Sisto Averno
Contractor demands final payment
So, short of the long...here is my text conversation with my contractor whom I've never used before:Contractor: Morning this is ***** please call me when you get this I need to talk to you about this balance I gave yo...
Account Closed
Dumpster Domination
I was busy working on the early stages of a rehab minding my own business until I hired two contractors to help me. On their first day, I opened my dumpster and one of them who does REO clean-outs for banks was just f...
Joan Saylor
Possibly selling my 1st Property. How to "set the hook"?
The other day I had a call from a local wholesaler who was interested in buying my property. After a tour and some negotiating, he offered 140K, which would payoff all my debt-load with a little left over. I'd be brea...
Marcus Auerbach
Expensive Window Replacement - Is This Acceptable?
We are under contract on a nice house with brand new windows. At a cost of nearly $4,000 per window, I am not sure how I feel about their caulk job: they replaced the old oak trim and installed new white trim and whil...
Timothy Howdeshell
House hack / live in flip. My 1st deal in review.
Hi BiggerPockets!I've always loved reading success stories in business and especially real estate. I'm happy to have my own success story to share finally! I got interested in REI after reading Rich Dad, Poor Dad (jus...
Satish L.
Rehab items/strategies to maximize ARV
Hello, I recently closed on my first (duplex) property to BRRRR. The property is in decent shape and requires medium rehab. As a newbie to this, I’d like to know what are some ‘typical’ rehab items/strategy to maximiz...
Johnna F.
Small Bathroom Flip - SFR in Scranton PA
I'm currently doing a live-in flip in a SFR and I thought I'd share my first bathroom renovation. I spent around $1000 on all materials and did the labor myself (except for the tub plumbing), including adding ventilat...
Brian Pulaski
House Flip: How I Analyze a Possible Deal
Bear with me, I am new to this style of post. I like offering up suggestions, opinions, information, etc on other threads, however I have never started a post simply to share information. As with any/all information y...
Alfonso Aramburo Zepeda
Seller counter-offered. Help Analyzing this BRRRR Deal!
Strategy: Buy & Hold, Live in for 2 years, remodel it while living in it, then move out.I've been all excited since I "found a gem" but now after running number over and over and over again I break-even only if I ...
Michael Fitzgibbon
How much should I budget for total gut rehab?
Is $85k too much or too little to budget for a complete gut rehab for a $969 square foot, 1 story, signal family in St. Louis area? Roof, foundation, and all brick are good structure good. However, pretty much everyt...