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Barns, Farms, Sloping Floors, Litigation and More! Financeable? It Depends

I refinanced a 12-acre estate in Sonoma County in CA years ago. The owner insisted it was 100% residential with no commercial interests – but, when I showed up, he had a huge sign over his barn advertising his drywall and plaster firm, he had work trucks and industrial supplies all over the lot, and he had a prominent winegrape harvesting company on site, harvesting his 8 acres of cabernet grapes.Read More