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20 February 2016 | 32 replies
Hoping to sell the property for $899,000.My dream timeline will be 6 weeks to get it on the market.This will essentially be a lipstick rehab, which isn't my favorite thing.
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22 October 2015 | 56 replies
@Shawn Casinader as you so aptly point out... buy Detroit for next to nothing IE 1 to 5k per home put in 10 to 15k ( lip stick) and sell to unsuspecting out of state investor who thinks they just hit the cash flow gold nugget...
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6 May 2016 | 7 replies
Do a simple lipstick reno.
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27 January 2016 | 7 replies
I think if you really want this house you many need to put some lip stick on a pig and keep moving.
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17 June 2019 | 1 reply
It looks good and doesn't need any major work, maybe lipstick at most.
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11 July 2019 | 30 replies
If, this was acquired, lipsticked, and offered "exclusively" to you in less than a 2-year period, that screams "BE CAREFUL!".
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26 July 2020 | 0 replies
This is where you discover if your dream home is really all you thought it could be, or a pig with lipstick.
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31 July 2020 | 8 replies
Follow the rule that you only improve, or throw lipstick on it, until you’ve maxed the rent and reduced expenses.
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26 February 2020 | 20 replies
Find deals with shorter timeframes and bigger upside if you are going to take on the work yourself (ie. lipstick on a pig type deals).
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2 February 2020 | 0 replies
We plan to clean the carpets, furnish it and list it as a "lipstick flip".