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House #31: Back to Work (Pics)

March 8, 2012

After a slow start on The Puzzle House, we’ve passed all our preliminary inspections, we’ve gotten the utilities on, and we’re now starting to make some real progress… Here’s an update on our progress, with some pictures: All demo has been completed. We’ve torn out the plywood “faux foundation” that the previous owners installed and [...]

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House #30 / #32: Before Pictures

February 25, 2012

I’m trying to get caught up on taking and posting pictures, so I’m going to do two houses at once with this post… We closed on the purchase of House #30 (The Easy House) a couple days ago. This one has a 90 day deed restriction, where we can’t resell it for more than 20% [...]

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House #31: Solving The Puzzle

February 16, 2012

I mentioned the other day that we picked up a house we’re calling The Puzzle House. The reason for this name is that the first few times we visited the house, we were very confused about exactly why it was in the shape it was in. I know that sounds cryptic, but we’ll get to [...]

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House #18: On The Market / Pics

May 21, 2011

We completed the small rehab on The Haggle House yesterday, got it staged today, and got it listed for sale this afternoon… As most of the rehab was done several months ago before we rented it out, there wasn’t much to do this time — just some touch-up paint, pressure washing, and some other minor [...]

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House #24: More Info

May 18, 2011

We closed on The Wrong House last week, and after giving it a fresh coat of interior paint to make it move-in ready (or rent ready), we’ve listed it for sale… Here are some pictures (before the painting): The Wrong House This one is currently being marketed to investors, both through the MLS, on Craigslist [...]

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House #21: On The Market

May 13, 2011

We completed the rehab on The Leak House yesterday, got it staged today, and it’s getting listed for sale this evening: Here are the final pictures — you’ll notice that many of them are just copies of the pictures of The Trifecta House — this is because the houses are the same layout, same finishes [...]

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House #23: Final Pictures

March 25, 2011

After a long week of renovations on The Horsey House, it’s now been staged, photographed and listed for sale… Here are some final staging pictures of the rehab… Of course, here is my favorite picture from this house:

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House #1: Staging Pictures

March 13, 2011

We have The Corn House re-renovated, re-staged and re-listed for sale now that our lease-purchase tenants have moved out after two years… The exterior of the property has undergone a dramatic change. We rebuilt the front steps, painte the exterior and replaced the roof (here is what it looked like before): And here are the [...]

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House #23: Pictures

March 5, 2011

As promised, here are pictures of The Horsey House: Horsey House: Before Pictures We’re scheduled to close on the purchase of this property sometime around March 21…I’ll have more to say about our rehab plan, budget and schedule as we get closer to the closing date…

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House #1: Roof Issue

March 3, 2011

I mentioned in my last post that we were undergoing Rehab #2 on The Corn House, now that the lease-purchase tenants have left… While the rehab is going pretty well (we’re trying a new rehab crew on this one, and they’re a bit slower and less meticulous than we’re used to), the one major issue [...]

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