My past rehabs were smaller buildings with extremely old appliances/finishes that I either donated to the H4H ReStore or allowed my subs to take for their own use. 

Restoring them to the architectual intent makes good sense.Financially speaking it goes against a basic principle in real estate - the pieces are worth more sold individually than the entire sum - in other words: buy by the acre, sell by the foot. 

The funding fee grows each time you use it and if you want to refi you have to keep in mind and I learned the hard way the first time restoration. 

I told her I would restore the home, let her come and see it, and let her know I was making a full cash offer.

Plumbing company went back to fix it, they didn't connect dishwasher properly, but at the time of 2nd visit, tenant reported possible mold, had Servpro (Fire/damage restoration company) go out to detect mold and water damage.

This is really frustrating because we cannot start the restoration process and we are just keep losing money if this continues to happen.

For bugs and pests, they can infest every property and if your structure is diminished and cost of restoration is blasting the rehab budget, then that's a no brainer.

On occasion we load up the station wagon with stuff we no longer need and donate it to the Habitat for Humanity Restore.

Perfect setup to restore and old building and keep some of the old time charm.

Hi all, I ended up making an offer on a 1575 sq ft 3 BR/2 bath fixer upper in West Kensington that seems to have good bones but needs TLC (paint, floors - hopefully can restore original hardwood, kitchen, update baths, central AC).