Fixing tenant damage

[Amie D.]

I have said to myself that I would not rehab another house, just hire it out. I said I would just work ON the business and no longer in it...

Recently had to evict tenants on a house I was going to put on the market. I had fully rehabbed this one about ten years ago. Now it almost looks like a “before” photo from flip I picked up, in fact a contractor asked me if it was. 

First bid is from a contractor my realtor hired for $7450. I said that’s quite a bill, I’d like to get at least two other bids and see an itemized list of what your guy is charging. 

Realtor said... he doesn’t know of anyone else available that can bid the job. His contractor then comes back and said he “made a mistake” in billing and drops the price $2200, still not itemizing. I didn’t even look at the new bid. Btw I’m a woman and out of state so, I think some assumptions are being made here ...

I’ve now arranged other bids myself but this is a lot of piddly stuff, 3ish days of work. Honestly the house is mostly disgustingly dirty. Biggest job is interior painting the whole house (but this is only a 700 sq ft house), which I DID hire out because I don’t like doing it, and refinishing two rooms of hardwood floors, which I also don’t enjoy doing but have done many times before... including this house. I hired a professional pest control company to go through it as well. 

Awaiting the other bids but... the house is four hours away - someone stop me from just spending a long weekend there. 😂