All Forum Posts by: Emily Alexander

Investment Info:

Single-family residence fix & flip investment.

Purchase price: $299,000
Cash invested: $23,000

3 bedroom, 2 bathroom single family home in Red Oak, Texas with tons of upgrades including:
*Brand new white and red oak wood floors
*New windows throughout the house
*Updated kitchen
*Updated bathroom
*New carpeting
*New drywall throughout the house
*Fresh paint
*New electrical
*Fixed foundation
*New solid core doors

What made you interested in investing in this type of deal?

My husband and I wanted to try to do a fix and flip. This is in a beautiful neighborhood in Red Oak/Ovilla and most houses in the area sell for $400-450k.

How did you find this deal and how did you negotiate it?

Found on Realtor.com, financing had fallen through 3 other times for other buyers and we were able to close and buy it.

How did you finance this deal?

Conventional loan

How did you add value to the deal?

*Brand new white and red oak wood floors
*New windows throughout the house
*Updated kitchen
*Updated bathroom
*New carpeting
*New drywall throughout the house
*Fresh paint
*New electrical
*Fixed foundation
*New solid core doors

What was the outcome?

$80k debt, plan to refinance when construction complete

Lessons learned? Challenges?

*Don't need to do all of the electrical
*Didn't need to fix the foundation
*Put more money into fixing up bathroom and kitchen instead of making custom choices (hardwood floors, solid core doors, new electrical, etc)

Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?

Tim and Troy with WeDoLoans in Texas

Hello! We bought this house in May 2023 for $300,000 south of Dallas Texas. It’s a 3br, 2 bath and needed to be completely gutted and repaired. Most houses in this neighborhood are selling for $400k or more with basic renovations, and we have put in about $100k in renovations. When we bought it and had an inspector look through, we were originally expecting to pay $55k. But when we started tearing down walls, we noticed the ceiling joists were broken and had to be fixed ($4k), foundation was cracked and uneven ($10k) and the electrical needed to be redone (20k). We also tore down all the drywall because the previous owner smoked in it daily for 30 years and the electrician said it’d be cheaper if we just tore down the drywall, so we had to pay $30k for someone to come through and put new drywall, tape, mud, texture, and paint when the electrician was done. So all in all, we have spent $64k on unplanned costs and spent a total of about $100k on renovations since buying it, And still need to get new cabinets in the kitchen and finish the second bathroom (still down to studs). It is currently our primary residence, we just had a baby so I’m not working at the moment, but our plan is to sell it in 2024/2025. I guess I’m wondering if anyone has overspent on a flip and what you did about it financially? Is there any hope that we might make our money back and be okay? Is there anything we can do to mitigate costs? We’re just really kicking ourselves and upset that we even bought this place.