Luckily, we don’t have problem with the fixtures at home yet. Whether you are building a new home, renovating or upgrading your fixtures, we know there are things to remember. The important thing to check about plumbing fixtures such as kitchen sinks, water closets, faucets, etc., is whether they are of good or poor quality. There are many substandard and cheap fixtures in the market and we don’t want them to break while in service. So when buying from kitchen sink outlets it helps if you specify the brand name or specifications or model of the fixture to be used, not much of a problem since they have wide collection of kitchen plumbing fixtures.
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$1.75 home
Alright, dear readers. We have seen buy-one-take-one homes, but a $1.75 home? I don’t know but it makes me sad. The house location is in Saginaw, Michigan which has been economically depressed, and is auctioned on eBay in which there were eight bidders, one of whom, the winning bidder, is a 30 year old woman from Chicago, Joanne Smith. Back taxes and yard cleanup cost is approximately $850.
Time to buy
The time to buy real estate is when others are shying away and many homes are put on sale. A crashing stock market is one of pessimism and many investors, fearing further drop in earnings will try to sell their houses to minimize losses. Pessimism, how could we have good profit?
Sell house easily
Buying a house is not a spur of a moment decision, and even when you are decided already, we have to do our homework too. If you have been very careful in checking out the house before you bought it, taking into considerations all factors such as the neighborhood (location, location and location), the transportation factor, crime rate, adaptability of the house, and the price factor, the best house that you bought is also the best reason why the house will be easy to sell in the future.
Best Places to Live
If there is one thing that cannot be changed in purchasing a home, it is the location of the unit. Of course we want to live in a good neighborhood. So what makes a place livable? Worldwide consultants say that the following factors contribute to the livability of a place among others:
- Level of traffic congestion
- Air quality
- Personal safety.
In the larger scale, the World’s Best Places to Live in the 2008 survey by Mercer Consulting are lead by Zurich:
- Zurich, Switzerland
- Vienna, Austria
- Geneva, Switzerland
- Vancouver, Canada
- Auckland, New Zealand
- Dusseldorf, Germany
- Munich, Germany
- Frankfurt, Germany
- Bern, Switzerland
- Sydney, Australia
Article: The world’s best places to live 2008
Buy one take one home
On June 3, 2008, it was seen in Escondido, California that row homes which were originally valued at $400,000 each were offered at half their price in a ‘buy one, get one free’ deal. We know that homes are not a very liquid asset. It may take some time to find a buyer for a house even for savvy investors. Is the market that bad? It seems realtors are under very great pressure as to go to the extent of selling buy-one-take-one homes. It actually makes it a very good time to buy houses, which sadly only make the profits worth lesser. As it is said, you make a profit on your home not when you sell, but when you buy.