It’s been 20 years since Marvin Baxter first started dreaming about having his own garage. We’re not talking about a traditional attached garage, jammed with Christmas decorations and dusty exercise equipment. No, we’re talking about a real man garage. Marvin wasn’t completely sure whether he was financially ready for his man garage, but he started checking out his options. We were able to put Marvin in touch with one of our recommended lenders. Marvin was delighted to find that he could take out a loan that would combine both his dream garage and his mortgage. The lender agreed to match.

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You know you’re truly immersed in a project when time slips by unnoticed, and stopping to eat is just an annoyance. You’re in the zone. For artists John Lanier and Tere Goldstein, getting into this deep state of concentration is pretty typical — when they’re in their art studio. Tere, a passionate professional artist, had worked out of a small upstairs bedroom for 24 years. When her husband John began working on his art in the same room, it was simply too tight. They needed more space. The couple considered moving to a different property in order to have a.

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