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Joseph Milano
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Buying materials for rental rehab?

Joseph Milano
  • Rental Property Investor
  • NJ
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Hey everyone,

I’m closing on a deal at the end of this month, this will be my first time going through a rehab for a property and hiring out the work. I’m hiring a handyman because most of the work is things like painting/ installing new fans and fixtures, and replacing kitchen cabinets.

For anyone with experience working with someone for the first time on a smaller job like this, do you prefer to pick up all the materials yourself and drop them off at the house, or give the person you’re hiring a list from Home Depot or Lowe’s and have them do all of the running around and purchasing? Pros and cons to either method?


Thanks for your help!

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Michael Plante
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Michael Plante
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I choose the items on the Home Depot or Lowe’s app and pay for them for in store pick up 

I call and tell them the name of the person picking up the order 

I text a pic of the order and order number to the handy man

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