Re: [GBlist] small houses

["clark ellison" <cellison1@austin.rr.com>]

Now wait a minute I am a realtor and my wife is a banker
Looks like the builder is the one making the mega profit here.
Actually I know what you are talking about but always tell people to buy the
smallest home in the best neighborhood they can afford and a fixer upper at
that. It will bring them the best return on the dollars they are investing.
Unfortunately most are blinded by the big new house syndrome.
But as a builder you know the "committees" are stupid and they make the
rules for larger homes.
If the restrictions say the home will be three thousand square feet then you
are not building a home that is a thousand there.



> Don't let realtors and bankers bully you into this kind
> of thinking.  Boy--makes me sizzle!  I have made more
> money faster, and at higher rates of profit building
> small houses (as small as 600 sf) than doing
> conventional sized houses.  These houses hold their
> value at resale, too.





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