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House #50: Final Analysis

December 19, 2013

We closed on the sale of House #50 today… This project was another Milwaukee house that needed a good cosmetic overhaul, along with some reconfiguration. We blew open the kitchen to the dining room and the living room, and took the huge master bedroom and created a master suite (added a full bath and a […]

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House #43: Inspection/Appraisal

December 17, 2013

The buyers for The Tear-Down House have completed their inspections and the inspection report was short and clean. There were a bunch of little items — paint touch-ups, windows painted shut, some caulking needed, some debris in the back yard, a light not working, etc — and only one major item. The major item is […]

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House #43: First Contract

December 6, 2013

The Tear-Down House has been listed for a couple months, and we’ve dropped the price a couple times (we couldn’t determine exactly where the value should fall, so we started pretty high, and slowly came down from there). Certainly, the time of year has contributed to the fact that we weren’t able to get a […]

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House #48: First Contract

November 23, 2013

House #48 has been listed for about two weeks, and has gotten a ton of interest from buyers. One of the common pieces of feedback we got the first weekend was that buyers didn’t like the unfinished basement (it was dirty and dank), so we went in and painted and cleaned it before the second […]

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House #43: Final Budget

November 16, 2013

We finished construction of The Tear-Down House (our new construction project in Atlanta) about two months ago. Ultimately, the house ended up being 2672 square feet of finished space, which was a good bit bigger than we had originally designed and anticipated. But, our final cost on this one ended up surprising both my partner […]

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House #50: First Contract

November 12, 2013

House #51 has been listed for just over a month, and the early feedback was that it was overpriced (we’re getting into the slow time of the year for house sales and it’s getting cold in Milwaukee, where this house is). So, we did two quick price drops over about 2 weeks, and over the […]

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House #46: First Contract

November 10, 2013

The WI-4 House has been listed for nearly 4 months now, without a solid offer. We’ve received several low-ball offers, but nothing that we’ve been willing to accept. We’ve dropped the price three times, and we’ve also spent a few thousand dollars to spruce up the exterior (painting, landscaping, etc)…here’s a pic: We finally negotiated […]

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House #50: Staging Pictures

November 5, 2013

We finished up another Milwaukee rehab a couple weeks ago…while I’m not thrilled with the final pictures on this one (we’re likely going to have them retaken), here they are: HOUSE #51: STAGING PICTURES Next week, I’ll post our final budget numbers…and hopefully some better pictures…

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House #48: Staging Pictures

October 31, 2013

We just finished up another rehab in Milwaukee…this one turned out great, especially the reconfiguration and opening up of the kitchen… Here are the staging pictures: HOUSE #48: STAGING PICTURES Next week, I’ll post our final budget numbers…

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House #49: Final Analysis

October 25, 2013

We closed on the sale of House #49 today… This was another Milwaukee deal. This was a major cosmetic overhaul, along with with major reconfiguration of spaces. We opened up the kitchen/dining room/living room and then stole part of the main bathroom to create a master bath and master closet (a nice master suite). We […]

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