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14 May 2018 | 17 replies
Now only after a lipstick level renovation, I'm asking for almost thousand more than what it was from the last tenant and getting responses.
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23 March 2022 | 2 replies
I'm doing a lot less "upgrading" on my rentals and basically doing lipstick on a pig improvements like fresh paint, flooring and appliances.
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31 January 2023 | 11 replies
It was a foreclosure and it was lipsticked so I thought it was good.
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13 February 2019 | 35 replies
Do Minor lipstick renos 10-15k a unit when they turned over.
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11 September 2019 | 139 replies
I evicted a few more tenants....been doing some lipstick renos and getting higher qualtiy tenants.
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5 January 2021 | 10 replies
Also be careful of the flipped houses up there, I’ve looked at a few for rentals and a lot are just lipstick on a pig.
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17 November 2020 | 92 replies
It’s lipstick on a pig and doesn’t provide anything other than maybe guidance at best.
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21 March 2021 | 11 replies
But in order to do so, I would suggest doing a "lipstick flip" and do some cosmetics to get the property performing at the best possible cash flow.
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21 November 2013 | 19 replies
I eventually would like a good mix of flipping, buy and hold and even buy/lipstick/hold/flip..if that is such a thing.
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21 February 2023 | 15 replies
If you look at the history of this house, someone bought it in Dec '22 (2 mo ago) for $265K and put some lipstick on it (LVP, paint, appliance, and light fixtures), and is now reselling it for $365K.