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9 November 2020 | 6 replies
The owner has upgraded all the apartments in 2019 and brought in new tenants on a month-to-month lease this year with market rents.
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11 November 2020 | 17 replies
For example, maybe you want to upgrade your living space so you will take the upstairs of that new house and sacrifice a bit of cash flow OR you take the dingy 1bed suite in the garage so you can get the bigger return.
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12 November 2020 | 5 replies
Has anyone done this before? If so what HVAC company did you use in the Chicagoland area? Thanks Jason
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11 November 2020 | 0 replies
Regardless I am planning on doing a few upgrades regardless.+ This duplex has no ceiling fans so I'm planning to install them in. + The side im living on has no tile so ill be add tile across the whole house.+ New AC unit on the side im living on+ Adding gutters around the whole house+ Repaint inside and outside of the house+ Adding minimum landscaping Lessons learned?
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11 November 2020 | 0 replies
Regardless I am planning on doing a few upgrades regardless.+ This duplex has no ceiling fans so I'm planning to install them in. + The side im living on has no tile so ill be add tile across the whole house.+ New AC unit on the side im living on+ Adding gutters around the whole house+ Repaint inside and outside of the house+ Adding minimum landscaping Lessons learned?
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11 November 2020 | 1 reply
Regardless I am planning on doing a few upgrades regardless.+ This duplex has no ceiling fans so I'm planning to install them in. + The side im living on has no tile so ill be add tile across the whole house.+ New AC unit on the side im living on+ Adding gutters around the whole duplex+ Repaint the duplex+ Adding minimum landscaping Lessons learned?
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11 November 2020 | 1 reply
Regardless I am planning on doing a few upgrades regardless.+ This duplex has no ceiling fans so I'm planning to install them in. + The side im living on has no tile so ill be add tile across the whole house.+ New AC unit on the side im living on+ Adding gutters around the whole duplex+ Repaint the duplex+ Adding minimum landscaping Lessons learned?
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13 November 2020 | 15 replies
@Kyle Fairbanks it sounded to me you were forcing appreciation by upgrading the property too.
11 November 2020 | 3 replies
I should have mentioned that I am not opening a new line, I have been with them for many years and have great credit, but wasn't sure upgrading to a new one would hurt?
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19 November 2020 | 8 replies
I upgraded the kitchens, bathrooms, and installed new flooring and painting throughout.