Stew Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 (edited) On 1/11/2022 at 5:47 PM, hindesky said: Looks like a low cost motel but with balconies. I really do appreciate electricity but power lines and their poles are so ugly. I wish we could put the lines underground but I guess that would be too expensive. 😕 Edited February 21, 2022 by Stew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 2 hours ago, Stew said: I really do appreciate electricity but power lines and their poles are so ugly. I wish we could put the lines underground but I guess that would be too expensive. 😕 Or in alleys like they are in my part of Montrose. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted March 6, 2022 Share Posted March 6, 2022 Looks like they are tearing out interior sheet rock that probably got damaged before they closed it up. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KinkaidAlum Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 It's interesting to see a building marketed to college students with actual balconies. Drunk students are dumb. I used to be one. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freundb Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 But without balconies the multi story beer bong is much more difficult! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 9 hours ago, KinkaidAlum said: It's interesting to see a building marketed to college students with actual balconies. Drunk students are dumb. I used to be one. The Matrix are $120,000 condos unless it has been repurposed as private student housing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Specwriter Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 1 minute ago, Stew said: The Matrix are $120,000 condos unless it has been repurposed as private student housing. . . . drunk students with affluent parents. Actually this might be a good investment for anyone with the means. My cousin's daughter went to Florida State in Tallahassee in the early 2000s. My cousin bought a three bedroom condominium in a small complex close to campus which her daughter lived in for the duration of her time at FSU (under grad and graduate) and rented the two remaining bedrooms to other students. Since her daughter graduated and moved away my cousin found a good leasing agent and has kept the property since. It is a nice cash generator for her. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Money Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 Also out-of-staters can use a purchase like this to prove residence and get in-state tuition 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 2 hours ago, J Money said: Also out-of-staters can use a purchase like this to prove residence and get in-state tuition Ownership of real estate is neither necessary nor sufficient (and in fact, not even relevant) to establish residency for in-state tuition purposes.  Here's what UH says:  "Residency Requirements Generally, applicants who have resided and been employed in the state of Texas for 12 consecutive months prior to the time of enrolling in an institution of higher learning are entitled to be classified as residents. Foreign nationals who hold F-1 or any other temporary visas are considered nonresidents and are required to pay the nonresident/foreign tuition charges." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Houston19514 said: Ownership of real estate is neither necessary nor sufficient (and in fact, not even relevant) to establish residency for in-state tuition purposes.  Here's what UH says:  "Residency Requirements Generally, applicants who have resided and been employed in the state of Texas for 12 consecutive months prior to the time of enrolling in an institution of higher learning are entitled to be classified as residents. Foreign nationals who hold F-1 or any other temporary visas are considered nonresidents and are required to pay the nonresident/foreign tuition charges." So the residency rules haven't changed in 4 decades. Edited March 7, 2022 by Stew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Money Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 24 minutes ago, Houston19514 said: Ownership of real estate is neither necessary nor sufficient (and in fact, not even relevant) to establish residency for in-state tuition purposes.  Here's what UH says:  "Residency Requirements Generally, applicants who have resided and been employed in the state of Texas for 12 consecutive months prior to the time of enrolling in an institution of higher learning are entitled to be classified as residents. Foreign nationals who hold F-1 or any other temporary visas are considered nonresidents and are required to pay the nonresident/foreign tuition charges." I had plenty of friends who went down this route to establish in-state tuition at UT just 10 years ago. Their parents would buy them a cheap condo in West Campus and get in-state status the next year. UT clearly outlines this on their admissions website. "Requirements If you are independent for tax purposes, you may gain resident status if you establish domicile in the state. If your parent(s) claim you as a dependent on their federal income tax return, they must establish domicile in the state for you to claim residency. To establish domicile, you or your parent(s) must meet the following criteria: Live in Texas for 12 consecutive months; and Establish and maintain domicile for 12 consecutive months, as evidenced by: >Gainful employment in Texas; Note: Student jobs do not qualify as gainful employment. Sole or joint marital ownership of residential real property in Texas by the person seeking to enroll or the dependent’s parent, having established and maintained a domicile at the residence; Ownership and operation of a business in Texas; or Marriage for one year to a person who has established domicile in Texas." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Specwriter Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 The in-state tuition thing may not be as cheesy as if first appears. If someone owns real property in Texas he is paying property tax, taxes on utilities, and sales tax on goods and services for that property, etc. If only renting the renter those taxes are built into the rent. Politicians move around, or simply rent a place, just so they can run in races they feel they can win. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skooljunkie Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 On 2/21/2022 at 9:00 AM, Stew said: I really do appreciate electricity but power lines and their poles are so ugly. I wish we could put the lines underground but I guess that would be too expensive. 😕 At this point, all I'd ask for are some really basic standards and enforcement. I mean, it's pathetic. A new development was recently built near me where the poles were moved around and replaced but they kept a few absolutely useless ones within a few feet of the new ones. Why leave duplicate poles? A year later, they seem to be there to stay. Last year, it took me 5 months to get Centerpoint to remove a pole they left for over 6 months on the side of my building. Even more recent and nearby, Centerpoint moved more poles around and blasted out the concrete around them, leaving the busted concrete and a 4 foot pile of soil with no attempt to repave the area where they dug it out. That's something you just don't see everywhere else. It's a complete lack of care and enforcement. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 On 3/7/2022 at 2:13 PM, J Money said: I had plenty of friends who went down this route to establish in-state tuition at UT just 10 years ago. Their parents would buy them a cheap condo in West Campus and get in-state status the next year. UT clearly outlines this on their admissions website. "Requirements If you are independent for tax purposes, you may gain resident status if you establish domicile in the state. If your parent(s) claim you as a dependent on their federal income tax return, they must establish domicile in the state for you to claim residency. To establish domicile, you or your parent(s) must meet the following criteria: Live in Texas for 12 consecutive months; and Establish and maintain domicile for 12 consecutive months, as evidenced by: >Gainful employment in Texas; Note: Student jobs do not qualify as gainful employment. Sole or joint marital ownership of residential real property in Texas by the person seeking to enroll or the dependent’s parent, having established and maintained a domicile at the residence; Ownership and operation of a business in Texas; or Marriage for one year to a person who has established domicile in Texas." Per the rules, that would only work if the student was not being claimed as a dependent by the parents.  (And of course, the University of Houston, which is what we were talking about, is not the University of Texas.  It's odd that UT specifies property ownership.  UH appears to give the same weight to a residential lease as to property ownership. It was perhaps an overstatement to say property ownership is not relevant; but it is definitely not required and it is not sufficient.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoustonIsHome Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 I thought residency requirements were set by the state, and not individual schools. Also, I established residency in Texas for a year and paid instate tuition the following year. If Foreign students go home for summers they will pay out of state tuition the entire time.  If they own property for the first year of school, the remaining years they will pay instate tuition. It is only relevant to be claimed as a dependent if and only if they are claiming residency through their parents. In schools with huge differences between instate and out of state tuition it is well worth it to buy as the money that would have gone to tuition would be generating equity instead. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 15 hours ago, HoustonIsHome said: It is only relevant to be claimed as a dependent if and only if they are claiming residency through their parents. That sort of misstates what UT's rule says.  If the student is claimed as a dependent on the parents' taxes, then the parents have to establish Texas residency.  The student establishing residency only works if the student is NOT claimed as a dependent on the parents' taxes.  So, if the student is claimed as a dependent by his parents, the parents purchase of a condo for the student to live in will NOT establish residency, unless the parents establish domicile in the condo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 It might finally be open for the Fall 2022 semester. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxtethogrady Posted May 8, 2022 Share Posted May 8, 2022 On 2/21/2022 at 10:00 AM, Stew said: I really do appreciate electricity but power lines and their poles are so ugly. I wish we could put the lines underground but I guess that would be too expensive. 😕 If we all get solar paneling, we won't need powerlines. Or ERCOT. It's going to take a while, though... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted June 4, 2022 Share Posted June 4, 2022 I don't think they are going to make it by the Fall semester. They seem to be tearing it up as fast as they can. Bumping into rain gutters, spilling paint/tar, missing handrails. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
htine Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 This place isn't even finished being built yet and it already looks dated. It looks like a run down motel from the 80's .. The other apartments going up around campus are way more promising.  6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 14 hours ago, htine said: This place isn't even finished being built yet and it already looks dated. It looks like a run down motel from the 80's .. The other apartments going up around campus are way more promising.  This looks terrible. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
004n063 Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 How to make affordable new-built, transit-adjacent condos in the second most bikeable neighborhood in the city: just make 'em ugly as s***. As a teacher without a lot of money who would maybe kind of like to own property, I'm actually really considering this. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samagon Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 if I knew anyone that stayed in these apartments, I would mercilessly tell them "the Matrix has you!" or say "why oh why didn't you take the blue pill?". they would either stop hanging out with me, or move out of the building. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
004n063 Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 1 hour ago, samagon said: if I knew anyone that stayed in these apartments, I would mercilessly tell them "the Matrix has you!" or say "why oh why didn't you take the blue pill?". they would either stop hanging out with me, or move out of the building. What about the orange pill? Â 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 Man that is a messy Deck Coating application, or someone got murdered haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skooljunkie Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 I’m fairly certain there’s a Ramada in College Station that looks just like this. Or maybe it’s in Waco. No, Shreveport. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samagon Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 is the alignment (or misalignment) of the downspouts planned, or was it a bad reading of the blueprints? that's possibly my favorite feature of this building. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxtethogrady Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 (edited) 17 hours ago, skooljunkie said: I’m fairly certain there’s a Ramada in College Station that looks just like this. Or maybe it’s in Waco. No, Shreveport. Woodbridge, VA. But could be a Red Roof...  Edited August 2, 2022 by toxtethogrady Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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