How I screwed up BAD! But pulled through.

[Blake Hernandez]

I recently purchased a house in a hot market in a hot neighborhood while working a job 2000 miles away in the middle of nowhere. Normally I do my own inspection but since I was out of town, and wanted a fast closing, I had my parents look and everything seemed fine. So I purchased the property.
A month later I finished the job, move home and started doing cosmetic work on the house to get it ready to be rented. I found termite damage (intentionally and well hidden) around an external wall and window. While repairing that I found more and more damage and an extensive and active infestation. Long story short I ended up having to replace 4 walls and the ceiling in that bed room. This involved building false walls to support rafters and the roof while replacing the entire framing for that room, including damaged studs and top cap, sheet rock, and insulation. I did the work myself and I have no background in construction so as you can imagine this was quite the ordeal. It is a 1950s house so there was also the headache of different sized framing studs then what we get a Lowe’s today. Nothing is square on an old house. NOTHING!!!!!

In the end this cost me a lot of my summer and a few thousand in materials but I got it repaired and eventually rented and now it is making me money.

This story isn’t meant to scare you but to encourage you. Even when plans fall apart, and problems arise (which they will). You can work through them. Make a new plan, say a prayer and attack.
For gods sake get a Termite inspection!!!!

Good luck out there. 

[Rami Sobhani]

Congrats