27 April 2013 | 8 replies
UGLY.horrible paint job overallno heating system. gas heater was taken out (which makes me wonder, because it's not foreclosed)I have not yet had the inspection done but I have an AWESOME inspector who will rip this place apart (figuratively) if I tell him to give me every detail to deduct from the selling price.A little about me:1. was just approved for a $15K line of credit I was going to use as a reserve to pay for updates and appliances (I want to pay most out of pocket though)2. 5K to put down.3. another property I want on the same street is 9,000, needs about 25k in repairs, but is really nice, but one family.
27 April 2013 | 11 replies
Nothing is off limits, religion, politics, music that really stinks, health insurance, corporate rip offs, younger women who refuse to go out with old men, old men that ask younger women out, or men I guess, movies full of kids, church dinners where evryone brings the same dish, stop lights that aren't syncronized, whatever....Yes, I'll do one on late night RE gurus!
27 April 2013 | 2 replies
Nothing major, paint, rip up carpets etc.....Thanks in advance!
29 April 2013 | 15 replies
This includes, but is not limited to: - painting - affixing wallpaper; - changing bathroom or kitchen fixtures; - installation of electrical outlets, computer network cabling; cabling for television service; installation of a satellite dish for internet or television service; - changing of light fixtures;3.Tenants must not crack fill or fill any holes during their tenancy.
2 May 2013 | 14 replies
Some may need major structural repairs, while others may just need paint and cleaning.Also, I don't see where that formula factors in holding costs?
28 May 2013 | 18 replies
Paint it the same as the wall and its not very noticeable even when not in a closet.Replacing the washers in the old type is the definition of insanity.
6 May 2013 | 43 replies
Building the front porch -Installing the Ikea cabinet boxes -Siding on the front of the house -The front porch, again -Wood floors in, walls painted... almost done.
30 April 2013 | 6 replies
Or even during the summer in especially hot climates (working on clay and tile roofs in Phoenix, for example).As an example, I spent the winter working on a project up north, where part of the buyer's lender's conditions for sale was that the house needed to be painted (it had really bad peeling paint), but the temperatures didn't get above 50 degrees for about three months, and paint won't stick in cold temperatures.
30 April 2013 | 1 reply
So I am new to the whole thing, The agent hooked me up with the lender, lender says ill qualify for around 110,000, I am afraid of getting ripped off so what advice can anyone give on what to watch out for and how to make it work best in my favor to get a great deal. also, my realtor was my first choice because she worked with relatives.
1 May 2013 | 10 replies
Some of the stuff she does is not all that appealing to me anyway like when she paints the kitchen cabinets the same old dull color she has been painting for the past however many years.