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4 February 2025 | 1 reply
Creative Freedom: You get to design and transform spaces, which can be personally fulfilling.The Bad: Where Flippers Lose Money⚠️ Underestimating Repair Costs: Surprise structural issues, contractor delays, and material price spikes can kill your budget.⚠️ Market Changes: A hot market today might cool down before you sell, which reduces the profit.⚠️ Financing Challenges: Hard money loans carry high interest rates that nibble into the bottom line.Unrealistic timelines: If you think you're going to be in and out in 60 days, you're sadly mistaken-most flips take longer than expected.Real Talk: Is Fix and Flip Still Worth It?
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17 January 2025 | 5 replies
I individually priced all my materials and got several estimates from contractors.
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1 February 2025 | 9 replies
You need to get contractors in and estimates done.
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22 January 2025 | 10 replies
I got a deal on labor as I know the contractor personally and helped out a bit with the project.
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28 January 2025 | 8 replies
Any realtors / property managers / contractors / wholesalers please connect with me!
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29 January 2025 | 10 replies
When hanging, the contractor will spread the Green Glue on the new panels in a random pattern with a caulking gun.
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4 February 2025 | 2 replies
When something goes wrong, you can find the best contractor for the job, who can make the repairs right away, and now your tenants are happy, and you have minimized the time you would have spent speaking to your tenants about the delay or fighting a warranty company.
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27 January 2025 | 6 replies
Quote from @James Boreno: One of my SFH caught on fire and I'm in the process of selling it to a contractor.
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31 January 2025 | 2 replies
If a Designer or Contractor is proposing to remove a wall and does not think to check the structural integrity of said wall, then they are no one you should be dealing with.
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1 February 2025 | 1 reply
------------------------------------------------------------------------Here's our current guess: "The builder's plans and the build may not line up perfectly, so the buyer could sue for breach of contract or a similar claim."