Beautiful restored home in rating 1/2 school neighborhoods.

I flip fire-damaged properties and own a fire damage restoration company.

I had a restoration company give an estimate for thousands of dollars which I may never receive if I have them do the work.   

In terms of funding the rest of the funding needed to purchase the multi, would it be suggested to go to a bank for a loan for the rest? Or

Since you are in BK progress, make a plan to restore your financial situation with small short term attainable goals.

Account ClosedBest way to BRRRR if possible is with cash up front and then refi in 6 months after the seasoning period.The reason for the cash up front is to buy you time to do your rehab and add/restore the value to the property.You can BRRRR with a hard money loan up front but it make your numbers tighter so you need to get the property even cheaper.

For others we do have something called restore shops in the chicago land area - I go to the one in addison , they have some nice brand new windows at huge discount .

It would be great to hear from others who have already been through the rigors of a complicated restoration.

I feel that I get to restore not only a home but part of a neighborhood.

Don’t give her special treatment(that means don’t give in) and tell her if she’d like to request to do these upgrades herself(installing a nest or smart thermostat isn’t hard) she can pay for it but if she takes it when she leaves she needs to restore the house back to normal.