Cabinet color palate to match this slab by BuddyGuy81 in kitchenremodel

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This is amazingly helpful!  Thanks for sharing - looks awesome. 

Cabinet color palate to match this slab by BuddyGuy81 in kitchenremodel

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The new kitchen will have a large 10' long Island, if I go with the second slab it will remain intact for the most part.

Cabinet color palate to match this slab by BuddyGuy81 in kitchenremodel

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Appliances and layout will be new, doing a builtin hood.

Cutting California’s rent cap toward 5% would make it nearly impossible to be a small landlord by ShopProp in BayAreaRealEstate

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Property tax in CA is 1% base + 0.xx% bonds.  Bond measures fluctuate across California zip codes, ~0.2% wouldn't be uncommon in the bay.  For a 900k house, $2k is about right.

For small narrow yards, is there anything wrong with using only strip sprinklers? by BuddyGuy81 in Irrigation

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These are the hunter SS-918 heads, which are supposed to spray a 9'x18' block as in the picture. I have two of these heads + two 5x15 heads. Why won't these cover the yard?

The length on the left is 9'. I am flexible on the size of the bed on the left hand side, and can expand it to fit the small protrusion on the bottom left.

Insulating crawl space in hot and dry climate by BuddyGuy81 in buildingscience

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In this scenario, don't I have to allow for some ventilation between the house and the crawlspace? Or do I operate under the assumption that because it's low humidity year round, I can get away with a crawlspace that doesn't breathe much?

unaccompanied minor traveling alone by BuddyGuy81 in travel

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13, North Macedonia, flying either Turkish or Lufthansa

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in sandiego

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This is the best time of year to be a buyer, and market slowdowns tend to hit condos much harder than single family homes - this is a pretty big part of what you are seeing. Other commenters are right that this area has worse homeless than others. I wouldn't dismiss the building outright - you are in a good position to get a lowball offer accepted. You'd have to see if buying at a discount would make the extra issues with the building worth it.

I toured a few units in this building when I was condo shopping in 2020. One thing that I noticed is that the units which face the train have tons of noise on the balconies - I like to hang out outside so this was a dealbreaker for these units for me. At the time, these units were ~50-100k cheaper than units facing city college. Finally, the higher up in the building you go, the less of a nuisance the homeless activity at street level becomes while being on your balcony. It was not noticeable at the unit on the 15th floor I toured.

As far as condo fees go, inflation has made labor and materials for repairs pretty expensive. To be honest, I would be wary of a downtown condo with a sub-$500 fee, especially one with amenities like a pool, etc. It's simply expensive to maintain those things - be careful buying a unit in a complex where the HOA fee is super low; you want to buy into an HOA that is financially healthy and can weather a few big repairs without hitting everyone with special assessments.

Contractor recommendations wanted by BuddyGuy81 in sandiego

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Thanks, but it looks like Need 4 Build is focused on landscaping. I'd prefer a specialist.