Real estate

A detailing of the design development and its requirements of the project are set forth in the following section. 2.1 Background The site location’s address for the design project is 2764 Cedar Avenue - Penticton, British Columbia (see Figure 6). The terrain itself poses challenges for the team that is attributable to the unique steep topography the site location is situated on. 2764 Cedar Avenue is classified as a hillside development and requires adherence to strict guidelines set out by the…

Is gentrification overall good or bad? It’s impossible to say with certainty. Like most issues, there’s positive and negative aspects. One of the biggest issues with gentrification is housing. Gentrifiers aim to rebuild and revitalize housing areas, modernizing and remodeling buildings to get them up to middle-class standard. When successful, this helps the community and draws in a new crowd. Updated urban living areas are a huge draw for those who want to live in the heart of the city. On…

appearance, and aluminum or vinyl on the exterior side, which reduces the need for upkeep. You can even buy vinyl frames with the color of wood and texture of wood grain for frames that look like expensive hardwood, but require none of the maintenance of real…

Becoming a landlord is easy. Operating a successful property management company, especially is you're managing multiple properties, can be overwhelming for many first-time landlords. Here are five tips to get you started on the right path to boost profits and control operating expenses. Tips for Managing Multifamily Homes & Different Property Types When establishing performance expectations, make certain you set realistic goals. For example, expecting a small apartment complex in a mixed…

Voluntary home buyouts are used by the Harris County Flood Control District to reduce flood damages in areas hopelessly deep in the floodplain where structural flood damage reduction projects, like channel modifications or detention basins, are not cost effective and/or beneficial. Generally, these are homes that should have never been built. More than 60 percent of the county was developed before floodplain regulations were implemented in the 1980s. The Flood Control District’s Voluntary Home…

A Review of the Marika-Alderton House Marika-Alderton House (photo 1) which was completed in 1994 was designed for an aboriginal artist, Banduk Marika and her partner. It is located in the Northern Territory, Australia. The house was built with mainly hardwood and plywood with steel frame. The architect, Glenn Murcutt who is a British-born Australian designed this house to show the ideology of environmental and cultural values. He spend three years researching on the aboriginal culture,…

Supermarket, a large form of the traditional grocery store, which is considered the best place to spend money on food are likely to have an adverse effect on customer’s health according to researchers. In the article “The Supermarket: Prime Real Estate,” Marion Nestle discusses how supermarkets design and control their features to make influences on shopping behaviors in order to gain more money from purchasers. Specifically, she argues buyer choices are being manipulated by food companies and…

The general rule of Internal Revenue Code Section 721 contains that no gain or loss shall be recognized to a partnership or to any of its partners in the case of a contribution of property to the partnership in exchange for an interest in the partnership.(1. 721(a)). This rule applies when partners make contribution to the partnership. In this section, the property includes various types of assets. Such as cash, inventory, land, equipment, obligations, etc. During the time when two or more…

The intention of mortgage interest deduction is to promote homeownership. Increase in homeownership has wider societal benefits, for instance causing homeowners to improve the conditions of their homes and be more engaged in their neighborhoods than if they were only paying rents. Little of the benefits of deductions go to households that have homeownership problems. In fact, most homeowners face serious housing cost burdens, which mean that they are paying more than 50% of their earnings for…

After talking to my friend and reading the land title of his potential house I’ve noticed a few problems. The land title itself has several caveats that caught my intention right away. The first issue is that there is still a mortgage out on his property which could cause him to take over the mortgage if it has not been paid off yet. Secondly there is a possessory interest looking at the address I am lead to believe that it is related to the fence issue that he talked to me about. This could…