Starting Out
Market News & Data
General Info
Real Estate Strategies
![](http://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/assets/forums/sponsors/hospitable-deef083b895516ce26951b0ca48cf8f170861d742d4a4cb6cf5d19396b5eaac6.png)
Landlording & Rental Properties
Real Estate Professionals
Financial, Tax, & Legal
![](http://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/assets/forums/sponsors/equity_trust-2bcce80d03411a9e99a3cbcf4201c034562e18a3fc6eecd3fd22ecd5350c3aa5.avif)
![](http://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/assets/forums/sponsors/equity_1031_exchange-96bbcda3f8ad2d724c0ac759709c7e295979badd52e428240d6eaad5c8eff385.avif)
Real Estate Classifieds
Reviews & Feedback
Updated almost 5 years ago on . Most recent reply
![Romain Benjamin's profile image](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/1387760/1621511843-avatar-romainb1.jpg?twic=v1/output=image/cover=128x128&v=2)
Hurdles selling my first flip
Background: My wife and I bought our first fixer upper in December 2019 for $39K with the help of hard money. The "subject-to-completion" appraisal came back at $158K. The original rehab budget was $85K. The rehab was successfully completed end of March 2020 for $89K. We listed the house for 180K, assuming we would get low-ball offers, which we could later accept for a CoC return of 29%-81%.
Hurdle: In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the house has been on the market for over 25 days with maybe 6 showings and no offers. My realtor is asking me if I would like to lower the price, without a good idea of what price would help during this time. Every month I hold the property, I owe the hard money lender $1K, which eats into our profits. If we try to rent the property instead, the leasing comps we pulled estimate a monthly deficit of $250.
Any tips for this situation?