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How to choose the right custom closet company.

admin — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 13:23:46 +0000

Everyone can appreciate the importance of having an organized closet, where items can easily be stowed and found, and where they will stay wrinkle free. However, it is difficult to keep a closet that is designed poorly organized. Only closets built to peoples specific needs are ideally suited to provide optimized organization.

The best designers that help with the custom closets New Jersey residents need will have two distinctions: knowledge and tools.
The most successful custom closet designing companies will be run by people with experience and knowledge. A business owner who has designed numerous closets will have many insights into the best and worst designs. When this knowledge is combined with the finest tools, the design process is simple and efficient. The leading closet designers today have 3D computer models that allow homeowners to virtually walk though their new closet in real time, before any construction is done.

Why You Should Use Pavers For Your Next Patio

admin — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 22:22:32 +0000

Pavers have advantages over nearly every other sort of material a homeowner could build their patio with. The one draw back with pavers is that they’re expensive and it takes some time to lay them, especially if they’re laid in wet mortar over concrete. However, a good many paver patios in Columbus oh were created by laying the pavers using the dry mortar method, where the pavers are laid on a base of three to four inches of gravel beneath a three inch layer of dry mix mortar. The joints between the pavers are filled up with dry mix, then the entire surface is gently hosed down to allow the mortar to set.

Wood is not good for a patio because of the wear and tear it will be subject to. Concrete blocks aren’t as esthetically pleasing. But pavers can be laid in all kinds of beautiful patterns, including herringbone, basket weave, running bond and ladder weave.

The 1 step to end the U.S. economic debacle

admin — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 03:42:54 +0000

Forget bailouts. The U.S. Government has to get greedy and drink the animal spirits of capitalism and buy cheap assets and buy big. The Louisiana Purchase kind of big and cheap. The operative question is what should they buy and why?

The answer is simple. U.S. residential real estate. Why? Because it is likely the best investment in the World. What makes residential real estate a good bet to invest trillions of dollars into?

Because real estate can provide cash flow i.e. rents that will more than cover the government miniscule cost of capital (of nearly zero). It’s really not a political debate but more an issue of math which in most cases is hard to argue with a Government “get greedy” approach.

Typical U.S. House

Price 2005 $425,000 5% mortgage 2,281 + tax/insurance $219
Mortgage and tax payment for cost est. $2,600

Purchase price today for same house $225,000
Govt. mortgage rate 3.5% = $860 monthly payment plus $219 (taxes and insurance) = $1,079

What should the U.S. Government do with the house they bought for $225,000? They should rent it out to the current occupant for $1,500 to $1,700 a month and pocket the difference.

The “unintended consequences” of greed are pretty virtuous when the “price is right”. It creates a rock solid floor in which rent payments remove the downside risk to real estate.

It a simple fact, when the downside risk is truncated in an investment, what remains is the upside. Just announcing the idea that the government is “exploring the opportunity” would likely boost the real estate market 10 to 20%.

I say the U.S. government should call the gloomy real estate market bluff and threaten to buy and buy big. Not because they want to save anyone, or anything but because they know a great deal when they see one.

The end result …. debacle over…just remember this was my idea first.
Brian F.