So I'm in the process of flipping my first home. I've learned a lot, one thing is to always be overly specific with contractors. I walked through the house with my contractor and explained everything I wanted done. Th...

Why hire professional landscapers when you can just do it yourself?We were two weekends deep into raking, macheteing and whacking the seller's HUGE backyard. With only about a week left till the house was set to hit t...

This is going to be a wall of text, but I think it's necessary to lay down proper context.Not so recently, I took a job for the rehab of a house. I had to wait a little bit since I don't want to put anybody in the hot...

Hello all,
As a new investor I would like to get some insight from the experienced real estate investors. So everyone who buys real estate whether its a filp or a rental knows the goal is to keep expenses as low as ...

We just got a new construction for a rental and it’s crazy how many things the builders cut corners on. Most of this neighborhood has been built within the past year and now at around 150+ homes. For example almost al...

The contractors are just about done with the rehab of a house I just purchased. They redid the siding and I noticed there is a gap here between the siding and the roof with this metal layer visible underneath. I've ne...

When it comes to rehabbing, what are ways they save money? The reasoning behind this being you want to make a nice profit and sell a reputable home. Or, on the buyers side, you don't want to get screwed.

I'm thinki...

Hi, we are building a below ground swimming pool at one of my husbands flips. His foreman seems to have no end of trick to trying to keep the costs down, and I am concerned that the costs he cut could leave to swimmin...

Hey all,Long time follower. Long time real estate dreamer. Finally (after 7 years of reading books, research, podcasts etc) jumped off the cliff and bought a major fixer upper for very little money. It's a duplex that...