New Oven: $500. New Wall: $3,000 One of the stealth issues for prospective home Buyers is the old-but-still functioning wall oven — often times, two of them. The risk, which rises with the oven’s age: that the model has been discontinued, and there’s not a same-size replacement. When that’s the case, the fix isn’t just a new...Read More
And Then There Were 8 (Required City “Point-of-Sale” Inspections) “After seeing all the various inconsistencies and loopholes over the years, I’ve come to the conclusion that the costs of municipal homes inspections don’t justify their benefits.” –Ross Kaplan, “Are Municipal Inspections a Waste of Time?”; City Lakes Real Estate Blog (1/16/2010) One city doesn’t make...Read More
“Taking Back Our Content” From Third-Party Aggregators Want to book a flight on Southwest Airlines? You won’t find Southwest’s flights for sale on Travelocity, Expedia, Orbitz, Kayak or any number of so-called third-party aggregators “serving” the travel industry. That’s because Southwest Airlines understands — correctly — that these companies are ultimately competitors, and threaten its business model....Read More
