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21 October 2016 | 73 replies
Unless you are really familiar with the company (and even then it happens), I have seen way too many shortcut rehabs that end up with you wringing your hands when you are on the spot with tenants in place and things going wrong.
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19 April 2014 | 19 replies
You're looking for a shortcut that you're not going to find.
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20 June 2017 | 14 replies
One immediate thought BRian is to be wary of taking shortcuts to save money.
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18 February 2015 | 49 replies
Sometimes short cuts work, but many times they blow up and actually make things worse.
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8 January 2014 | 22 replies
It is not something that one should go into haphazardly.
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16 June 2006 | 3 replies
In the end the rehab cost me $17K, some of which because I tend to "overimprove" on some cosmetics (kitchen and bath) and I don't take any "shortcuts" on structural and other things.
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4 April 2015 | 12 replies
Don't be haphazard about it, you don't have to take the first deal that crosses your path.
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29 September 2015 | 12 replies
There really is no shortcut to pricing.
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30 March 2021 | 53 replies
That means that you test everything thoroughly and do all the work in a professional manner i.e. no shoddy work or short-cuts.
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2 November 2016 | 21 replies
Many lenders broke the law back in 2003-2010 by taking short cuts on these mortgages.