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24 April 2018 | 6 replies
When you do your next flip, you'll find it much easier if you kept a detailed spreadsheet of appliances, vendors, paint colors, etc so that you don't have to remember or start from scratch.
12 November 2016 | 2 replies
There's lots of good used appliances available if you shop for a compatible color.
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12 November 2016 | 1 reply
Its easy to burnout quickly taking on a lot of the work yourself, managing the project by itself is a lot more work than it seems on the surface (getting materials together, accounting, picking out colors/finishes, etc) and you're probably going to need to pull permits for at least some of the work anyway.
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12 November 2016 | 1 reply
I'm thinking of Restore or Deckover with lots of texture, maybe in a dark grey to make the inevitable mildew less noticeable, and grit to make it less slippery.Is painting the dripline on a dry afternoon good enough?
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19 November 2016 | 14 replies
I was told by the listing agent that the carpets and some paint would be needed as some of the units have high wear in the kids rooms or are painted random colors in rooms.
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22 December 2016 | 10 replies
Hard money lenders generally want you to have skin in the game.
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2 February 2017 | 8 replies
In West Palm Beach there are areas that can tell you what color you are allowed to paint the Inside of Your Home.
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13 November 2016 | 9 replies
The bank he was wants to use told him to put me on the loan so I have skin in the game so that's what he wants and I don't blame him.
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15 November 2016 | 13 replies
I'm thinking it would be really hard to match the faded brown color and slightly matted texture.If you've patched a carpet, how did it go?
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17 November 2016 | 9 replies
Note that in my example the bank is only financing 75% of purchase price, not 85%- the buyer puts 10% down because almost any bank will want the buyer to have at least *some* skin in the game and therefore won't allow the entire down payment to be from seller financing.