tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1794426126775991530.post5463178035488687227..comments2023-09-29T04:49:19.984-07:00Comments on Who doesn't love T&A?: On Scaling Back & Fixing UpUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1794426126775991530.post-38914295831721037032013-08-28T11:59:07.592-07:002013-08-28T11:59:07.592-07:00I think a person might just have to be lucky, you ...I think a person might just have to be lucky, you know? We make the best decision we can with the information available, and for some people, those decisions seem to end up being the best possible decision in hindsight. For others, the decisions might have made sense at the time but landed us in a worse position later.Ameliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05818287674488893761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1794426126775991530.post-3676110487985818272013-08-27T12:04:47.572-07:002013-08-27T12:04:47.572-07:00We are in a similar boat, only on the other side o...We are in a similar boat, only on the other side of the “let’s buy property” fence. While we have the land (with a dumpy house where we live) the prospect of ever building something new seems like an insurmountable feat. Construction loans are insanely difficult to get unless you have a huge amount of down payment or lots of equity in your land. Because of the drop in value of our place since we bought it, we’d pretty much have to save up 100K to build just a garage with a 2BR apartment above it… I don’t know how people do it.Megan and Jeff Vogelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02120965555917999522noreply@blogger.com