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Originally Posted by Topgunben [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I built my own home in Washington and did save tremendous amount of money. Was able to sell it for about double what I put into it within just 2.5 years.

With that said, you can not build a house cheaply right now, even if you do the work yourself. I am extremely well versed in construction costs, its basically all I do all day long for a very large home builder. 4x8 OSB is nearly 60 dollars a sheet. LVLs and LSLs are also outrageously expensive, along with any type of sheet metal, Vinyl material and decking. For perspecitve, when I built my house in WA back in 2016, 4x8 OSB was 5 bucks a sheet. At one point it spiked to $12 a sheet and everyone was losing their mind, now its 5 times the high that it was back then.

There is a housing shortage right now, as many people living in urban areas like NYC, Seattle, Portland, LA, etc etc are moving to more suburban and less crowded areas. Conservative states like Texas, Idaho and Utah are bursting at the seams with all the new people coming in, lot costs are skyrocketing because there is so little product on the market. The area I moved to has about 12 days of inventory.

Why are things so out of control right now? I would place the blame squarely on politicians shoulders that were in favor of a Covid shut down. This basically destroyed our economy, mills were shut down, production stopped for many many types of building materials. The 2nd part is, we have become so ridiculous with this idea of central planning when it comes to land use. Local governments have made it so difficult, if not impossible for developments to happen organically. I am currently involved in a land subdivision in WA state that is going on its 6th year of preconstruction entitlements and permitting. Its all complete bullshit, and a way for local governments to take control when it is absolutley screwing people over.

Its complete and utter bullshit. Anyone that is for this type of planning can go screw themselves. You are literally bankrupting the American people with your bullshit planning.

Yep I agree.

I actually think a lot of people are going to die soon though, that personal transportation is going to disappear, and basically Bill Gates is going to own all the arable land and everyone will be packed like sardines in the cities living a dystopian 1984 like nightmare. Some people will try to live in rural areas and be hunted by Bill Gates for fun. The concept of legal or illegal won't matter at that time.