Entries from Dan Melson's Website tagged with 'builder'

New Consumer Article August 18th, 2008

Today's new consumer article is Finding or Creating a "Green" or Eco-Friendly House, a short discussion of some of the issues involved in creating a dwelling that's less stressful to the environment....

The History of Suburban Housing

For at least the last thirty years, I've been hearing "affordable housing" advocates yammer about the high cost of housing, and how working families can no longer afford "decent" housing, which they apparently consider to be the three or...

Relocation Loans and Developer Issues

From an e-mail: I live in (City 1) and recently signed a work order on a semi-custom new construction house in (City 2). My wife and I make a combined 120K income and still can't afford a decent place in...

Developers and Conditional Incentive Money to Use Their Lender

Good Evening! My name is DELETED and my wife and I recently signed papers to purchase a property from DELETED in DELETED, CA. After our options, their lot premium, and the elevation charge, the house is listed at 425,000....

Why You Want A Buyers Agent To Deal With Developers

Not too long ago I got an email from an ex-prospect who decided to buy a developer's property without a buyer's agent. They persuaded her that she would get a better deal without them having to pay a buyer's agent...

Builder Upgrades

What I still am unclear on is the pool and how (in my opinion) it's crazy to finance $40,000 into a mortgage when you *plan* on refinancing in a few years. By *plan* I mean you take out a...