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If your primary motivation is saving the money then my advice to you is to be patient, wait for the pricing to drop and just buy an existing home.
The market for move-up homes in the outlying areas – which is what it sounds like you’re driving at – is already pretty weak and will only get weaker as this current trend continues. Sooner or later those prices will drop below their respective costs of construction.
Not only will you save the money, you’ll save the time and the effort and the uncertainty. As someone else already noted, construction projects can be very stressful for the non-professionals, and marriages sometimes don’t withstand that added stress.
If you’re absolutely set on building your own home, use a general contractor to get the foundation, framing, roofing and sheathing completed, and then do the finishes yourself. During a housing bust it’s not hard to find a contractor who will work at a reasonable or even minimal profit margin just to keep their crew together.
BugsParticipantIf your primary motivation is saving the money then my advice to you is to be patient, wait for the pricing to drop and just buy an existing home.
The market for move-up homes in the outlying areas – which is what it sounds like you’re driving at – is already pretty weak and will only get weaker as this current trend continues. Sooner or later those prices will drop below their respective costs of construction.
Not only will you save the money, you’ll save the time and the effort and the uncertainty. As someone else already noted, construction projects can be very stressful for the non-professionals, and marriages sometimes don’t withstand that added stress.
If you’re absolutely set on building your own home, use a general contractor to get the foundation, framing, roofing and sheathing completed, and then do the finishes yourself. During a housing bust it’s not hard to find a contractor who will work at a reasonable or even minimal profit margin just to keep their crew together.
BugsParticipantIf your primary motivation is saving the money then my advice to you is to be patient, wait for the pricing to drop and just buy an existing home.
The market for move-up homes in the outlying areas – which is what it sounds like you’re driving at – is already pretty weak and will only get weaker as this current trend continues. Sooner or later those prices will drop below their respective costs of construction.
Not only will you save the money, you’ll save the time and the effort and the uncertainty. As someone else already noted, construction projects can be very stressful for the non-professionals, and marriages sometimes don’t withstand that added stress.
If you’re absolutely set on building your own home, use a general contractor to get the foundation, framing, roofing and sheathing completed, and then do the finishes yourself. During a housing bust it’s not hard to find a contractor who will work at a reasonable or even minimal profit margin just to keep their crew together.
BugsParticipantIf your primary motivation is saving the money then my advice to you is to be patient, wait for the pricing to drop and just buy an existing home.
The market for move-up homes in the outlying areas – which is what it sounds like you’re driving at – is already pretty weak and will only get weaker as this current trend continues. Sooner or later those prices will drop below their respective costs of construction.
Not only will you save the money, you’ll save the time and the effort and the uncertainty. As someone else already noted, construction projects can be very stressful for the non-professionals, and marriages sometimes don’t withstand that added stress.
If you’re absolutely set on building your own home, use a general contractor to get the foundation, framing, roofing and sheathing completed, and then do the finishes yourself. During a housing bust it’s not hard to find a contractor who will work at a reasonable or even minimal profit margin just to keep their crew together.
BugsParticipantEnorah,
Your comments above are an example of you accepting responsiblity for your decisions and the recognition that you are where you are right now as a result of your decisions. You are looking inward for your answers. You are not dwelling on the external factors in your life or deferring your personal responsibilities to others.
That’s indicative of no small amount of emotional maturity. If everyone behaved in similar fashion this film would have never been made due to lack of subject material.
One more thing – as long as we’re talking about karma and the universe, it’s my understanding that acting with compassion can be interpreted as not depriving individuals of the opportunity to experience and learn from the results of their decisions.
BugsParticipantEnorah,
Your comments above are an example of you accepting responsiblity for your decisions and the recognition that you are where you are right now as a result of your decisions. You are looking inward for your answers. You are not dwelling on the external factors in your life or deferring your personal responsibilities to others.
That’s indicative of no small amount of emotional maturity. If everyone behaved in similar fashion this film would have never been made due to lack of subject material.
One more thing – as long as we’re talking about karma and the universe, it’s my understanding that acting with compassion can be interpreted as not depriving individuals of the opportunity to experience and learn from the results of their decisions.
BugsParticipantEnorah,
Your comments above are an example of you accepting responsiblity for your decisions and the recognition that you are where you are right now as a result of your decisions. You are looking inward for your answers. You are not dwelling on the external factors in your life or deferring your personal responsibilities to others.
That’s indicative of no small amount of emotional maturity. If everyone behaved in similar fashion this film would have never been made due to lack of subject material.
One more thing – as long as we’re talking about karma and the universe, it’s my understanding that acting with compassion can be interpreted as not depriving individuals of the opportunity to experience and learn from the results of their decisions.
BugsParticipantEnorah,
Your comments above are an example of you accepting responsiblity for your decisions and the recognition that you are where you are right now as a result of your decisions. You are looking inward for your answers. You are not dwelling on the external factors in your life or deferring your personal responsibilities to others.
That’s indicative of no small amount of emotional maturity. If everyone behaved in similar fashion this film would have never been made due to lack of subject material.
One more thing – as long as we’re talking about karma and the universe, it’s my understanding that acting with compassion can be interpreted as not depriving individuals of the opportunity to experience and learn from the results of their decisions.
BugsParticipantEnorah,
Your comments above are an example of you accepting responsiblity for your decisions and the recognition that you are where you are right now as a result of your decisions. You are looking inward for your answers. You are not dwelling on the external factors in your life or deferring your personal responsibilities to others.
That’s indicative of no small amount of emotional maturity. If everyone behaved in similar fashion this film would have never been made due to lack of subject material.
One more thing – as long as we’re talking about karma and the universe, it’s my understanding that acting with compassion can be interpreted as not depriving individuals of the opportunity to experience and learn from the results of their decisions.
BugsParticipantAs long as the FBI doesn’t catch her with $90,000 in bribe money in her freezer or come up with a video of her buying crack cocaine her political career may still be on track.
BugsParticipantAs long as the FBI doesn’t catch her with $90,000 in bribe money in her freezer or come up with a video of her buying crack cocaine her political career may still be on track.
BugsParticipantAs long as the FBI doesn’t catch her with $90,000 in bribe money in her freezer or come up with a video of her buying crack cocaine her political career may still be on track.
BugsParticipantAs long as the FBI doesn’t catch her with $90,000 in bribe money in her freezer or come up with a video of her buying crack cocaine her political career may still be on track.
BugsParticipantAs long as the FBI doesn’t catch her with $90,000 in bribe money in her freezer or come up with a video of her buying crack cocaine her political career may still be on track.
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