Small success story - new rental

Small success story - new rental

Dawn AnastasiPro Member
Rental Property Investor · Milwaukee, WI · Member since 2013 · 6k+ posts · 4k+ votes

I brought aboard a new rental property recently (rented for September 1st).  It's a 3 bedroom, 1 bathroom cape cod. The primary reason I purchased this property was the neighborhood.  I really liked how nice it was and I got to know the neighbors and they're really great too.

Purchase price = $31,500

Rehab = $6,000 (approximately)

Work done:

+ Painting all rooms in the house (needed primer to cover ugly colors) + ceilings and trim

+ New rainfall tub/shower faucet + plumbing

+ New ceramic tile tub surround and tile base around the room

+ New toilet

+ New glass block window in the bathroom

+ New windows in the entire house (except for large picture window), double-pane vinyl windows with tinted UV protection

+ Basement laundry tub plumbing repairs

+ New water heater

+ Drywall replacement in upper bedroom around stairwell

+ New outlets and switches in all rooms

+ New light fixtures in two rooms

+ New kitchen floor (sheet vinyl) also used on back hall and stairs to basement

+ Miscellaneous (some new cabinet handles, smoke detectors, CO2 detectors, door knobs, new locks, curtain rods, curtains, light bulbs, grass cutting and gutter cleaning)

Rented out at $875/month + utilities.

The tenant I have is actually one from one of my other rentals.  Her son turned 18 and decided to move out, and so now it's just her and her 2 daughters, and they didn't need all the space of the 4 bedroom place they had been renting (at $1100/month).  The new place is less than a mile away from the old place, so it worked out for her with the move as well.

Some pictures (I'm horrible at picture taking so please don't laugh):

BEDROOM 1

BEDROOM 2 (UPSTAIRS)

BEDROOM 3

KITCHEN

LIVING ROOM

BATHROOM

BACKYARD

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  • Mike HurneyPro Member
    Real Estate Investor · Boston, MA · Member since 2009 · 2k+ posts · 542 votes
    12y

    @Dawn Anastasi Nice.

    What's the waterflow in that rain shower? We just sold a house with one and it didn't even enter my mind.

    I thought you had to get the LowE glass on new windows but they were still trying to charge extra for it?

  • Andrew SyriosPro Member
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    Residential Real Estate Investor · Kansas City, MO · Member since 2014 · 10k+ posts · 5k+ votes
    12y

    Looks like a solid property, over 2% rent/cost, good job!

  • Flipper/Rehabber · St. Louis, MO · Member since 2008 · 489 posts · 300 votes
    12y

    Awesome!! Great job @Dawn Anastasi ! 

  • Dawn AnastasiPro Member
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    Rental Property Investor · Milwaukee, WI · Member since 2013 · 6k+ posts · 4k+ votes
    12y
    Originally posted by @Andrew Syrios:

    Looks like a solid property, over 2% rent/cost, good job!

     Thank you!

  • Real Estate Broker · Naples, FL · Member since 2013 · 9k+ posts · 6k+ votes
    12y

    That is an awesome deal. I wish we had decent houses for 31K in this area!

  • Investor · Mission, TX · Member since 2014 · 117 posts · 40 votes
    12y

    Excellent work.  I enjoy this post because I have been so intimidated by the concept of rehabbing a property.  Thanks for sharing.

  • Investor · Yokosuka, Japan · Member since 2014 · 631 posts · 184 votes
    12y

    @Dawn Anastasi Thank you for sharing. How in the world did you get all of that done for $6K or even $8K? I agree that nice is always nicer :) If you can get it at a nice price.

    Congratulations!

  • Investor · Atlanta, GA · Member since 2013 · 646 posts · 392 votes
    12y

    @Dawn Anastasi Congratulations on your success. It's a great deal. All the best

  • Flipper · Port Deposit, MD · Member since 2014 · 280 posts · 171 votes
    12y

    @Dawn Anastasi 

     Congratulations on your success! :)  All of your posts are inspirational :)

    Was $31,500 the asking price or did you negotiate with the seller?

  • Dawn AnastasiPro Member
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    Rental Property Investor · Milwaukee, WI · Member since 2013 · 6k+ posts · 4k+ votes
    12y
    Originally posted by @NA Jones:

    @Dawn Anastasi 

     Congratulations on your success! :)  All of your posts are inspirational :)

    Was $31,500 the asking price or did you negotiate with the seller?

     I'm trying to remember what the original asking price was but I forget at the moment.  Anyway, it was higher.

  • Dawn AnastasiPro Member
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    Rental Property Investor · Milwaukee, WI · Member since 2013 · 6k+ posts · 4k+ votes
    12y
    Originally posted by @Pyrrha Rivers:

    @Dawn Anastasi Thank you for sharing. How in the world did you get all of that done for $6K or even $8K? I agree that nice is always nicer :) If you can get it at a nice price.

    Congratulations!

     I posted the answer to that in Karen's thread when she asked the same question.

  • Investor · Longview, TX · Member since 2012 · 631 posts · 186 votes
    12y

    @Dawn Anastasi You make it all look easy!  Great job!   

  • Dawn AnastasiPro Member
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    Rental Property Investor · Milwaukee, WI · Member since 2013 · 6k+ posts · 4k+ votes
    12y
    Originally posted by @Tom Keith:

    @Dawn Anastasi You make it all look easy!  Great job!   

     Major league baseball players make throwing and catching a baseball easy too, Tom!  :)

  • Professional · Jersey City, NJ · Member since 2014 · 154 posts · 87 votes
    11y

    @Dawn Anastasi 

    Congratulations. 

    Your conservative and thoughtful approach is idea provoking, Dawn. 

    Does your business mission or perspective on your rental clientele help you keep focus on your discipline?

    (The way you approach REI hitting and throwing you'll be joining Robin Yount in the Hall of Fame some day.)

    While careful math seems at the heart of your process, it seems to me that something more helps you maintain common sense throughout your project execution. 

    Is that the case?

    Thank you for the project photos and details. 

    It is nice to have them all as one considers new efforts. 

    Congratulations again,

    Jonathan

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