All Forum Posts by: Mike Reynolds

Mike Osterman The land that the RV park will be on will be half mine as I am providing the money to build the park. It will be my father and me as a 50/50 split. It is 5 lots on a street that dead ends into the bay. The neighbors land goes to the highway so with his land I will own all the way from highway to bay.

He lost his house during the hurricane and bought an RV to live in but lives in Beaumont now and wants to move back. He wanted me to provide him with a sewer tap and water so he could move back and has offered me an option for 99 years if I provide that for him. The sewer I will be paying for anyway and his part of the water bill will be nominal.

I know I dont need a 99 year option but that is what he offered because he really wants to move back. He is motivated to give me an option but I just want both parties involved to benefit without any hassles.

I am working on a deal and I really want the property next door also. I will be building an RV park and I have been asked for free sewer and water by the neighbor. He has offered to give me an option (99 yrs) to buy his properties for this privilege. Here is my questions

Can I do an option with this spelled out as payment?

He has no heirs, and beyond the age of having any, so if he passes away before I exercise it what happens to the option?

What if he happened to adopt. (could happen I guess) I dont want to shell out 99 years worth of water and sewer.

How would I word it if I want to exercise it before he is ready. He will be living in an RV so I could just move him to a spot and let him pay rent too or even work it out in a new deal I guess but not sure how to work this out.

Pictures would really help a lot but If I had to venture a guess I would say the pier wall may not have enough steel in it. Built in the sixty's it probably has 3/8" bar in it instead of 5/8" that's required now. If its a pier and beam house though all may not be lost. You really only need true support under the main piers and not all the way throughout. Problem there may be that the mains may be what is cracking or maybe not if it is lacking in proper reinforcement.

What does the ridge and eave look like? Are they straight or sagged where the cracks are? Run a string from front to back door if you can and check for a sag in the middle of the house in as many places as you can. Hope it works out OK for you.

Jon Klaus and Tom Devost Thanks that does help. What would this classification be in the deal I am trying to work:
Bay front area totally wiped out by Hurricane Ike (only one house left standing in a 5 mile radius). BUt in the last four years there have been some buildings come back. Not as many as I would expect because it seems slow for an area that close to the water. (300- 1000 yds from ocean to bay) I am going to build a small RV park there.

Would this be a B with a potential to become an A?

May sound like a dumb question, but I am new here. What is a B area? Is that more bad than good neighborhood?

Samantha M. It will come in all shapes and sizes. You may have to go and pick the slab out at the granite vendor. Are you going to do the install on your own?

Is that a pier and beam house or am I looking at it wrong?

Joshua Dorkin, I am trying to get some pics on this PC. My old LT crashed and burned and I need to do some uploads on here. Or maybe I can find some on FB.

Mike M. I am from Nacogdoches. I see your from Longview. I was just up that way last month.

Hi Saundra. Welcome yourself.

Well, you can look here if you have the time:
http://www.sdcounty.ca.gov/pds/zoning/index.html

Or you could just ask your local planning and zoning committee. They may even have to vote on it. If they do then good luck with that.