All Forum Posts by: Derek Patch

In the new england region, Home depot offers a special order program for cabinets. "kitchen kompact" Not sure if other areas of the country offer them or not, but i get them in 3 days, AND they're a better quality than the in stock cabinets, and most importantly cheaper. even with the 20% off incentive we offer

Craig, I would love to chat about what ideas you have. I'm 23, in a similar situation. Shoot me a message

It's incredibly useful, an amazing program to utilize. I try to get people to see the true value of the program. 

Im a pro account sales associate with the home depot. I source vanities and fixtures through a program called "your other warehouse" for incredible prices for my contractors and flippers. I posted a forum about the program, Check it out and let me know if you have any questions

Make sure you are a member of proxtra, The receipt tracking is incredibly useful to help manage flips.

David I'm not familiar with what a net 30 account is.

As i said before, ultimately it depends on which region you're in. Maybe the rules are different where you are located

joshua, the managed account threshold is 1,000 you're right. it depends on how your company does business. i deal with nationally managed accounts that sends any and every order through VPP. i just posted another article about a different program people can utilize to save money on kitchen/bath items and lock sets among different items, Check it out

For those whom have not read my posts before, let me start by introducing myself. For those who already have read my other articles, Feel free to skip ahead.

My name is Derek. I work at The Home Depot as a pro account sales associate. I've been with the home depot for about two years now, and my passion is real estate investing. Their are a lot of mis communication about what the home depot can or can't do for you. Some things i say MAY be specific to my region and or store, By all means, not everyones situation is the same. But feel free to ask any questions and i will answer them to the best of my ability. 

This article is going to be targeted toward real estate investors using the flipping strategy. We, the associates of home depot have access to a program called "your other warehouse" YOW for short. Now before i get into what YOW is, It is important that you know how a corporation of this size works. So quickly- before any product makes it to the shelf in the store, their is a process it follows. This process- It starts at the vendor, Then goes to a regional distribution center, then finally to the retail sales store. So Vendor>RDC>Shelf. In this process you have anywhere from 15-30 people touching your piece of freight. So if home depot pays X for an item, By the time it gets the shelf, they need to pay the 30 people for their work in the process. Now if you understand that, When i source an item through "YOW" Even if it is the same item on the shelf, They are going to source the item straight from the vendor, often times straight to your doorstep, So the mark up of the item can be significantly less than what it is on the shelf, even if it is the same item. 

Quick story- I had a customer buy light bulbs and lights from me a couple weeks ago. Shelf price was 6xx dollars. When i got her the quote back, which took about two days, and a week to get the items in, she paid 3xx. She saved 300 dollars, by waiting about a week. A couple days for my guys to source the items, then 3 or 4 for them to come in. Even though they were on the shelf. I am now sourcing this very happy customer about another 5k through the program to see what else i can help her with. 

Now this is not the case all the time, But in my experience it pays being proactive sourcing what you can through this program. A couple things to mention here. Whatever you order is considered a special order so you can not return them. The other thing is that the lead time is what is, we have absolutely no control over it. Sometimes they say things will take 10 days that come in 2. They are usually pretty good but don't think a hand made copper sink will be made in two days, or 300 lock sets will be in the next day. Be reasonable haha. 

Items you can quote through YOW are light bulbs, Faucets, vanities, showers, toilets, locksets. 

Feel free to send me a message with questions or just post them here and i will be happy to answer them. I'm sure I'm forgetting to mention something, But i hope this helps you all with saving a little bit more each rehab you do.

Almost 36 times my yearly rate, lol

Mike. Not sure what 2% it is that you're referring to. And steve, HD employees don't make commission. As a Pro account sales associate i am required to sell 1 million dollars a year.