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Flat Lot vs Sloping Lot

If you want a basement and you live in an area of the country where the soil doesn’t drain well, such as clay soil, AVOID flat lots.

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How Much Should You Spend on Land

If you are successful in keeping your land costs at 25 percent of budget, you will have 75 percent of your budget left for the cost of building the house

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Steps in Building a House-Buying Land

The location of real estate is the main determining factor in land cost and buying land will take a large share of your home building budget.

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Steps in Building a House – Where to Start

Making a budget for building or buying a home is simple. Don’t complicate it. The formula is: Cash plus Loan = Budget! Making a budget has to be your first step, even if you are a billionaire! Bill Gates had a budget when he built!

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Buying Land – Buildable Lot

Buying land is one of the most important components in building a home.
Besides accounting for 25% or more of the total cost of building, all real estate boils down to location, location, location. It is important to know as much as possible about the process of buying land.

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