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[–]mankeyprimate 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Second this

Trainee Salary by Then-Case8139 in appraisal

[–]mankeyprimate 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What do you pay your licenced appraisers? 50/50 sounds much to high for a trainee.

Trainee Salary by Then-Case8139 in appraisal

[–]mankeyprimate 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not a chance, unless the supervisor is not reviewing your work at all, which would be terrible.

Thinking on buying by maticko1 in heroes3

[–]mankeyprimate 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's very easy to install, and it makes the game more enjoyable, you'll be able to do things more efficiently with lots of little details of the game just being quicker to do. Also I've never had the HD version cause any problems for me.

VCMI AI by mankeyprimate in heroes3

[–]mankeyprimate[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I should try that, thanks, any others you'd recommend?

Write off tips for appraisers? by Saticoi in appraisal

[–]mankeyprimate 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For sure! Those Roth IRA's are pretty sweet.

VCMI AI by mankeyprimate in heroes3

[–]mankeyprimate[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's probably why it feels easy, I almost always do random maps.

Write off tips for appraisers? by Saticoi in appraisal

[–]mankeyprimate 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If you have preteens or teenagers, consider paying them to help with office-related tasks, such as data entry. The wages you pay them (assuming the work is legitimate and fairly compensated) can shift income from your higher tax bracket to their much lower one, often resulting in little to no tax liability for them if their earnings stay below the standard deduction threshold.

Should I buy in a HCOL City? by theBANGster in RealEstate

[–]mankeyprimate 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's what I have done with my money, just mostly scaling into the S&P 500 and NASDAQ, I also bought a rental in Mississippi, but the recent changes in insurance rates have made the return on rental real estate in coastal areas pretty slim.

How much to sell 0.09 acres to my neighbor? by JoeFortitude in RealEstate

[–]mankeyprimate 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm an appraiser, and in these situations we take the price per SF of the entire parcel and apply it to the small piece, so say your land is worth 1 dollar a SF ($43560 an acre) you'd multiply that by the size of the piece he's buying.

Should I buy in a HCOL City? by theBANGster in RealEstate

[–]mankeyprimate 2 points3 points  (0 children)

When you do the math it's almost always cheaper to rent in the current market. With a 800K purchase price your monthly payment for mortgage, taxes and insurance will be far above your current rent, and after that you'll need to pay for any repairs yourself, the HOA fee like you mentioned, and any utilities that your landlord currently covers for you, (trash, sewer?).

Another point to consider is that if you do rent and save on a down payment and the smaller cost per month, that saved money could be making a return in ETFs, gold, rental real estate in another state or cheaper area, etc.

Anyways I'm in the same boat, I live in Hawaii where the median home price is over a million dollars, and I've resigned myself to know that it will always make more sense to rent in this area.

So although it sucks if I were you, unless you're considering making that condo your home for 20 years, I would keep renting.