whatever.
My flight was delayed out of PDX for a couple hours, so I went to the Powell's and got the only development-related book I could find: Building Real Estate Riches!!!! It's hokey for sure, but I learned some things. The writer aimed at the McMansion builders of the world, advocating somewhat cheesy cost-cutting measures of all kinds, but he did come through with a great for-dummies chapter on financing. And there were some good laugh-out-loud sentences, like "Great landscaping is nice, but don't go crazy" and "Build to match the neighboring homes [not sure how McMansions fit into all of that]. For example, people talk about 'that bubble house,' 'that George Jetson house' -- don't be that house."
The bigleaf maple looks awesome with the dead wood taken out of it, like a fresh haircut. The arborist took a bunch of pictures while he was climbing around in the canopy, too, so I have an idea of the potential views.
My flight was delayed out of PDX for a couple hours, so I went to the Powell's and got the only development-related book I could find: Building Real Estate Riches!!!! It's hokey for sure, but I learned some things. The writer aimed at the McMansion builders of the world, advocating somewhat cheesy cost-cutting measures of all kinds, but he did come through with a great for-dummies chapter on financing. And there were some good laugh-out-loud sentences, like "Great landscaping is nice, but don't go crazy" and "Build to match the neighboring homes [not sure how McMansions fit into all of that]. For example, people talk about 'that bubble house,' 'that George Jetson house' -- don't be that house."
The bigleaf maple looks awesome with the dead wood taken out of it, like a fresh haircut. The arborist took a bunch of pictures while he was climbing around in the canopy, too, so I have an idea of the potential views.
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