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All Forum Posts by: Brad Carrier

Brad Carrier has started 3 posts and replied 90 times.

Post: Tutorials/advice for painting a whole house myself?

Brad CarrierPosted
  • Lexington, MI
  • Posts 92
  • Votes 29
Originally posted by @Scott Le:

I was originally going to outsource the interior and exterior paint, patching, and pressure washing for my 1200 SF SFH rental, but I ended up being way over budget on the rebuilding of a room and now am desperately trying to slash my remaining expenses. Given that the biggest expense I have left is that painting, it seems like a natural place to start.

I have never really painted before.  I have been watching some Youtube videos, but I wanted to see if anybody here has any tips, good tutorials they've found online, a list of materials to buy, etc? I'm kinda nervous about having to paint a whole house by myself with no experience.  Feels like it would be way too easy for me to screw something up or take like a whole week to do it.  I am considering hiring a friend of mine who is a handyman to help me, but like I said I'm several thousand over budget already and am basically in damage control at this point.

 Cover anything you don't want paint on. Get a few nice brushes for edging and learn from experience. There is no substitute for experience. It's going to take 10X the time the first time. Just get it done right and figure out how to eliminate every mistake. Get it done and make it look right. 

Post: Business Plan

Brad CarrierPosted
  • Lexington, MI
  • Posts 92
  • Votes 29
Originally posted by @Ken Rishel:
Originally posted by @Brad Carrier:

 My local public library probably doesn't have anything as nice as an executive summary printed to those standards. I hope each one caused millions in commerce. 

The Executive Summary ends up at about $30.00 per copy for printing and binding. If 10 copies generate only a $1,000,000.00 in funds, the cost is negligible.

Yes it would be. I'm still amazed at the idea of printing a $30 document for the purpose of showing the situation deserves a $30 document. I guess that's why I'm still middle class. 

Post: When a Tenant Dies...

Brad CarrierPosted
  • Lexington, MI
  • Posts 92
  • Votes 29

Talk to the family and be supportive. Let them do whatever they need to do for a few days. It's a closure period for people. If nobody is squatting just let it take it's course. 

Post: Buying First Rental Property

Brad CarrierPosted
  • Lexington, MI
  • Posts 92
  • Votes 29
Originally posted by @Curtis Mears:

I bought the house almost at asking price. But, the house is immaculate so should rent out very well.

 If it's turnkey and you paid asking price I guess you could beat yourself up. You could also say you paid market value and get it rented. Just because someone made money on the deal doesn't mean you paid to much. 

Post: We bought a tiny house

Brad CarrierPosted
  • Lexington, MI
  • Posts 92
  • Votes 29

@Leigh Ann Smith Having an extra reason for putting in septic is a great idea. Not many situations give you multiple purposes for that expense.

Post: We bought a tiny house

Brad CarrierPosted
  • Lexington, MI
  • Posts 92
  • Votes 29

That's a pretty creative plan. I really like it. The septic system may be a bit of a price problem though. Do you have a low cost way to deal with that? Hopefully the tree farm has the equipment on hand already for digging. 

Post: New member, long time fan...

Brad CarrierPosted
  • Lexington, MI
  • Posts 92
  • Votes 29

What kind of business do you own? 

Post: Taking a stand after a $50,000 lie

Brad CarrierPosted
  • Lexington, MI
  • Posts 92
  • Votes 29

Well I've been kicking myself over spending $230 on a pro membership instead of recreating the calculators. I guess I feel a little better now. 

Post: 10 Unit Apartment

Brad CarrierPosted
  • Lexington, MI
  • Posts 92
  • Votes 29

@Tommy Desmond @Lee Van Every It's in Huron county. I won't have more information until tomorrow. One of the things I'm confused about is that the property map I got shows the city / township line running right through the property. I'm not sure what that does for tax purposes. 

Post: 10 Unit Apartment

Brad CarrierPosted
  • Lexington, MI
  • Posts 92
  • Votes 29

Thanks for the replies.