Have you ever bought a house sight unseen? Would you consider it? Obviously there is HUGE risk in purchasing a house that you have never been in so how do you determine if it is worth the risk? Research One important part of real estate investment is actually not just the money, but your realtor.… Read More ‘Sight Unseen’ Revealed!
What makes a house ‘unique’ in the real estate market? Where I live, the market now is definitely a seller’s market. Houses are getting multiple offers within a couple days of listing, which is great for selling, but not when buying! I have put in cash offers within 24 hours of houses coming on the market and… Read More Making Your House “Unique” in the Real Estate Market
One of the best things from our last two projects was uncovering original flooring. Most houses that were built prior to 1940 seem to have amazing flooring in them just dying to be uncovered. We will never understand why over the decades these floors get covered with layers and layers of linoleum and carpet. When… Read More Restoring Original Flooring
Bedroom Imagination Is remodeling a bedroom difficult? When walking through this project, the bedrooms definitely took the most imagination. For the most part, we had a path to walk through and could not see much the entire upstairs. One room was so full of Christmas decorations, we lovingly coined it ‘The Christmas Room’. So Step… Read More Bedroom Remodels!
The rooftop of our 30×30 garage at this project house was far from desirable. It was clear when we looked at it, that it would need to be replaced. The closing process to purchase this house was long, so although we made our offer in September, we could not close until December! Rooftop Nightmare Saga… Read More Nightmares from the Rooftop
The Kitchen If you read the previous post, you could see that the kitchen wasn’t in terrible shape. The tile floors were new, but the rest of it needed some serious elbow grease, cleaning, and updating. Before: There was a lot of yellow in this kitchen! The walls and the cupboards were the same yellow… Read More The Kitchen Before and After
“What an ‘ah-kee bah-kee boo bathroom!” said our older kids. If you read our previous post and saw the ‘before’ picture of the full bathroom at our project house, you might agree. The Water Itself Aside from a leak under the sink, the bathroom functioned enough that you could flush the toilet and wash your hands. However, after… Read More Can You See Beauty in any Bathroom?
Investing in Potential If you are in the business to invest in real estate, seeing the potential in a fixer upper is almost a skill. It definitely takes a ‘special eye’ to be able to see past a seller’s personal items, décor, and normal wear and tear that has not been maintained for years, or… Read More Can You See the Potential in a fixer upper?
Thanks to help from some friends, we were able to finish the exterior of our project house last weekend. You saw in the last post our ‘before’ and ‘in progress’ pictures. Well here are the ‘AFTER’ pictures!! So how did we get here? The Exterior of the House: The house numbers previously were worn off stickers… Read More Finished Exterior
So just 3 months after selling our last flip, we purchased another. Given the unseasonably warm December, we were able to work on the exterior! I will admit that in funding our last house we were not as “comfortable” with our finances as with this one. The Financial Difference Finances can be a sore topic with some couples,… Read More Our Next Project House-started with the Exterior