All Forum Posts by: Dan Beaulieu

@Jay C. I never said I was an expert. I did my first deal, got lucky, and wrote about it here. You are hoping I'll lose my shirt? Thanks for that. I, On the other hand, want to wish you continued success. Out of 177 replies, your comment is the only negative one. Congratulations. Haters gonna hate on all forums I suppose. Just thought BP was different.

@Brian Stewart@Christie Gahan  Cleaned with mineral spirits, then painted with masonry paint. Ralph Lauren Noble Grey. = great color. I considered every color there is. I even painted it white first, only to bail on that silly idea. The stairs are just the bamboo flooring continued. 

@Roman Ven 4% for the 3 months yes... Annualized, they are killing it. 

 Design was all me. Thank you so much! 

 @Marian Smith thank you! Finding all the subs was no problem as it was The winter. Once we got closer to completion and around tax return time, they started to get tons and tons of calls from people wanting to use their tax returns to remodel their kitchens! I got lucky on the cabinets and found a local guy willing to do them for 6k including the island. Worth it! The next highest offer on the house was 361k. I did an escalation clause which said I'd pay 2k over the next highest offer, up to 370k. Most of the other offers were over asking price. Escalation clauses are an awesome tool in a ridiculously hot market- The numbers still worked for me at 370k. I wasn't aiming for a home run on this one, just really wanted to get my feet wet and just go do it!  

@Kerry Boyle 

76000 - 35000 = 41000...

So yes I had 41000 to pay the realtor 5% commission and 15k hard money costs

 All great points! Thank you so much for taking the time to write this. I will definitely work on my license next.

@Ronda R. thank you so much and thanks for the recommendation! 

 Thank you! it's really satisfying to use quality finishing materials even if you spend a little bit more. To have people fighting over something that you've created is an amazing feeling! I'll probably do all my flips like this moving forward. The satisfaction alone is worth a couple thousand bucks!