Once they start moving, they never stop. You will need to patch whatever ou use to fix it, every 5-8 years. This depends on how long you can tolerate the doors not shutting. If this guy flipped the house, he probably convinced the previous owners that the foudation was not repairable or needed a ton of money to fix, and then just patched the sheet rock and painted and let the next owner worry about it.

Structurally they will stay there forever, but cosmetically they stay a nightmare.

Tom, you going to steak night?

One of these guys can PM it to you. I don't have it nor need it at the moment.


Just relax....and slow Jenni down. You will find a place. I myself would let this guy stew on it. I would also put your realestate agent on the back burner. Let him or her stew on it as well. 3% of 167K is a nice little comission.

BTW i am sure Kelly would love to live in River Oaks but I told her we would live in April Sound.......

I don't think so....Have to get some things knocked out at the house

I see SPK1 lurking but not posting??? HHHHHHMMMMMM

He is catching up and taking a look at all of the great deals that were posted today.

Just caught up on a little light reading :rolleyes:

Im pretty bummed about missing sunday,, :mad: . That kind of hangover hasnt happenned to me since college. :rolleyes: . Its a dayum good thing creed, wade andy and jeff decided to keep the party rolling for a while, good times,, especially seeing how close andy can get to being arrested,,, with out actually being arrested,,I cant believe that one guy go pissed when andy took a bite into her titty,,but none the less,,the guy decided to calm down when he felt the cold shadow of creed, crowding up around him,, hehehe,, I asked the cop why the hell he didnt cuff him,, and he said that andy knew boss hog , or something like that. we may have a new habitual line crosser. Im house and dog sitting for a couple weeks,, so I will be in conroe often. Anybody got a hook up at that golds gym? Oh and If there is a steak night tonight let me know and I will be there. :drink:

I will be at steak night in 15 - 20, but am not staying all night.

Everyone knows you don't work out. :evilb:

Yea, but its a great place to sit on the edge of a bench press with more weight than I could lift with a forklift, and watch the ladies break a sweat. :evilb:

Im leaving the office now,

It was nice meeting you Boatman

yep nice metting you and your wife.:D

she had interesting jewrey......

Look guys,

I know jeff has an insurance perspective and I am not saying that what he is saying is necessarily wrong, but the structure is not the important thing here. People who buy homes in the heights don't buy homes for the homes, they buy homes for the land and the location. If you like those, buy the home, tear it down in 3-5 years, build a 3 story townhome like everyone else, live in it another 2-5- years, sell it and make 100gz. Those original homes are all falling apart, and they are all going to have the same problems. Most homes over 30 years old are going to have slab problems, whether it is slab, pier and beam, post tension, whatever. If the home is more important than the land and location, come up north and get a new home 2000ft bigger for the same money.

Also, never never never buy a home and give the earnest money check to the owner. That goes directly to the title company and registered as a receipt when the contract is delivered and the title is opened. Your realtor should be fired and sued for letting that happen. Always negotiate the biggest option period possible and do all the inspections inside that time frame, this will let you walk away from the contract at any time for the nominal fee it cost you. $10,$50,$100 or whatever, not the earnest money. Sorry to ramble, but I am a builder with 300 + homes under my belt and a real estate agent, and I hate to see people get taken advantage of.

Good info. Thanks for shooting Jeff between the eyes and letting me live:cool: I new you were a good guy:D

You took me on a real nice boatride Sunday, you are safe this week :D :drink:

you are right i am more interested in the land than i am the house,since there is alot of building going on in the area.several homes and lots on the same and next block have sold for 300k plus and half the size lot we are looking at. After thinking about it the good out weighs the bad and we are going to get it. Ther is no way i will lose money on this deal not with the location.

Also after getting home and checking with jenni no checks have been cashed. i guess i was alittle hot when i posted earlier. all the issue i can handle and none are in need of imediate attention

Just keep in mind the big picture. I am sure myself, bigandy, wstultz, and rcolter all being builders can help you out with whatever you can't handle.......oh and an honorary builder's degree goes out to jeffman, because he knows everything :p

Lets not foget Louie has 30 plus rent houses in that area:cool:

We shall take you under our wing:D

I noticed you did not mention Lefty nor JoeW. I would not mention Lefty....either:evilb: :evilb: But JoeW, does has feelings too:D :D

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What an inspiring vision statement

I dont think I would let 5k of fixer uppers get in the way of a deal that has 70% of its value in land and location. I have seen some people do some pretty profitable turn arounds in that area, So if the place your looking at is nice enough that you would move right in, and its in an area of growth, like you stated before,, I dont think you can lose, I was looking at a loft on rosewood, 3story town home, as they were building it I had it for$150,000 to $160,000, I tryed to hardball, and got pushy because the things were not built yet. The builder, decided to lease it instead,, I believe that one goes for $300k now, appreciated like that in a year. That houston downtown midtown memorial etc. market moves pretty quickly, so if you feel you have something, grab it.
http://www.mdgilofts.com/details.cfm...ID=50&port=yes

back to regularly scheduled program:drink: :drink: :D :frog: :fish:

yep it took the ride home to think about the money we could miss out on so we decided it was a no lose situation.

they have a few of those town homes down the street i think they sold for 450 to 600k 3 story brick in blocks of 4:eek:

I heard this was SPK1's new rig....never ran hard


http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/42-Ci...QQcmdZViewItem

that is one ugly cig

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who the hell are you punk?:hothead:

looks like someone took me seriously.

he is just the current owner:D

Yea, you have to be quicker with the IM just kidding when Richard is actually on line,, or else you dieeee,,, hehe.

How bout it for Tom,, with the upsell,, I havent been in the dealership for a while,, but whats the "term" for that bonus you put on certain specialty cars for the month or high ticket items,,Cause thats gonna be ur new nickname tom. :evilb: :evilb:

Boat looked pretty cool when I saw it running that sonic a while back,, looks like a cig Bullet on Roids and viagra at the same time,,, SchweeeeeTTT!:evilb: :cool:

i know thats your boss thats why i said it. I wanted to see what your reaction was. Have a good day at work tomorrow:evilb:

i guess i forgot the this:evilb:

What the hell is LEfty doing posting under BY U's name again?? :evilb:

shush don't give me away:D :D

Yes I am sorry Lefty and Joew, your name should have been included also. I guess my statement was aimed more at lining up contractors for By U boy, I think lefty and joew are more affiliated with the sales side of the biz, but certainly I shouldn't included them as well....sorry....:p

Hey now, no scamming the webpage for quotes...... :eek:

Here is another webpage you can scam from faagggss....just did some updating

http://www.myspace.com/chadstultz

You bunch of damn investment tycoons. Who buys a house just for the lot?? :D

Oh and Trojan - man you are gay for posting myspace.
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