Hey Guys! Project H update! We have decided we want to give the exterior a makeover. Currently our entire exterior is a red brick with a beige-ish grout and while it is nice, it is dated, and is just not the style we are hoping to achieve. So we decided we want to paint the brick and have been doing a ton of research on the matter. So, […]
Hey Guys! LTRE is almost ALWAYS real time. So here is what is going on in real life. We have a SFR under contract up in Binghamton that we are looking to renovate and rent out. Closing was supposed to happen over a week ago and still has not but we NEED to get started on the renovations for an […]
Hey Guys! Right now we are focusing on our KITCHEN remodel at Project H. I think we have redesigned this kitchen 10x at this point, but we are finally at a place that I am really excited about. One thing we are in the midst of debating on are the countertops. Do we go marble? Quartz? Granite? or…. DEKTON? This last product was a […]
Hey Guys! Over the past two weeks we have been working on NEW FLOORS for Project H. The plan is hardwoods throughout the entire house except the bathrooms, laundry room and man cave. Right now, they are working on the upstairs. We knew we wanted hardwoods but we did not know if we wanted pre-finished hardwoods or unfinished. We did some digging on both options […]
Hey Guys! Right now, I am working with a fellow Realtor who is interested in working with investors. She has never worked with investors before, so I set her a quick brain dump of all things REI. Before I became a Realtor, I honestly felt it was so hard to find a real estate agent who understood my objectives and was willing […]
Hey Guys! Yesterday I was helping a client come up with his after repair value on a commercial flip that he is about to close on and start renovating next week Commercial properties, and properties with 5+ units are typically priced on an income basis. We knew the cap rate we were targeting, 6%-7%, and worked backwards to determine a good list price. Let’s talk […]
Hey Guys! We made it to 2021- thank G*d. Luckily, after 6 days in, we got 3 new properties under contract already for various clients! One of these is a new client of mine -a group of NJ investors who wanted to get started in the Philly world of REI. This was their first purchase in Philly and they asked for a quick overview of the […]
Hey Guys! So we are FINALLY at the end of 2020. Not going to sugarcoat it, it has been a pretty awful year personally but professionally we did okay! So let’s review a year of work! So, as we do, let’s talk Real Estate, let’s talk 2020 REAL ESTATE RECAP… We closed out Project Philly and were issued our Certificate of Occupancy […]
Hey Guys! We have been working on Project H for a few weeks now, and one of our “to-dos” that we recently accomplished was removing the carpet from the first floor. We were lucky that there were some pretty nice hardwoods under there so we wanted to restore them as best we could. Here are some tips and tricks I learned along the way. So, as we […]
Hey Guys! I went MIA last week but we are back in full swing with a big update on our latest project. As you all know we closed on a home a few weeks ago that we plan to renovate over the next couple of years. I want to lay out what we plan to do and how we plan to […]