Posted on 05/28/2023 9:55:20 PM PDT by Morgana
We have a 38 ft 5th wheel. The wife and I both work out of it, remotely. Just bought raw land and a log mill. Going to be building our house from a load of logs.
In Bozeman they park along roads that have just been paved, but the housing or apt development haven’t begun building yet.
Are these the same useful idiots that vote for democrats? Yeah, I thought so.
Natural Resources - things you gather and use up for profit.
Human Resources -
Where do they dump the holding tanks ?
suddenly the money dried up along with employee moral. you didnt get a new winter coat every 3-4 years, company picnics, a few t shirts, etc.
I see these things all over the city. Maspeth has quite a few .
I would love to have an RV and live in it..
Property taxes are a wealth tax and theft.
Yes, they are which was my point. Those paying them are subsidizing those who aren’t like these RV people who are using tax payer roads, garbage and other services for free.
Excellent book on the subject is “Nomadland” also the Oscar winning movie of 2020. (The book is better, as usual.)
These people would be more able to afford housing if local governments weren’t blocking housing supply — by zoning restrictions and treating landlords as class enemies.
Built 2 log homes for my family & oldest son 23 years ago, still live in ours, own & rent out what was sons. DID NOT USE A KIT. Kits are rip-offs for the ignorant.
Do your research about using your own logs - or you’ll have a long-term disaster.
Good luck & God bless...
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Noah Bradley 👍
Any advice regarding insect infiltration?
Oh no...starting with my own raw logs. No other way. 👍
Price of regulation. Restaurants in Omaha are failing because for a new buyer, any and all equipment must be brought up to code. Rumor was when Gorat’s steakhouse was sold, the new owner had to invest close to a million dollars with upgrades. How many people can afford that? Food trucks were prevalent in Omaha before COVID. $1M vs. $50k? The answer is easy.
Same with real estate taxes. We’re funding retirement funds of workers, teachers etc. who are retiring at 55 not fixing roads or infrastructure.
Google Cousin Eddy.
The logical outcome of 40+ years of cheap labor policies.
America is changing from a middle class country into a very poor one.
Was going to do that with our own timber until I researched what you have to do to prep the wood to last.
3 to 5 year air-drying - I didn’t have the time....
Research it - it’s all out there on the web.
My mortgage company would not do loans on log homes unless they were engineered laminated logs. “Huh?” “What?” I said. I found the company that invented them, the best.
I used engineered laminated logs made in Montana (no longer in business) using Canadian Lodgepole pine. Logs look just like they did the day we laid them 23 years ago. No splitting, cracking, warping, twisting, settling. None.
I think only one company makes them today. No - looks like more. If you want a home to last forever, use them.
BTW, Deep Creek Log Homes was the biggest log home builder east of the Mississippi for about 50 years until 2008 when it went under. Their vast experience was with every log conceivable. When they found the log company I used in about 2000, they refused to build with anything else.
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