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Updated almost 4 years ago,

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Tom West
  • New to Real Estate
  • Lincoln Park, MI
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Newbie from Detroit area

Tom West
  • New to Real Estate
  • Lincoln Park, MI
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Good morning everyone,

I've been a follower of bigger pockets for years but have finally decided to take my first step to break into real estate. I currently live near Detroit Michigan and moved back here about a year ago after doing 10 years in the army. I'm about to do my first deal so I'm going to lay out the details below and if you guys have any tips I would greatly appreciate it. I'm looking forward to learning from you all!

I'm going to be buying a three bedroom two bath 1,000 ft ranch for 49k. Everything seems to be in decent condition other than some mold on the tile floor in the basement which is being cleaned right now and I planned on ripping up the floor anyway. I inspected the walls in the basement and the mold hasn't spread anywhere else so I think it was just a leak from a pipe maybe. All the comps in the area are going from anywhere around 95 to 120k. The biggest thing I think that's going to help it is new siding. It currently has fiber cement board that is an ugly green and old windows. I'm a siding installer for a home improvement company so I'm going to do all the siding and trim and windows myself. I plan on only spending about $20, 000 in rehab costs and about 4 months to list it. The biggest thing is it doesn't have central air so I know that's going to be anywhere from 2 to 5000 to install. I can post pictures if anyone is interested but I will be using a VA loan and my girlfriend will have her real estate license by July so I plan on saving in commission and closing costs when I sell it. Does everyone think this is a good first flip for me?

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