Chelsea Newton
To be or not to be?
23 January 2015 | 4 replies
I have seen some pretty crappy workmanship from other rehabbers, poor design, poor color choices, not fixing bad layouts, etc and they just don't get the same pricing they could have from doing it better.
Robert Pickett
Estimating Repairs
15 October 2009 | 8 replies
- if you are painting & replacing doors and baseboard and everything is the same color - have everything on site so if the painter is using a sprayer - they paint the doors and everything at the same time.5.
Kendall Norfork
My wife and I are partners!
19 August 2010 | 18 replies
I'm more of a numbers guy who likes finding the deal, negotiating, etc while my wife enjoys the marketing part (flyers, picking colors, staging, etc) so works well .... but if we both enjoyed the same parts of real estate, I could see issues arising which end up spilling from the business to family side of things.
Scott Stevens
When you paint your rental houses..... how are you doing it?
11 July 2014 | 14 replies
Fixing screw pops, patching holes, caulking here and there, color changes from pink and lime semigloss to a neutral color, and cleaning filthy walls down.
Cal C.
How not to sell a multi-million dollar spec house!
24 April 2015 | 10 replies
(We used much more colorful language.)
George Gray
Estimating Shortcuts
22 August 2012 | 4 replies
New wood and new drywall must be primed, i.e. 2 coats or 1 coat of primer and 1 coat of finish color.
N/A N/A
Black Cabinets with Black Countertops?
12 December 2013 | 11 replies
Netural colors sell best.
Steven Maduro
When life gives you lemons make lemonade
5 March 2014 | 11 replies
the color seems a bit washed in the photo it is actually a pretty glass tile with a stone frame
Robert Conroy
Basement Systems vs Carpenter
5 April 2014 | 4 replies
@Robert Conroy Those basement systems when I looked into them were almost the same price as a local basement remodeler without the ability to easily make changes in the future(which doesn't matter as much to you I realize).Personally unless it is a really bad DIY job or your target price range is high I would paint the paneling a light beige color to brighten it up put down some new carpet from Home Depot without padding (~$0.69/sq ft + $150 install from a local installer from my last basement job) and call it good.
Chris Wilson
Oklahoma City (Moore) SFR
12 May 2014 | 11 replies
Even if they want rooms different colors unless you have neutral colors you will have the rooms the wrong color.