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7 February 2016 | 4 replies
My short term goal is to find one nice frame house (low cost) to live in that I can remodel the kitchen, basement and attic and add one or two bathrooms that has at least there bed room, then refinance, then later add an addition to with a composite deck.
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4 February 2016 | 7 replies
Just for potential notes: going by the numbers, the 4plex doesn't seem to have separate electric meters, both the fourplex and duplex looks like a roof replacement is due, some windows are boarded up (100% occupied)driveways would need to be added (currently a dirt lot)There is definitely room on the property to add another 4plex if zoning allowed (there is an apartment complex right next door so I don't see why not)even the third property has a good chunk of land behind it considering what the norm is here.There is a nice elementary school that is just being completed on the same street less than a few houses away.
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21 February 2017 | 41 replies
@Brett SnodgrassTo think someone would sell something like this, lol, no it should be a good deal in the grand scheme, though maybe I should have let you trash it out, it was way more than I thought, lol Thanks tough seriously@Adam Beckstetdtwe can talk about at lunch it really is an overall ok house now that cleaned out@Kimberly Schmid@Jay Redding mostly trash though a few finds, @Jay Reddingplease paint your house ANYTHING other than that color, lol@Drew Wiardthat was kinda my plan, but the guys want to recover from this first, lol@Sarah Ziehrseriously this tops my list and I usually have the crazy deals, hats off to you.
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7 February 2016 | 3 replies
We refinished the existing hardwood, updated the kitchen and bathrooms, set new tile and backsplash, and added a utility room.
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12 May 2016 | 65 replies
The electrician that went there recently mentioned something about the "grandmothers" room now?
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18 April 2016 | 19 replies
(Or another way of putting it, first, make sure your own house is in order)This has two parts to it:1) when I first started this biz, it was 5 adults 3 dogs living in a motel room.
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15 February 2019 | 17 replies
mother-in-law, mother-daughter, jack-and-jill, 'Summer Kitchen' and/or maid's quarters yada yada - as many mansions and other estates traditionally do - if its a SFD that means per code/ordinances etc u cant rent separate tent dwelling/apartments within it - only maybe a room or so.thats why instead, large SFDs with a duplex layout (or maybe even a 'back house') to spare will 'rent out a room' to avoid grossly breaking zoning and C of O rules for a single fam dwelling. of course that means either the kitchen is inherently shared or one of the persons (ie, a college student, or a raw vegan) simply does not need access to a traditional kitchen whatsoever.
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5 February 2016 | 5 replies
As a result, the number of houses that can be bought below market enough to make a profit and still leave room for another investor, can be somewhat limited.
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9 February 2016 | 10 replies
I find that we're great at finding deals and are better off financially making a few grand 60 times a year than rehabbing 3-4 houses a year.