I was working on a home in Pacifica that is a rebuild from the foundation up when we finished the draw inspection... just demo was completed, we went to lunch at the beach and though I have been to lots of CA beaches this one was the first black sand beach I've seen in CA. I know, it is not really black sand but it looks pretty. It is this color due to being very wet as the tide was (3 comments)
half moon bay: FHA 203k lender in Moss Beach and Half Moon Bay
- 03/16/11 10:40 AM
FHA 203k lender in Moss Beach and Half Moon Bay Lots of pest work on this home was needed to get it back in good shape. This home was tented, fumigated, then stripped of it's stucco and wood siding exterior to expose the full extent of the damage. Now not all 203k projects are this invasive but we knew we had lots of damage inside the walls and the the new owners wanted wood siding.
Just look at the amount of new wood on this home. Better Builder Tech is the contractor on this one, Prospect Mortgage is the lender and yours truly the consultant. This (10 comments)
half moon bay: 203k loans are alive and well in San Mateo
- 03/08/11 01:57 AM
Many times when you think of a 203k as in the "days of old" you were often looking at an older run down house in a run down neighborhood. Not so any longer. When HUD raised the FHA maximum loan amounts this put a different face on the program. Now we can go into most neighborhoods in the country up to $729,750 in "high cost" counties. Today I'm doing a draw in a lower cost community, then head to Kensington for a draw inspection, then to East Oakland near the Eastmont Mall, then to San Mateo for a full consultation. I'm (2 comments)