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House #36: Demo Pics

August 29, 2012

We finally got our permits for The WI-1 House, and demo is underway… We were supposed to have permits about a week ago, but the permit office dropped the ball and didn’t start working on the plan review until about 10 days after we submitted the application, at which point they said it could be […]

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House #35: Rehab Pics

August 19, 2012

Renovations on The Rookie House are picking up now that the mold has been remediated and things are moving along quickly… Last week, we passed all rough inspections, got insulation installed and sheetrocked the entire house. Over the weekend, we did some landscaping and cleaned up the exterior of the house. This week, we expect […]

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House #36: Foundation/Rear Yard

August 15, 2012

We’re still waiting for full building permits for The WI-1 House, but in the meantime, our foundation company was able to pull permits for the foundation portion of the job and get that work done… As a reminder, we had an exterior wall that was bowing/deflecting quite a bit, so the foundation company came in, […]

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House #36: Open Floorplan

August 9, 2012

My partner Marty, my wife, our designer/architect and I have spent the past couple weeks trying to figure out how to reconfigure The WI-1 House to make it more open and updated. We’ve basically decided to do three major changes the the floorplan of the house: 1. We’ll open up the kitchen, living room, dining […]

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House #36: More Details

July 12, 2012

We closed on the purchase of The WI-1 House earlier in the week, and I’m currently up in Milwaukee putting together a Scope of Work and starting to interview and line up contractors… First, here are some pictures of the house: THE WI-1 HOUSE: BEFORE PICTURES I must admit, the challenge of putting together a […]

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House #32: Staging Pictures

May 22, 2012

It took a little longer than I expected, but here are some STAGING pictures of The Unexpected House: THE UNEXPECTED HOUSE: STAGING PICS This house was put under contract prior to our taking pictures and listing it on the MLS, so these are just a few pictures and they’re not high-quality. Here’s how the exterior […]

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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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