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Commercial Short Sales
Look for more short sales coming in 2010.
#3. Commercial Real-Estate Collapse: The second
largest chain of malls has already declared
bankruptcy. Obligations needing refinancing
in the commercial market are in the trillions.
And most of them, even with positive cash flows, 
*Tile Flooring, ceramic and
are as underwater as residential mortgages. As vinyl tiles highly prevalent in commercial loans default and commercial
these businesses crash, they will cause even building’s and will see a huge
more unemployment. uptick in sales as TI’s will
consider this and control the marketplace..
look for more short sales coming in 2010.
#4. Loan modifications aren’t working. Unless
and until there is meaningful principal reduction,
most people getting a loan modification will stop
making their payments if they are $100,000+
upside down on their home. And there are A LOT
of people upside down. Look for lots of “jingle
mail,” where the homeowner just sends back the
keys.
Look for more short sales coming in 2010. But look
for a lot more buyers now that FHA has given the
green light.
Are you seeing a theme yet?
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or you can swing it to your advantage by learning
the easy way to find and rapidly resell short
sales.
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Building assets
Just like your master bathroom remodel well done, built and assembled with an artist touch all the way down to the finest details. The matching finishes of the light fixture’s and the plumbing fixtures, designed for function as well as pleasing the eye, even you thought of the marriage between the ceramic tile flooring, when it brings out the colors and gleam to accentuate the shower door frame. All of these end up bringing a nice ROI on the toil and mess you had to go through to get there.
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Core Hole drilling ceramic tile
Preference has it’s values, and of coarse the hole of a preferred spot in your shower, the easy way out is to locate this between the grout lines. But if your like us we want it accomplished correctly every time. And the correct spot is smack dab center of that center piece of ceramic tile about 84″ up. But to do this you will have to obtain a diamond tipped coring bit, the diameter of your shower head’s plumbing of choice. Consistently 3/4″ outside dimension for the finish neck part, we suggest a 1″ bit to give you allowable play. Most will come with a escushion ring in the same finish IE., chrome, brush nickle etc.
You may be suited best by pre drilling the center pilot hole before hand, this will ensure it’s accuracy and insurance in an existing bath remodel application, for the beginners. Otherwise there are variable options at your local home improvement centers, when you cant get one online. High speed rpm, in your drill and by applying a constant [not over doing it] pressure, spray water slowly and let the blades do the cutting. Be patient and alert as to when its going to finish cutting. You must heed this point, you won’t want any cutting going on inside your walls after you have completed the tile and mortar bore.
Tile flooring glass spots
Tiling a floor area and adding spots can truly break up the monotony and make a huge statement. 
This beautiful accent gives a different illumination to the floor. So on, how to install tile floor with glass spots can be another simple process once you understand the plan of attack. When tile is purchased, typically in squares, each individual piece that goes down creates a larger square, IE four 4″ tiles ends up making an 8″ square. And if the glass spots are 2″ squares then placed in the center of the 8″ square (or middle of 4 surrounding tiles) the inside edge of this four group gets cut at a 45 degree angle to make the smaller glass tile center inside that square. Do a small mock-up and get the idea solid in your mind, be sure to use a corresponding color of thin set adhesive because of it’s transparency the glass tiles will show all that’s underneath.
How To ceramic tile
Step #1: Pick your place, area, room etc. Where the new tile will be installed, wall, ceiling, floor or maybe counter top. Measure the square footage and add roughly 15% for cuts and scrap. Now go choose the tile of preference and look for specials or clearance sales. Step #2: Rent, buy or borrow a tile saw and a 4″ grinder with a diamond blade. Pick up a notched trowel and a grout float. Get a sufficient amount of thin set to do the job, and 2 clean 5 gallon buckets. 1 for water and 1 for mixing the thin set, grout etc. 
Make a designated space outside for cutting and working. Step #3: Prep the surface well, check for low and high points before floating the surface level, if on an existing slab, make notes of those bad areas. Step #4: Create your layout design ie diagonal, square, borders, spots as well as center of doors and the spacer size if any, etc. Step #5: Make a few practice cuts on the saw and acclimate what you can do when your mind is right. Wear goggles and gloves, and have as much fun as you want………this is just the beginning of how to install ceramic tile.
Base detail tile
On how to install a tile floor base detail, to make the area waterproof and sexy. Remove existing base boards and cut the drywall 1″ below the tile base of choice. Your new tile base detail will cover the cut line of drywall and eliminate any drywall repairs. By incorporating flashing paper in order to seal, cut the building paper so it folds into the existing tile floor and rides up the wall to the bottom of the drywall, staple the paper to the framing studs and bottom plate.
For a float base built out 1/4″ below the face of the finish drywall surface, fasten diamond metal lathe over the paper and at every stud. This aides in the float strength and gives a nice even flat surface to thin set the tiles to. Perhaps allowing an even grout line at the top but the grout will loosen and crack because of the drywall. The solution here for a premium job, grout manufacture’s also make matching tube of grout for caulking guns that will expand and contract. Look for those tubes in the same isles you get the other tile products, and DIY a tile base detail for years to come.
Ceramic Tile Base
This will be a how to install ceramic tile base in a bathroom. DIY a ceramic tile base board, creating a true water proof pan in the bathroom floor. 
This simple diy home improvement blasts out loud I can DIY. It’s just another approach but, brings a real sense of practicality. Removing a standard wood base and implementing a sealed system around the edge of a floor that has the propensity to flooding and water damage. A tiled base is not hard to do, and it can be a compliment to an existing ceramic tile floor, colorful and vibrant or earthy and textured. Either way it’s a long term solution with virtually no future maintenance.
Tile over Drywall
The best approach to execute how to install ceramic tile on top of drywall. In our professional opinion there is no way ever in this planet’s existence to apply any type of tile directly over drywall or gypsum board in a predominately wet environment, IE a bathroom. The constant daily heat and humidity (condensation) from the shower’s use breaks down the adhesion and causes problems.
The exception to this rule is when installing tile to a backsplash such as a kitchen counter, but it is absolute prep work to get this right, and not unheard of. The drywall has got to be sound and well primed with a proven product, Kilz or another quality primer. A latex thin set adhesive is recommended here with the grout application and grout sealer giving all the insurance for water repellent and moisture protection because most ceramic tile has a glaze waterproof finish.
2nd Floor bath Tile Floor
We recently got the job of tiling a upstairs bathroom floor. With the linoleum demoed off, we knew before hand that the height restriction were minimal. The owners selected the tile they wanted to use and we had to figure out how to install tile floor with a 3/8″ product and had to stay built up a maximum of about 5/8″ total to finish floor. A 1/4″ backer board was first thought but we wanted to lay a moisture barrier and then thin set of coarse.
So the remedy was to apply 2 layers of jumbotex paper first, rolled up behind the future baseboards, then an expanded screen metal tight and flat, nailed 6″ o.c. throughout. Then with a mortar mix, spread a well mixed batch completely covering the mesh metal, that gave us a strong water proofed, low profile cementitious substrate to adhere the thin set tile to. All the while keeping just under our elevation restrictions.
Tile over Wood
Hardy backer board or Wonderboard is 2 common brands out there to use when you need to know how to install ceramic tile over a subfloor or wood surface. This cementitious flat panel is sold in manageable sizes to work with, they can be bought in 1/4″, 1/2″ or 3/4″ thicknesses. Many contractors will use these type of products in lieu of floating a pretile surface.
The simple beauty of this approach is enabling a bang-bang, skip a step, screw it down and off to setting tile procedure. We recommend whatever you decide will be fine, as long as you follow manufacture rules and restrictions. That being said the down side to this is, however in-congruent the preconditions are this cement board will follow suit. Where as the float method is way more messy and laborious, but the end result is any thickness and any surface can be made perfect when applicable.