Live & Flip

Week 3 Progress

I'm a bit slow to get week three updated (as were nearly done with week 4), but the current week has me very tired from removing wallpaper from every stinking room in the house. This is the week three progress.  They completed the deck for the mudroom and outside entry to the garage, tiled the half bath, master bath and part of the kitchen, and removed all the paint from the stairs. I'm pretty excited about the deck, it adds a very nice feature to the garage. I think it came out nice than...

New House Photos

Wordpress was kicking my tail the other day. Here are the new house photos. Ok...so wordpress is still kicking my tail.

Taking calls, making offers

I received a call on a probate letter last week. I took a look at the house and made my offer. It was 80k less then what the seller hoped for, but he was happy I was honest and straight forward with him. Its a small house a neighborhood where they are being scraped for 500k-1.2m dollar homes. I would have either had to scrape it or do an extensive gut rehab to make it sell-able in the area. I will send him a thank you letter and a follow up letter in 6 weeks. I have been scouting MLS pro...

Property Access

I was allowed into the odd property today. Boy am I glad I got to go into it. It could be a diamond in the rough. Okay, maybe a quarter in the sand, but still better then I thought. Its a duplex! The way the PR talked about the home a mother-in-law sweet was added to the existing house. Thats true, but the addition is a 2/1 complete with its own kitchen, furnace, water heater, washer and dryer. Its in much better condition then the main house. Seal up the opening between the two and you ...

Goal prep 2010 Part 2

It’s not a life of luxury I seek, it’s a life of living successfully rather than always trying to “reach success”. Success is the journey. The road is paved in gold, not the destination. I want to have as much time to spend with my fiancé as we both desire. I grew up in a family oriented atmosphere and it is important in my life. I see myself in 5 years working from home or a small business office. I will be self employed buying and selling real estate. Apartments, houses, s...

2009 in Review

I will be doing a self analysis suggested by "Think and Grow Rich" in the next few days. Before I can do that, I feel it is important that I review my year to see what I accomplished or did not accomplish. This is a rehash for me and may not be useful for all those reading, but it must be done. I started the year by adding to my household. I have a new dog Wendell. His addition resulted in the construction of a new gate on property. Something I have never built. I'm pretty happy with th...

Reorganizing

Ive been in a bit of a funk these last 6 months have not accomplished much.  Its almost entirely due to procrastination.  I was waiting to find out what would happen with the third rental.  There were plenty of items I could complete while waiting, but I simply did not do them.Ive been planning and working towards wholesaling now for about 2 months with not much to show.  I need to focus.  As far as my house goes, I have 3 projects coming up on it.  Replace 2+ windows, move washing machine...