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Josh Deeden
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  • Brooklyn, NY
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Deal in Vero Beach. Advice welcome!

Josh Deeden
  • Real Estate Investor
  • Brooklyn, NY
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I have the opportunity to pick up a 3/2,1300 sq ft. home with an attached 1 car garage home in the Vero Highlands area of Vero Beach, FL from an estate sale. It was built in the late 70s and it's a brick house that sits on a 1/4 acre lot. It's not going to win any beauty contests, but it's not a bad looking house either. It does have a brand new roof, but from what I understand It needs quite a bit of work done to be rent ready:

- Needs Central Air installed. I think the ducts are in and only unit needs to be installed, but then again, maybe the whole system needs to be replaced (don't know yet)

- It is not connected to city water, so that would need to be done. Don't know what's involved with that but I suspect it's not cheap.
- Carpet / tile throughout
- Updated kitchens and bathrooms.
- New driveway
- Water heater is jimmy-rigged to 2 110v outlets. This needs to be corrected.
- Electrical outlets throughout may need updating

Not knowing the first thing about rehabbing, my simple question is what should one expect a rehab project like this cost? Especially the whole getting city water bit. I imagine that will require digging up the yard and what not, which means I will also have to pay someone to come re-landscape at some level, am I correct?

He's a very motivated seller and I know I can buy the house at 20-30% of ARV. If I were a savvy guy, what should my next steps be? What questions would someone smarter than me ask? I have the cash for the deal and can close the deal on a whim, basically. Just don't know if I should...

What do you think, BiggerPockets?

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