Thanks for your interest in this property. It always feels great to be appreciated for all the effort we put into doing quality renovations. We take pride in our business, and work hard to provide you with a great house for a great price, unlike a lot of investors we see who throw together a simple “patch and botch” job and then hope you won’t notice.

While 14111 Mount Pleasant has been sold, we’ve got plenty of other deals in the works! Sign up for our buyer’s list using the form at the right to be notified of our other available properties, before they ever even go on the market. We look forward to helping you find a beautiful, affordable home!

This house will be in beautiful, clean, modern, move-in condition when we’re done. But how’d you like to live there now, during the renovation? Yeah, me neither.

She then said the words that will stick with me for the rest of my life: “Thanks for selling me your property. I looked at a lot of houses before finding yours. Every one I saw had too much wrong with it for me to handle with my situation of available cash, approved mortgage amount, and housing need. You gave me the chance to put the housing part of my life back on track with no major worries.”

Wow.

All I did was buy a property right from the bank, fix it up like I would have if my family would be living there (within reason), and sell it for a reasonable market price. Since that experience I’ve continued to march on, looking for rough bank-owned properties to fix and sell to good folks like Jan. With my skills and experience and good crews, we can make a living and make a difference in the lives of home buyers. I guess that is a good thing.

This blog isn’t really about me though. From my 35 years in the trades and the real estate renovation, repair, and investing  business, I’ve picked up a few bits of knowledge. The previous story was my wake-up call to reach out and help those who don’t have the resources I do — to help them determine if a property is really a good deal and how to make it a nice home. Even for those folks who do have the skills and resources, if I can give them one tidbit of info that saves them a few bucks or a lot of aggravation, that’s cool with me.

So until the next time we converse, be an educated, savvy, fully-aware home buyer. Realize that the banks are trying to clean up the mess they made and don’t really care much about your situation. And remember, most agents are motivated by commission and will not be there for the almost-certain problems you will run into with buying a run-down property.

Don’t get so caught up in the hype of getting a “deal” that you get the shaft. Know what you are really buying. Remember that the banks and their agents don’t put all of that “as-is” language, etc. in the listing and contracts because they love you. BUYER BEWARE!!!