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House #12: First Offer

August 9, 2009

The Mini House has been on the market for about two and a half weeks, and — despite the fact that it isn’t even staged yet — we’ve gotten a lot of interest from potential buyers. This weekend, we received our first offer on the property. The offer was for about 95% of asking, with […]

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House #9: Closing Scheduled

August 7, 2009

Sorry I haven’t posted much this week, but my desktop PC crashed, and it’s currently being repaired. Let this be a good reminder to everyone else to back up your computer…my not doing so anytime recently may cause me a lot of grief if I end up losing a bunch of data… Anyway, a quick […]

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House #11: Rehab (Vid 3)

August 5, 2009

We’re continuing to make great progress on The Sunglasses House, and given where we are on the rehab, it’s likely we’ll hit our estimated 6 week schedule… This past week, we’ve completed the interior painting, finished reglazing and repairing all the windows, installed the vinyl flooring in the bathrooms and laundry room, installed most of […]

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House #9: Appraised

July 30, 2009

We got the The Hat Trick House appraisal back this evening, and I’m happy to report that it came back above the purchase price… This is especially good news considering the issues we’ve had the past few weeks with appraisals in this neighborhood. Here’s a quick recap… The Red Garage House (which is in the […]

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House #8: Another Extension

July 29, 2009

Yup, The 16-Bid House is still having difficulties getting to closing. As you probably know, the seller has been trying to get clear title on this one (so we can buy it) since March, and still no luck… Last week, my wife sent the agent an email mentioning that the contract was about to expire […]

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House #11: Rehab Pics

July 28, 2009

Our contractors have been cranking away on The Sunglasses House again this week. The landscaping was completed, the gutters were installed, a huge backyard privacy fence was put up, the master shower and fireplace tiling were completed, and the interior paint is 50% complete. By the end of the week, the painting should be complete, […]

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Update for 7/24/2009

July 24, 2009

A quick update on where each of the properties stand: House #1: The Corn House We’ve collected four on-time rent checks, and according to the contract, we should be closing on the lease-option on this one at the end of next month. Unfortunately, based on the credit check that the mortgage broker ran last month, […]

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House #12: On The Market

July 21, 2009

We finished the rehab on The Mini House over the weekend, and just listed it for sale today… We haven’t yet staged it, as we’re still waiting for The Hat Trick House to sell so we can use that furniture. But, even without the furniture, it looks pretty good. It was a simple “paint and […]

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House #11: Rehab (Vid 2)

July 19, 2009

While I just posted the first rehab video for The Sunglasses House a couple days ago, that video was about a week old (took me a while to get the video card I needed to upload it to my computer)… So, here’s the next installment, which was just recorded this past weekend, and should bring […]

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House #11: Rehab (Vid 1)

July 17, 2009

I’ve gotten lots of requests to start adding video of our rehabs, as people want to get a better idea of what specifically we’re doing on our houses and what the houses look like before and after. I’ve been putting off doing this for a couple reasons: I was too lazy to buy the correct […]

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