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Category Archives: Real Estate
Contract pending
If you’re going to flip a house, the critical final step is the landing. No amount of aerial grace will overcome faltering missteps at the end. We bought the house on August 29. We spent 5 weeks and ~$5,500 working on … Continue reading
Posted in Flipping, Flipping Houses, Real Estate, Rehab
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4 weeks into rehab
Four weeks ago today we acquired this flip house. Or flippin’ house. I am feeling much more empathy for the folks on reality TV who find themselves embroiled in this quagmire of endless to-do’s and decisions. The situation and the … Continue reading
Posted in Flipping, Flipping Houses, Real Estate, Rehab
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Hard work, hard work, hard work
We’ve been painting and putting in tile and cleaning and watering the foundation and the lawn (and pulling weeds), pruning bushes, and taking care of business (getting the A/C checked, ordering a new garage door). The water bill came yesterday. … Continue reading
Posted in Flipping, Flipping Houses, Real Estate
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Rehab, not flipping
I need to remember that what we are doing now is “rehab”. The flip refers more to the real estate transactions. We’re in the ugly, gory part of the process, where there is a lot of sweating and occasional swearing. … Continue reading
Posted in Flipping, Real Estate
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House flipping: kitchen, carpets and bathroom
Yesterday Mr. H and I put in about 13 hours. Today we put in about 5. While he puttered around with stripping linoleum, prepping new doors and modifying the kitchen cabinets for the new microwave (all are still works-in-progress), I … Continue reading
Posted in Flipping, Real Estate
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House flipping: on the job training
Our first full day of labor began with, of course, a surprise. After unloading all of our supplies at the flip-house, Mr. H and I got busy. I took the initiative to work on removing paint from the door hinges … Continue reading
Posted in Flipping, Real Estate
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Flipping houses: Time to get this project rolling
Almost everything we know about flipping houses, we learned from TV. Fortunately we have a realtor who graciously gives us advice and encouragement. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t still surprises. On Monday we closed on our first “flip house”. … Continue reading
Posted in Flipping, Real Estate
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A new adventure
As of this afternoon we’ve taken one more step toward ownership of a house that we intend to flip. We’ve had this idea in mind for a while, and we’ve been trying to find a good candidate. We made an … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, commitment, faith, Flipping, not writing, Real Estate, trust
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