I have told you about a couple of my friends that have moved and built the home of their dreams and Schumacher Homes was the home builder for all of them. Well here we go again. Since another of my friends is also friends with the ones that had new homes built, now they are getting Schumacher Homes to build them their new home in Houston too. Imagine that. How many people do you know that have had them to build a home for them? I must admit they know how to build a beautiful home and that’s who I would go to if I was looking to build a new home too.
What can make or break your move?
Sure the real estate market is a bit tough but a quality real estate agent can make or break your move. When you are moving out of state, you have to seek out a good Realtor and fayetteville real estate is one of the best if you are planning a move to Arkansas. They will go above and beyond to find just the right house for you and your family. Unlike a lot of others, they wont’ try and push you into something that you’re not really interested in. They push to find what you’re looking for. With all of the problems with the housing market, that’s very important if you ask me. I don’t like being pushed into anything I don’t really want and you shouldn’t either. They’re there to help you, not just help themselves.
Visited a friend in Houston last weekend
When Katrina hit, a lot of friends moved away and I really can’t say as I blame them either. I went to visit a friend that settled in Houston. She had a beautiful home built by Schumacher Homes for her there. It seems like all of my friends are contacting Schumacher homes for their custom homes they’re wanting to have built. I have been in three of them and man are they not only beautiful, but they’re well built too. Not like a lot of other contractors that you have to keep calling to fix what they messed up throughout the building process. These are wonderful homes inside and out.
Finishing up the last apartment
Well by next weekend, the last apartment will be finished and they can start moving in there too. I have thoroughly enjoyed remodeling the upstairs into apartments for my people that work for me. It really has been quite satisfying to know that they really appreciate what I have done. There are all new appliances in every apartment and stainless steel sinks in every kitchen. The cabinets are beautiful. The tile on the kitchen and bathroom floors look better than I imagined they would too. The laminate flooring and even the large area rugs I purchased for the living rooms just made the whole room.
Some people think I’m crazy but I painted every room the colors the people that were moving in picked out and then bought curtains to go with the paint or their furniture, if they had furniture. I think my contractor and they guys that helped did a wonderful job too. They put extra insulation between the apartments so the ones with kids wouldn’t bother their neighbor. Now how thoughtful was that? I think I’m going to do the same thing with the top floor too. But they need to be one bedroom apartments so no kids are bouncing off the ceiling of the lower apartments though.
Well they’ll be moving in this weekend
Well the apartments are all but finished and they’ll be moving in this weekend. There’s still a bit to do on the three bedroom apartment but the others are finished. Everyone is so excited about making the move. I am too because I know that everyone will now have a good place to live and their kids will be looked after too.
I look at most of my employees as my family like I have told you before so it’s only natural that I would want them to have a good place to live then. Now they have just that. I know they appreciate it too because the smiles on thier faces show just how much it is appreciated. Besides, if it doesn’t work out for one of them, I do have it to rent to others but I’m sure they’ll all be happy right here. I hope so anyway.
About that apartment building
I told you about someone offering me an apartment building at a great price, remember? Well I had someone go out and inspect everything and he said the land was worth more than the property. The best I could do was to have it torn down and build anything else there.
Well I guess you know what that means then don’t you? I told them that I sure appreciated them offering the building to me but right now, I’m in over my head with the apartments I’m having build over my establishment. I didn’t want to sound rude and tell them they were trying to unload an overload of problems on me but that’s what it was.
So if you haven’t learned anything else from me, learn that you never look a gift horse in the mouth. Have it checked thoroughly before you jump on anything.
Life sure is funny sometimes
You know how you can be just going along minding your own business when all of a sudden something comes along and changes everything? Do you know what I mean? Well that’s sort of what happened today. Here I am trying to get these four apartments finished so the people that work for me can move in and what do you know, a whole apartment building was offered to me to buy.
Now I’m not talking a bunch of money either. I’m talking cheap, as in thousands and not millions like you would think. Well I’m thinking about it but the first thing I’m going to do is have someone really check the place out and make sure it’s not someone else’s problem they are trying to put off on me.
I just might borrow money for the apartments
You know, it might not be too smart to take my savings and build the apartments over my business. With the economy as it is, I might need to hang on to my money and just get a business loan. Sure the apartments will help my business but most of the people that will live in them already work for me and basically will trade work for rent. Some of them have other jobs and work for me part-time but that’s okay as long as they make enough working part-time to pay for the apartment.
I was checking out online business loans and found one that also provides Franchise Loans. I’m not looking to buy a franchise but it’s good to know there are finance companies that will provide funds for someone that’s looking to buy a franchise.
One thing I did do is get a credit card machine. I didn’t have one and there have been a lot of people asking to charge or use their debit cards. Now I can put a sign in my window saying I now accept credit cards and debit cards. I bet that will help my business too. In fact, I’m pretty sure it will. Not to mention, there’s not a million papers you have to fill out with these guys. It was easy to get everything I needed.
Man lost his house
You have to watch the city government sometimes and this seems even more true in Detroit, Michigan. There are lots of houses that are on the list to be demolished because they are in such bad shape. Well it seems a man bought one of them for $7,000 and got it taken off of the demolition list. He had put about $30,000 into repairs in the house, went by one day and couldn’t find his house. It seems the city put it back on the demolition list and didn’t tell him.
“I drove up and down the street three times – where is my house?” Roslonski said. His lawyer, Jeffrey Dworin, said the house was taken off a demolition list, then apparently reinstated without Roslonski’s knowledge. “It happens,” Dworin said.
A message seeking comment was left with the city’s law department, which was closed for the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday Monday.
Roslonski is suing Detroit for his losses under a federal civil rights law. He fixed another house on the same street and sold it for $85,000. “I see all these boarded-up and burned-out houses. I’m trying to make the city a better place,” he said.
Can you imagine that happening to you? It happened a lot down here but most of the houses were not being repaired so they should have been torn down. This man was fixing the house. I hope he wins his case.
Moving right along
Boy I tell you what, these guys are working like mad men and on the weekend at that. I am totally amazed at what they have gotten done in just a couple of days. It’s a shame you can’t find good help like these guys on every job but there seems to be more that want to earn big bucks for doing nothing. I’m sorry but you have to work in this world if you want to make something of yourself and for yourself. That’s what my father taught me. It’s a shame it’s not still being taught.
As fast as they are moving, I need to start looking at flooring, kitchen appliances, kitchen and bathroom cabinets, lighting and so much more. I have decided that I’m not going to paint the walls with anything but the primer and then let who ever moves in pick out the colors they want and then paint the rooms. I hate everything one color. I do like a white room but not everyone does. If I was to choose my colors, someone else might think it’s ugly to them. Everyone is different in how they like their living space decorated so I will at least let them paint their own apartments.