Flooring in my first flip

[Chris Drumm]

I am closing on my first flip house in the Houston area on Thursday. It's a 3/2 in a pretty nice, standard mid-range community built in the late 70's. the ARV is $175K. I work for a flooring company and can get the material and labor myself, but am not sure if I should use a mid range vinyl plank for around $1/sf or WPC waterproof click product with a foam backing which is a step up and looks a little bit nicer but also costs about 3 times as much. Would it be worth it to spend the extra money on a little better of a product? It's probably $2K vs $5-6K

[William Haltom]

Hey Chris,

Since you have a source to get your flooring cheaper, and you can do the labor, I would definitely step-up and upgrade the flooring because your 5k floor, is somebody else's 8k floor. 

The upgraded flooring will also bring you a faster sale, and you will feel better and the value you are passing on to your buyer!

Good Luck!

Bill