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4 October 2019 | 12 replies
Do trim bushes and mulch flower beds?
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17 October 2019 | 16 replies
The contractor I hired had subs in painting and caulking the trim work.
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7 October 2019 | 3 replies
Pay attention to things like light gaps around doors, the framing of the door itself (pop trim off and spray foam or similar) and all that jazz.
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22 June 2020 | 14 replies
I had a plumber that did my rough in which passed inspection but now is MIA for the final trim-out.
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8 September 2022 | 21 replies
Nice little house, renovated bathroom, one car garage, needs small things done like new paint on trim and basement, some carpentry work on back porch/steps, new gas range/oven.
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3 January 2023 | 6 replies
Have a look at the trees to see if they need trimming.
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28 December 2018 | 131 replies
So, some gross filters are needed to trim down the list:Minimum population - I would only consider cities with a population exceeding 1M.
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13 June 2022 | 7 replies
Then, I started partnering with a guy that owns a property management company and realized that once we had the PM piece in-house, we were able to trim our expense ratio and therefore increase offer prices.
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26 July 2022 | 24 replies
The largest home flipper in town trimmed its inventory from 160m to 40m by wholesaling or listing deals as-is.
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24 May 2019 | 1 reply
(assuming the repairs, texture, and paint are all done by the same crew)Repairs like 1) drywall patches + texturing, 2) repairing cracks and drywall joints + texturing, 3) scraping off bad, flaky paint, 4) washing and/or degreasing surfaces that need it, 5) filling holes or divots, and 6) even trimming back any plants or tree limbs touching the house area to be painted?