All Forum Posts by: Michael Stole

Can any one recommend some title insurance providers in Ottawa? Thanks.

Thanks for all the replies.

My another concern is that when I sell the house later on, a low appraisal value may give me an headache.

Here come the floor plans that I draw. Any other suggestions on changes on the structure of the house?

Main:

Second level:

Basement:

I am thinking of buying and holding in Chicago as well.

Jim, is this company called American Homes 4 Rent? They are buying crazy in mid west and rent them out.

This is a highly competitive job. You have to be smart, diligent and aggressive, just like any business.

Thanks. I will have an engineer come to check. Even for load bearing walls, what I learned is that I can still remove or cut them as long as I put beams above.

This one will be my primary residence, so lower appraisal is good on the other hand since I pay less tax. But this just makes me question my analysis.

Sorry the pictures do not come out right. Tried but still could not fix it.

But if you click on the links you are directed to the pictures.

This is a classic center hall house. The stair faces the entrance, with the living room on the left hand side and dinning room and kitchen on the right hand side. I will try to draw a floor plan and upload later on.

My question is will you remove these walls to make it open space (shown in the pictures)? Wall 1 separates living room from the hall way, Wall 2 separates hall way from the dinning room, and Wall 3 separates the dinning from the kitchen.

If walls are removed, you will be able to see all the rooms from the main entrance, so will definitely lose privacy but enjoy much more open space.

[img]http://www.flickr.com/photos/62438301@N05/9456726004/[/img]

[img]http://www.flickr.com/photos/62438301@N05/9453943285/[/img]

Have to cover some area in the picture to protect the privacy of the current owner.