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As I write this, I am sitting in the Destin area of Florida in a town called Miramar Beach, and today has been the best day of our vacation. That being said, getting here wasn’t easy. The last workday before left was beyond full. I left the house at 7 a.m. to make my first stop at the Calhoun Home Depot to pick up a large order for a flip we have going. It consisted of the flooring...
Have you ever started on a property just knowing it was going to be a homerun? I know we have. One that sticks out in my memory was a 2,000-square-foot, three bedroom, three full bath, brick ranch on eight acres. We purchased this house for $40,000 and did a jam up rehab, including custom tile, hardwoods and new counter tops. We put a new roof on it, installed a new HVAC system,...
I’m so sore right now. My hands hurt, I have bruises and cuts all over the place, and my back is killing me. This is all from doing something I haven’t done in a long time: I’ve been framing on a house. Sometimes I get asked if having a contractor’s background has helped us in our investing career. To begin with, it did. When it was just Ashley and me, I could do most of the...
Boy, do we have a full plate right now. We have four active rehab projects, plus three rentals houses we need to fill. Put it all together: yep, that’s seven open properties. Woohoo! Rehab No.1 is located on Rush Chapel Road. Painting and light installation was completed Tuesday which meant I had to get cabinets and flooring ordered and delivered so the guys could keep moving...
We’re doing a property right now that has a propane furnace, so we went to see Ms. Sue over at Calhoun LP Gas. She got me taken care of and scheduled their guys to bring me a tank the following week, weather permitting. As we were doing the paperwork, Ms. Sue noticed I was reading everything and remarked that that was fine, but that it was just their normal paperwork for a tank...