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Tuesday, October 4
The surveyor finally billed me for the remainder of their fee and the fee for the county for recording! Hopefully, the Record of Survey will be recorded this week. In the email informing me of the status the front-office person asked me if I decided to move forward with the topographical survey; It felt nice…
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Monday, October 3
I have slacked on the posts this week. If something screws up my morning routine, I have a hard time getting back on track. I need to work on that. Jim called me on Thursday saying the “junior underwriter” from the lender is having trouble reconciling my wife’s employment and her respective salary. She has…
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Thursday, September 29
I am getting tired of not being updated by the surveyor. I emailed them this morning asking for an update following-up on an email I sent nine days ago. The project cost keeps rising because of delays. I have been watching many Biggerpockets videos since I bought the Pro membership. Oh yeah, I subscribed to…
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Tuesday, September 27
Yesterday, my son and I met the architect and her husband at our duplex. She wanted to be able to get some work completed while she waits for the topo survey so she made measurements of the exterior of the building herself. This way she can get a first draft finished while waiting for the…
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Monday, September 26
Once again I lose focus and fail to write any posts. It’s mainly because I don’t get my morning routine started when I should and then everything goes out of whack for the remainder of the day. Here I am at 5:45AM at my desk where I should be. An interesting thing happened since I…
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Monday, September 19
I sent quote requests to five surveyors for a topo survey, including the one who did the property line survey. I really wish I hadn’t screwed that up. Lyla, the architect, is going to visit the property in the next couple of weeks to do her own measurements so she can continue working while we…
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Saturday, September 17
I’m a dummy. Yesterday I found out from the architect that I need a topographical survey done on our duplex. Ugh. She can start with drawings using her own measurements, but she needs the real thing in order to complete the project. I wonder how much that will cost. In other news, the surveyor did…
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Friday, September 16
As I wait for the HELOC to fund, and the surveyor to finish his job, my mind won’t quit on the question, “What should I do?”. We’ll have about 300K in funds. I want to be able to recoup the capital so I can get some momentum going.
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Thursday, September 15
Things are moving forward with the HELOC. Jim said, “We have approval”. We need to provide LOEs (letters of explanation) for our recent credit inquiries and a few other minor documents. We have given credit card info for an appraisal! I have been giving some thought to financing and these ADU projects. I suppose it…
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Wednesday, September 14
Jim informed me that our application went to underwriting. The lender just needed our most recent paychecks. So, that’s moving. I sent an email, voice message, and message through the “Contact Us” for the surveyor. We paid the retainer on June 15. Two months later the project is still not finished. I really hate it…
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