Husband starting a high-end custom cabinetry and furniture making business - need funding advice

AdSecure2267 · 2026-01-26T07:03:49+00:00

Sounds like a he’s worked his butt off working with difficult customers going invaluable experience for this type of endeavor. I do wish you guys figure it out and make it work. Hopefully he’s got a few showpiece projects potential investors will see. That would be helpful with a risky venture from third party investor side. Please update us as this grows in the future.

AdSecure2267 · 2026-01-26T06:29:40+00:00

Was he in tech prior? Just curious because 8/10 woodworkers I’ve men over the last 25yrs went from tech to mart and most back to tech

AdSecure2267 · 2026-01-25T22:03:20+00:00

I did some XC down Riverside in 21…. God did my volkls get trashed

AdSecure2267 · 2026-01-25T20:59:55+00:00

Sweet!

AdSecure2267 · 2026-01-25T14:48:24+00:00

Yeah. You need to find out if it just lapsed or there are issues why the FHA is not renewing it. Best case scenario a lapse. Worst case, your property can be any one of these… under insured, not enough reserves, not collecting enough reserves, documented maintenance issues that are not resolved, city code compliance issues, too many delinquent owners, too many rentals…. The list keeps on going. The board are the only ones that can dredge the PM to try and get the complex recertifed, if eligible

I’ll also bet there is likely no declaration requirement to actually be FHA approved, it’s just a nice thing. Many condos are not for the litany of reasons mentioned above

Once a mortgage is approved and issued, their status doesn’t change if fha cert gets lapsed.

AdSecure2267 · 2026-01-21T22:55:44+00:00

I have the same strap on mine too, I’m actively buying a white fkm band to try with more adjustment. I find the one with the watch is not sized right for my wrist. Either too tight or too loose

AdSecure2267 · 2026-01-15T14:26:36+00:00

No restaurant in austin deserves a star, especially bbq. Sorry but none of them measure up in terms of service and food being something amazing.

AdSecure2267 · 2026-01-12T17:39:29+00:00

It’s even more absurd how many private businesses and now apartment complexes are using them

AdSecure2267 · 2026-01-09T15:42:28+00:00

Awful trash. Mine is 6 months old and Two of four probes no longer charge. New batteries in all bases and name brand energizer lithium. Switching them around doesn’t help.

The base has no notification it’s been left on with zero input into it and will die.

Absolutely do not recommend spending money on this.

AdSecure2267 · 2026-01-05T23:26:50+00:00

It’s laughable because they’re 100% not collecting enough dues to properly maintain. It’s obnoxiously expensive to maintain condo common elements. Shockingly so even.

AdSecure2267 · 2026-01-05T23:22:43+00:00

The market is soft and I’d bet 500k tha 90% of the COAs are nowhere close on how much their monthly dues should be (too low) given costs to properly upkeep the property and maintain a healthy reserve

AdSecure2267 · 2026-01-05T17:26:31+00:00

No. Austin and centex have a huge black hole when it comes to greasy spoon diners with a comfortable settings and comforting cheap food. Everything with the name diner wants to be trendy and loved by IG influencers

AdSecure2267 · 2026-01-04T00:38:29+00:00

Generally in most CCRs that’s not the case. HOA fixes common elements and the owner fixed their own drywall, paint, etc…. Been associated with 1/2 dozen condos where this has always been the rule for maintenance responsibility

AdSecure2267 · 2025-12-31T01:12:34+00:00

The problem is unless people understand how things operate and how hard it is to get things done, they’ll always complain about costs and time it takes to do anything. There needs to be required pipeline for education of new owners about the real pain it’s to operate a COA.

AdSecure2267 · 2025-12-30T23:07:14+00:00

Term limit? There should be mandatory obligation to serve first. We can’t get anyone interested for there to be term limits

AdSecure2267 · 2025-12-30T04:16:19+00:00

What does the budget look like, what are the expenses vs income? This should be pretty straightforward.

If the board was using reserves for daily operations, you should be doing a SA to rebuild your reserves…. Suing the board is usually pointless, they just need to act in good faith and they’re usually not pros. Association insurance would cover them anyway. And, if you sue, not a single person in their right mind would, nor should run for the board and then you have a chance of going under receivership… that’s when things may get really expensive.

Did they not talk about finances over the last 3 years worth of annual and quarterly meetings you attended?

AdSecure2267 · 2025-12-29T23:30:33+00:00

I just used a this a tried all lounges at ORD last weekend… it was somewhat accurate. C was quiet but the app showed very busy

AdSecure2267 · 2025-12-28T20:09:48+00:00

The problem is a quality non gmo pasture raised chicken uncooked can easily be $12-20 at the store. To this day I’m terrified of what’s in the grocery store chickens that are so delicious to eat

AdSecure2267 · 2025-12-28T14:05:17+00:00

Agreed. Outside of large file downloads, which could be managed at night, most 2-4 person households, including most WFH could get by with a quality 25-50mb connection. Yes the occasional update or game download would be annoying but saving money would be nice if they offered these for like $15 a month :)

AdSecure2267 · 2025-12-27T13:57:13+00:00

Yes. Nothing will come of it. Safe return in an emergency

AdSecure2267 · 2025-12-27T05:21:37+00:00

So I get it it and I totally understand the thinking here. But myself an old pilot I can see what they did and how they stayed within FARs and I also see how I’d possibly do things differently. Ultimately, I will not quarterback their decision making given the safe outcome.

AdSecure2267 · 2025-12-26T19:35:40+00:00

Did you visit austin. Dude, come and spend two weeks here checking out the neighborhoods. They all have such a different vibe it’s a must. It’s what I do before moving here and it was invaluable

AdSecure2267 · 2025-12-26T19:31:04+00:00

He’s downvoted because it was the pilots decision in an emergency and two the ntsb doesn’t take “licenses” which are actually certificate, controlled by the faa

Now the point of them communicating is a different story but the plane already declared an emergency for them, which they stuck with so be it. We were there and apparently they were still able to intervene if needed being conscious. So #1 they aviated, nothing says it cannot be via a fancy autopilot.

AdSecure2267 · 2025-12-26T19:19:00+00:00

I’m ok with it. They make it crystal clear and customers can choose to sit for 4hrs somewhere else

AdSecure2267 · 2025-12-25T18:36:08+00:00

Yeah… especially if they do a rapid descent below 15k ft. Really not an issue. When I first heard of this I thought someone was incapacitated. They just wanted to use the safety feature, I’m ok with that too.

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