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Over the last several days I have been looking at the design of our future container home and I realized that I could achieve much more with the design if I separated the two containers. If I was going do that, I figure I might as well put the staircase in the middle of the two containers. This would save me the hassle of having to cut out any structural cross members and give me the added room to take care of some of the limited space constraints of the house. The house is still very reasonably sized, and it is much more livable than the previous version.

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In order to help with the design on our green shipping container home in Winnipeg, I have ordered the following two books:

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Last time I wrote I talked about the idea of building a shipping container home. The first and foremost thing on my mind with that idea was whether I would be able to find a reliable source for the containers here in Winnipeg. If we were on the coast or in a much bigger city I would not be concerned because those place have trade deficits. Those trade deficits mean there are a lot more containers coming than there are going and so many of those containers get sold. Well, luckily, one of my buddies knew someone in town who sell them.

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A couple of friends and I have been tossing around the possibility of building a L.E.E.D. certified home here in Winnipeg. Specifically, I would like to build a home out of shipping containers and employ as many “green” technologies and design philosophies as possible.

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I recently read an article about “green” buildings that I thought I should share with you. I got the article in a newsletter for the design software I use, Home Designer by Chief Architect. I has some good examples from different parts of the U.S. More importantly, it talks about the various aspects of “green” design that affect the “green”ness of a home. While most of this information is old hat for the commercial arena, residential has taken a while longer to take hold of these concepts. You can read the article at the link below.

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Well, it was supposed to happen on August 3rd, and things got a little crazy in the step over the border. But everything finally worked itself out and we are finally the proud parents of a bouncing baby mobile home park. Okay, it’s not so much a baby, the park has been around for about 50 years. And bouncing would be a bad description, because this park puts out a great monthly cash flow.

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Josh Kayser from Surety Bonds.com is back for his last day with us, with his last of a 3-part series on Contract Bonds. Continue Reading »

Josh Kayser is back from Surety Bonds.com to continue his discussion of contract bonds. This is the second of a 3-part series. Continue Reading »

A while back, I wrote a post about surety bonds and how I needed one to complete a specific mobile home deal. My research led me to the fact that this type of bond no longer exist, if in fact they ever did. However, it is always good to know more about bonds with respect to real estate. So, one of my readers graciously agreed to write a 3-part series on Contract Bonds, which are a type of surety bond used in the real estate universe. Continue Reading »

Almost all types of real estate investing involves financing in some form or another. Finding a reliable and consistent source for funding your real estate deals can take a lot of time to set up, but once you have it in place it makes everything else you do that much easier.

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