r/northwestarkansas

Hey everyone,

A bit about me. I’m an immigrant and grew up in a family that struggled financially. Housing was always a source of stress, and that’s a big part of why I’m working on this. I also have 16 years as a first responder across volunteer and paid roles and served in the Marine Corps.

I got into real estate as a lender working with investors so I could understand the industry from the inside and find ways to help more people access attainable housing. After meeting my construction partner, we started our company Themelios to democratize real estate investing and to take what we learned from the investment side and apply it to helping regular people build homes for themselves.

It doesn’t take a genius to see the housing market is broken. Incentives are misaligned. Existing homeowners and large builders don’t actually benefit from more affordable housing because cheaper homes mean less equity and thinner margins. The system is designed to only go up. We’re trying to find creative ways to work around that.

One thing we discovered: housing comps (and therefore housing values) aren’t affected if no MLS transaction occurs. If a home isn’t bought or sold on the open market, no comp is created. That means existing homeowners’ equity isn’t impacted and existing builders’ margins aren’t undercut if someone were to build their own home for his/her self.

That’s the idea behind our Foundation Homes program. We want to empower anyone to build their own home. Think old Sears catalog homes with a modern twist, since regulations and skills look different now than they did back then. So instead of building the Sears home yourselves, one of our local partner builders does it for you.

We’re just trying to give people another option. No bidding wars, no guessing about the condition of an old home. A brand new home built by vetted local builders who care about delivering quality attainable housing in NWA.

If this speaks to you, feel free to reach out here or at https://themelios.io. Currently we are planning on starting in Bella Vista due to the accessibility of cheap lots, but we are open to other areas in NWA as well.

If you think this is a terrible idea, please comment too. We don’t want to waste anyone’s time. The goal is attainable housing at scale. If this approach isn’t the answer, it’s best to know ASAP so we can pivot and keep working on the problem.

Probably the best bagels in NWA. Price is decent.

I'm a New Yorker that never posts about politics but Congress is about to vote on a Farm Bill that has a provision that would nullify most most state-level animal welfare protections. This would sentence many millions of farm animals to life imprisoned in cramped cages.

But luckily it's really quick and easy to help prevent this. I called the House switchboard at 202-224-3121, gave my zip code, they connected me to my rep's office. And it took one more minute to email my representatives through https://defeateats.com/take-action/

So I'm posting because I think a lot of people don't reach out to their reps because they assume it's complicated or they need to know everything about the bill. You don't. You can just say you're a constituent and you want them to vote no in under five mins.

Edit: I didn't expect so many positive response so I didn't mention you can find out more on this shared google doc if you're interested in doing more.

• For example I hate phone calls as much as the average zoomer but it turns phone calls are weighted more heavily than emails by congressional offices, so this is the most impactful action with just a few mins.

Need to de-stress this weekend from all the holiday hubbub? We've got just the thing...

Hey all, it's us nerds again at the Northwest Arkansas Blaster Club and we're hosting our TENTH monthly FREE indoor Nerf Battle this Saturday, May 23rd! This is high performance nerf/foam flinging, not like the toy stuff you may remember as a kid.

Game starts 9AM but come by any time. Located at 222 Webber St in West Fork. Free to play and attend, we can provide all blasters and ammo, just let us know you are coming so we factor you in for supplies. We're also on FB and Discord, feel free to join us at:

https://discord.gg/3ArmqgJm

Happy to answer questions here too. Hope to meet you at the game!

Has anyone in this sub worked with this guy?

I have never been more frustrated working with someone. I have a closing next week and he has missed 3 timelines without getting me the appraisal. He pushes it back every time with no apgolizes and excuses like "the appraiser had school work".

Making this post to ensure nobody ever works with this guy. But also recommendations on an appraiser than can do a turnaround in a day.

I am posing this for a friend who does not have social media. His baby, Smokey, has been missing for over a week now. Smokey was last seen Monday morning May 11th on the corner of Lawson and Leverett.

Smokey is black and perhaps brownish looking in the sun. Smokey has an identifying white mark on his chest (second pic). Smokey answers to his name.

Please if you have any info or leads please reply here or message me for Smokey’s dad’s number to contact the owner directly!