All Forum Posts by: Kieran McDonagh

@Amelia McGee

When I started I knew very little, the first house I bought it needed hardwood floors refinished. I went and hired a floor sander and started in a small hallway. When I switched the floor sander on it took off spinning uncontrollably and nearly beat me half to death. Turned out it was a concrete polisher! Moral of the story is do a bit of research before starting a project. I got the floor refinished, painted the outside of the house and sold it for a nice price.

Second house needed to be re-roofed, new kitchen, hardwood floors refinished, complete repainting and landscaping. I just bought the tools and materials and got it done. It wasn't perfect but it was good and I sold the house again for a nice price.

Third house went a lot smoother.

So from my experience if you're really dead set on being hands on the best thing to do is research, buy what you need and get it done.

@Cody L.

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@Jermell Shavers

I flipped 3 houses back in the late 90's in WA. state and it's always been in the back of my mind to get back into real estate. But the short answer is weather and opportunity.

@John Underwood

Thanks for your suggestion John, sounds like a great place!

@David Campbell

San Diego has the best climate according to many, after 2 storms here in the last week with driving horizontal rain and now its freezing tonight the appeal of warmer pastures is experiencing exponential growth!

@Olivia Radziszewski

Great suggestion, Arizona wasn't on my radar at all. I'll have to look into it now! Thanks!

@Lucia Rushton

Hi Lucia!

Thanks for taking the time to reply, very much appreciated. The Texas coast is definitely on my list, I was looking at Galveston which isn't too far away from Houston too.

I'm a bit spoiled being able to choose where to live now my kids have grown and left the nest.

I'm going to have a hard time deciding where to land I think!

Thanks!

Kieran

@Dan Heuschele

Hi Dan,

Thanks for the advice, I think ADU's are an excellent place to look and add value. San Diego was first on my list because of the climate and I love sailing but the pricing there put me off a little, probably like many others! I'm of the mind though that there is a lot of opportunity there if you look in the right place and ADU's would definitely be a great place to start.

Thanks again!

@Scott Mac

Thanks for the great advice Scott, really appreciate it. I'm finding it hard to look past Texas as it seems to tick a lot of boxes.

Will be tough getting used to the heat after living in the rain for so long!

I'm a US citizen currently living in Ireland looking to return to the US, somewhere warm and coastal with good real estate investment opportunities. 

I've 15 years experience in construction and have already built and flipped properties. 

If you could choose where would you go?