Rehabbing Tips

Flipping Houses in Todays Market

Posted by on January 21, 2012 at 1:59 pm

Well for today’s post we have a very special guest. My business partner Dominic has put together a great article about what it takes to flip houses in today’s buyers market. This is Dominic’s first post on our blog so please give him a warm welcome. ____________________________________________________________________________________________   Hey everyone, It is a very cold [...]

Merry Christmas and Happy House Flipping

Posted by on December 25, 2011 at 1:47 pm

Just wanted to wish all our blog readers, subscribers and followers a very merry Christmas. Here’s my dog Teddy doing his best Santa impersonation:   Best wishes to all and lets have an awesome 2012!!   P.S.  Remember, if you like our blog posts you can subscribe using the form right below: or you can [...]

New Camera and Staging Homes to Sell

Posted by on April 19, 2011 at 11:03 am

I’ve been operating with this really old clunky digital camera for the last 5-6 years. It’s a Kodak easyshare with an incredible 3.2 mega pixels. I used it a ton for my former profession as a commercial property inspector.  It actually took a pretty decent picture, and the file sizes were so small it made [...]

11 Kitchen and Bath Trends for 2011

Posted by on March 28, 2011 at 1:42 pm

  As everybody knows, it’s the Kitchen and Bathrooms that can make or break your renovation. Staying on top of the latest trends can help you give your buyers exactly what they’re looking for. Here’s an interesting article I came across highlighting 11 Trends in Kitchen and Baths for 2011: http://moneywatch.bnet.com/saving-money/blog/home-equity/11-kitchen-and-bath-trends-for-2011/3750/?tag=content;col1 .   Which of [...]

How to Find Buyers for your Houses

Posted by on March 3, 2011 at 1:55 am

With the expiration of the first time home buyer tax credit last spring we saw a pretty good decline in buyer activity. The tax credit pulled a ton of demand forward, as everyone was trying to get in under the wire and grab their $8,000. Knowing the market would slow quite a bit we had [...]

Tips for Selling a Home in the Winter

Posted by on January 19, 2011 at 4:07 pm

While the winter time is a bit slower when it comes to selling houses, there are still buyers out there looking. The winter weather in the northern states presents a whole new set of challenges when it comes to house flipping, here are some tips I found when it comes to selling your homes during [...]

Reader Questions – Rehabbing a Fire Damaged House

Posted by on June 18, 2010 at 2:40 pm

We’ve rehabbed alot of houses that have fire damage, because of this I get quite a few questions from our readers on renovating fire damaged homes. These types of properties can seem very intimidating to the new and experienced investor alike. You have multiple issues with fire damaged homes; not only are you dealing with the burn damage, [...]

Box Trucks and Paint Colors

Posted by on March 13, 2010 at 4:57 am

Well it’s been another productive week in Springfield. We got two BPO’s done for short sales that we are working on, looked at a ton of houses, got an offer accepted on a nice REO deal, and yesterday we had lunch with a group of investors that came up to Springfield from southern CT for a little mastermind session. I [...]