re: People who went from nice older home to newer one

Track home builders will do anything to save a buck because their number one goal is to build something that looks decent for as cheap as possible. I was looking at a newly built condo and asked the developer why didn't he spend 500 bucks more on the lighting package, 1000 bucks more on the floor for better material, 25 bucks more a gallon for better paint, 500 more on countertops, etc.. For a 200k condo, 5k in better materials would have gone a long way. The developer told me, yeah, 5k on a 200k condo doesn't seem like alot, but I have 150 units so 5k x 150 units is $750,000 more. I said, yeah now I see your point.