All Forum Posts by: Nate Wightman

@Garry C. Maybe you could label them CGarryO... then use all you want and sell the rest to others who don't want to pay $5 .. $4 sounds good :)

@Dan Perrott  Hi Tracy, I think Dan is right.. what i have heard is that the price history is based on public docs.  so that is what it is. to change it you need to change whatever public doc. is bugging you.

The market value is what he is willing to pay and you are willing to accept... there is not  a to much or to little.  why don't you come up with a cost $14000 (pick a number) to hire the surveyor and do the process with the city.

could you live in one unit for a year??  that might allow you a lower down payment??

Nick... oil companies are laying off lots in Colorado..... you might be able to get the price down some due to this if oil was big in the area you are looking

@Matt Schubert hi Matt.. try searching your question in the search platform top right... I have seen this post  before and I think you would find it helpful.

@Sharon Tukay try a google search of the names and get a phone # or address...

@Jordan Lagrassa  so, Jordan   knob and tube wiring is very old... it is called this because they would run single wires thru spaces and attach the wire to a porcelain knob so it wouldn't contact the wood for the most part and when the wire came up to a wood member to pass thru it they would drill an oversized hole and slide in a porcelain tube kinda like a mouthpiece on a trumpet....kinda and then run the wire thru this tube.  the wires were typically insulated and none of this is a really big deal... however when they would splice into this wire they would strip off some insulation and just twist a second wire onto the original... this is problematic.  if a house has knob and tube you can almost always see it in the attic or crawl space.  lots of times it would be associated with a fuse panel instead of a breaker panel... little screw out fuses little smaller than a golfball.  

Now aluminum wiring started in the 40s or 50s??  if you look in the breaker panel you can tell it is not copper.  probably in several million homes??  I believe the current fix is to crimp on pigtails to all ends and replace the old switches and outlets... varies but think it is running $2500 to $5500 per house to correct... aluminum vibrates when it gets a little loose causing resistance and then heat.. hence the problem.

lots of homes have black pipe or steel pipe water lines used a lot in older homes and it is OK but it rusts inside and then as the corrosion continues the pipe gets weak at the joints mostly and often can fill up  and restrict water flow

all this being said I have seen extension cords run behind finished walls,  I have heard people removing 40amp breakers and replacing with 50amp breakers because the 40amp keeps tripping.  Just be aware of what you have and if you don't like knob and tube then don't buy it.. if you don't like lead paint then don't buy it.  Vermiculite insulation bad then don't buy it. 

if your house has knob and tube wiring and a cracked chimney tile you may want to fix the chimney tile before worrying about the knob and tube.. 

some people are OK speeding by schools and some of us are not.  some are ok driving with bad brakes and no tread tires  and some of us would rather not.  risk and ethics are similar and personal. 

hope this has helped but not so sure it answers your questions. keep laughing and be a good human.

another interesting link   https://nmhc.org/Content.aspx?id=4708#Type_of_Stru...

this one on resident demographics... says we have 117 million living units in the US

and has some state stats as well as national #s

@Eric Bilderback great article .. the one supply demand chart is telling.  Where or what  is this opportunity??  high density land...