All Forum Posts by: Jacqueline Nguyen

Thank you for the insight @Dustin Allen and Russel!

Hi, I am a newly licensed real estate agent in Texas and have a few questions about buying investment properties. If I find an off market property, can I use the TREC (Texas real estate commission) one to four residential contract between myself and the seller? I'm a little confused how this works as I know when you buy off market, you get to avoid agent fees. However, if I am an agent buying an investment property for myself, does the seller have to pay any commissions to my brokerage? Am I now representing as a buyers and sellers agent since im a realtor? How does this work? 

@Sandeep Majumder I'd love to connect. Do you have a website or contact information I can reach out to you at?

@John Chong Thank you for that insight

@Adam Bartling I will reach out to them, Thanks!

Hi everyone,

I was hoping to get insight on price ranges for certain renovations in my area, Houston, TX. I received a quote from 3 different GC now and the rehab prices seem a bit high. I am looking to invest in properties to BRRRR and wanted to know if maybe I'm reaching out to more expensive GC's and if anyone has referrals on GC's they have used that does a good job at a reasonable price?

The quotes I received from these 3 companies were all similar and as follows:

$7,000-8,000 - Tub shower renovation: Replace tub, redo shower tiles with 6 inch white subway tiles. No new Hardware. Redo the plumbing that is connected to the shower head and faucet. 

$19,000 - Flooring: 2,100 sq ft home. Remove current tile flooring from whole home (excluding 4 bedrooms), leveling and installing LVP. 

Do these prices sound reasonable for this area? Can someone assist with price ranges for this area?