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BRRRR - Buy, Rehab, Rent, Refinance, Repeat
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Rookie BRRR in Maine

Kevin Gallagher
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I am undercontract on a 1910 house in a small town. There is a great rental market ($1200 for 2/1 apartments) but house prices are still pretty low. The house does not need much to have it rentable but does need serious upgrades to be a top property in the area. Is it worth it to do a complete gut job and basically make it new or should I patch it up and get it "good enough" to rent. Purchase price is 60k, patch up reno is 12-15k, full gut would run near 60k. ARV on the patch job is 175k pretty much either way. Could maybe get an extra 15k after the full rehab. I am a GC so I have some control on the rehab budget if that makes a difference in the calculation.

With this being a buy and hold I am tempted to go in and do the full gut and fix everything up to current standards even though it's not required. Is the payoff on decreased maintenance/standardization of units worth the upfront cost. I am having a hard time with the math to figure it out.

thanks 

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