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House #1 – SOLD

House #1: Day 1 of Rehab

August 19, 2008

Rehab has started on The Corn House. Just to allow everyone to follow along on this rehab, I’ve took a couple videos of the house, as well as a bunch of pictures after the first day of rehab. Here is a video of the main floor of the house, along with some front and back […]

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Update for 8/13/2008

August 13, 2008

Lots going on, so I thought I would post a general update on things… House #1: The Corn House Today is the big day — I’m closing on my first investment property, The Corn House! Here are some of the other things going on with House #1: I finally found a GC who will perform […]

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House #1: Ready to Close

August 7, 2008

I got my closing date for House #1 today — it’s next Wednesday afternoon. This will be the first closing I’ve had with an investment property, and is sure to be a lot easier than closing on my first property, my primary residence. Because I will be paying cash for the house, I won’t have […]

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Update for 8/1/08

August 1, 2008

I’ve had the busiest work week in recent memory this week (even compared to back in the corporate world). Things have been crazy, but in a good way. Here are some updates: 1. I met with a number of GCs this week to get bids on the Corn House rehab. I expect to have four […]

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House #1: Scope of Work

July 30, 2008

I started meeting with contractors this week to get bids on the rehab work for the Corn House. While I was originally only going to get three bids, I screwed up and overbooked and am now on the hook to get about 5 bids on this job (a couple GCs didn’t call me back soon […]

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House #1: More Details

July 29, 2008

…continuation of yesterday’s post with more details around the Corn House: * I had a full inspection of the house on Saturday. Overall, there were no major surprises, which was a good thing. My inspector is tremendously detail-oriented, and found at least a hundred little issues, but most of them I had already known about […]

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House #1: Some Details

July 28, 2008

I officially signed the contract for House #1 (“The Corn House”) on Saturday. And as promised, here are some more details: * First, some pictures of the new property. The basement pictures aren’t in here yet, but since I’ll likely be finishing the basement, I’ll upload those when I get a chance. If you take […]

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House #1: The Corn House

July 26, 2008

It’s only Saturday, but it’s already been a good news, bad news weekend… First, the bad news: Offer #2 was a day too late, and buyer who submitted an offer a day before mine got the house. I was hoping that he’d back out during the 7-day inspection period, but that period expired on Friday, […]

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