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Repair or Replace Floor Joist and Subfloor? – Estimating Flooring Costs for House Flip
The structure holding up the flooring in your property is one of the most important things to get right if you want to flip it profitably. If floors are uneven, sagging, or otherwise damaged, potential buyers will (rightly) feel like they’d have to consider the cost...
Floor Repair or Floor Install? – Estimating Flooring Costs for House Flip
Flooring is an important part of any fix-and-flip operation. A new floor can increase the property's value and decrease the time it takes to sell it by making the house look cleaner and more visually appealing. But what is the cost estimation for floor repairs and...
16 Best States and Cities to Wholesale Real Estate
The real estate market is hot these days, with homes getting snapped up in days and bidding wars breaking out left and right. For wholesalers, this is a great time to do deals, as investor interest is high. Of course, some states and cities are better to wholesale...
How to Pick a Good Roofer: Negotiate Roof Replacement Cost
You've decided to replace your roof, and now it's time to take action. As you begin this stressful journey, you may want to be well-prepared to reduce the likelihood of any distressing surprises. Some things you should prepare for are the total cost of the roof...
15 Questions to Ask Motivated Sellers When Wholesaling Real Estate
As a real estate wholesaler, you perform a very valuable service. You help motivated buyers and sellers find each other in a very noisy market. The real estate wholesaler is not always looked at as a benevolent soul trying to make everyone's life better. It may be...
9 Questions to Ask a Wholesaler When Selling Your Home
You've decided to sell your home to a real estate wholesaler. Now, you need to know what to ask the real estate wholesaler because they are not the same as real estate agents. Also, maybe you are hoping to sell your home faster and with less effort and money spent on...
How Much Does a Roof Replacement Cost? – Part 3
In this third installment of “How Much Does a Roof Replacement Cost?” we focus on inexpensive ways to replace a roof, the average cost to remove and replace a roof, and the cost of other roof materials. For a comprehensive review of the topic, please review Part 1 and...
How Much Does a Roof Replacement Cost? – Part 2
You’ve decided that you are going to replace your roof. Now, you are looking for roofing materials, roof replacement estimates, and ways to save money. Bravo! There are numerous ways to achieve your goal and do it in a way that doesn’t make you bleed money or leave...
How Much Does a Roof Replacement Cost? – Part 1
You are most likely going to have to replace your home’s roof at some time. The average roof is designed to last 25 years but may last fewer years if the elements have been very unkind to it and/or the original work done was not of high quality. When this happens, you...
How To Start Wholesaling Real Estate
Wholesaling real estate can be a lucrative side income or full-time occupation. Connecting a seller and buyer and taking a “finder’s fee” without having to tie up your own capital in a property can be a great way to do deals quickly. But how do you start wholesaling...
Using Grants to Rehab Multifamily Properties
If you own a multifamily residential building that needs work done on it, using grants to rehab them can help you cover the costs and is a great opportunity if you can make use of it. Of course, each grant has its own criteria for who and what properties can qualify...
How Much Can You Make Wholesaling Houses?
Wholesaling houses can be a lucrative source of income if you have the skills to find properties and sell them with a good margin. After all, you’re not buying the property itself at any stage during the process, so you can make thousands of dollars just for acting as...
What Are Neighborhood Stabilization Program Grants?
It's a good idea to be on the lookout for opportunities to take part in large-scale grant programs. Among these are Neighborhood Stabilization Program grants. The program was started after the 2008 housing crisis and recession. It aims to provide funding for real...
Do You Have To Pay Back A Real Estate Grant?
Grants are a great way to help cover the cost of purchasing or repairing a property. Some people, though, wonder if they’re too good to be true - they wonder if they’ll ever have to pay back real estate grants that they receive. Answering this question is good if only...
Is Wholesaling Houses Illegal?
There has been an ongoing debate about whether selling real estate wholesale is legal. If you ask real estate professionals, you can get many different answers but often never the same answer. Real Estate Wholesaler's Niche First, let's look at the niche real estate...
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