Hello, I bought a bungalow in a middle class neighborhood in Michigan, centrally located and close to a very nice downtown (not detroit!) but the house is in the service drive of a highway, it's a pain to back out into the service drive (although could turn the car around by going into the grass area at the back of the house), that's why I got it cheaper than other houses in the area, 29K and putting about 20K in renovations. I'm renovating the entire first floor which has 2 bedrooms, brand new bathroom and brand new kitchen, the master bedroom is in the second floor and it's not bad so I'm leaving it alone. Houses in the area compared to mine are renting around $1,000 per month, so the cons are my property is in a service drive, no basement, and no central air (no biggie in michigan but being on a service drive and considering car fumes might have to install one) pros are most houses won't be as nice as mine, renovated, nice open layout and 2 car garage. Now to the question, I'm concerned that the master has no bathroom, so the renter will have to go downstairs to use the bathroom. How big of a deterrent would this be for a renter? Could it be worth it to add a bathroom in the second floor? I estimate it will cost me about $4,000 to put a small bathroom. Thanks for the feedback in advance!

Totally understand you've got many things going on at once. Good luck to you!

I have done this a little on here already. In fact my first blog goes into a little detail about it. I respond to posts when i am able to help. Im also trying to write an eBook about it. Unfortunately i have so many tasks im working on none are finished. My main goal right now is acquiring my business license for my company expansion.

@Aaron Yates You know, you're a perfect example for many 'would be' investors out there who are too scared to act. Too scared to make a mistake. I just wrote a blog about this topic and would like to post it on BP tomorrow. But in the meantime, maybe you could help folks understand how you were able to overcome your fear of making a mistake. What you learned from your mistakes and how it helps you moving forward on your next deal?

total of about $7000 ( $5000 due to contractor issues, $2000 due to electrical issues found later) more than it should have cost me. First contractor walked, second was paid in full by my 'helping manager' ( my fault for trusting someone else with a property inspection and payment) without walking the property so when I came home two days later from Baltimore and discovered this I had to hire a 3rd contractor to fix and finish everything else since the 2nd contractor wouldn't honor his work. Some of the overage was due to all the electrical nightmares we found when the city required me to remove the sub-panel from the garage and place it in the house. This opened up some serious issues but if was overlooked the house would have eventually burned down. My uncle would check on the property when he could but since he works for full time for another investor it was hard for him to make the time. We are in discussions about him working full time for me when I launch my renovation company because we work well together and he is very good at what he does.

@Aaron Yates Great pics, thanks! How much over budget did you go on the Atlantic property, if I may ask? Was this a flip or did you rent it out? Who did you buy it from, wholesaler? You did a fantastic job, chose nice warm paint colors too. I hope it rented quickly for you.

Hi Annette, Here are links to two of my rehabs. 'Pearl' was rehabbed completely by my uncle and me in a total of about 1 month (spread out over 3 months of weekends and some nights) Atlantic was the first project I hired contractors (a term to be used loosely for this project) so it was a learning experience and if not for my uncle and me, it wouldn't have come out correctly in the end as we had to hold their hands, and had a total of 3 crews in the end. It was difficult as I was actually working in Baltimore and checking on the progress every other weekend when I came home. Some people are just hacks.. more the reason that my company expansion has a service people need. And speaking of which, I am actually launching a renovation company and hope to be up and running in about two months. PEARL Before: https://www.facebook.com/mustangloco/media_set?set=a.239277592868243.54699.100003580124144&type=3 After: https://www.facebook.com/mustangloco/media_set?set=a.239281542867848.54701.100003580124144&type=3 ATLANTIC Before: https://www.facebook.com/mustangloco/media_set?set=a.261436640652338.60542.100003580124144&type=3 After: https://www.facebook.com/mustangloco/media_set?set=a.310095355786466.1073741826.100003580124144&type=3

Add a second bathroom in second floor master?

George C.

Involved In Real Estate · My City, NJ · Member since 2013 · 181 posts · 81 votes

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I would add a "master bath", most people won't want to run downstairs to use the bathroom.

I've done this same scenario a few times, added a bathroom to a second floor bedroom to make it a "master suite". Without it, it's just a 3rd bedroom, not a master as what people have come to expect when they hear "Master BR".

The downside about these houses with a master on a different floor than the other two bedrooms is that people with younger kids wont want to be on a different floor than them, it hurts us for rental, as well selling the home later on. Not on price, but the amount of lookers that are ok with that or want that situation. People with older kids / teens like that kind of BR layout. ** When I advertise these homes for rent, I always explain that the master is on the second & the other BR's are on the first, nothing worst than wasting time to show the home to people who will never want it at any price because of the layout of the BR's.

Add a second bathroom in second floor master?

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