Recent content by aftons1983

The home is finished and sold. My last post from the other day showed before and after photos. We started working on this around September/October and finished a few weeks ago.

Thanks for your reply. However you are a little late. You can see in my post from the other day that I finished and much of what I did was contrary to your advice. I do appreciate your input though :).

I just want to update everyone on this home as I said I would and maybe it will help someone else. We did A LOT to it, we sold it to the 3rd person to view home which was very fast. We made a very good profit off of it. So my dad was very against painting the brick, but he visited a friend...

Yes this is a good idea. Do you think they will actually even be there to see the home or that they will even be able to visualize adding the bathroom or be willing to do so. Plus they will not have a lot of extra money after getting the loan. That is usually why they want a house in tip top...

I like that "livable and clean". That is far from what we have planned but it does make sense. I just worried this house was too outdated to do that. Like never had central heating and air (wall units throughout). It only had 1.5 bath and maybe I am wrong, but it seems everybody wants at...

Yes good point. The buyers in this particular area seem to be young and first time buyers. I am sure that changes for more expensive homes. We have a lot of town homes and that seems to be what older downsizing people go for. The town homes go really cheap too. While it is possible an older...

Yes I feel the same way. I just do not think most first time home buyers will think that and I am trying to cater to them. I am afraid they will see the outdated brick of their childhood home era. We are leaning toward not doing the brick but I am still afraid it is a mistake. We shall see...

Okay great thank you!

We are leaving the fence but the stump is no longer there. We were doing shutters (I was also considering window trim as I like it better than shutters). I was noticing that many had a gable to when I was snapping photos. Thanks for your help!

Here are the homes I could screen shot off of google map. Just because it will be a few days before I am back over there. These homes still look pretty much the same except that some of the yards have gotten slightly more junky. The homes are mostly brick and slighly larger than this one I am...

What do you think is a better way to spend the money making the outside look better? I was hoping there was a better way than painting the brick. Even though my job is not to worry about routine maintenance and the first time buyer most likely will not care, I still want to give them a...

First of all thank you so much for your response. I really appreciate you taking the time to read that loooong msg and all. I am definitely considering your concept of minimum changes and just cleaning it up. We are putting in central heat and air. The inside of the home will have all...

I am new to flipping homes. I am buying the house pictured below. It needs about 25k or so done to the inside. I am trying not to go too high on the exterior due to this home being in an undesirable area. However, I know the curb appeal can really raise the value. I am not trying to be lazy...