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John Burtle
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Metal roof vs shingles

John Burtle
  • Real Estate Broker
  • IL
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Metal roof or shingles.

Which do you prefer for rental houses? House flips?

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There's a few investors in my area putting metal roofs on their rental houses. One just put a metal roof on a house he's flipping. I was just curious to what you guys generally use

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Patrick Liska
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Patrick Liska
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Just wanted to followup with you, here is an article about metal roofs you can read. as @Matt Gragg pointed out, yes, if you are by the ocean it can corrode a lot faster, but it depends on the material you use, the cheaper material will corrode and thats why you have to do your homework and see how much you want to spend. here is the article: http://www.metalroofing.systems/top-70-metal-roofi...

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