Q: My business partner and I are doing our first rehab. Do you have any tips to help us avoid mistakes other new rehabbers make? Carl, Point Pleasant, NJ A: Here are 3 mistakes that new rehabbers make that you should try to avoid: 1) underestimating rehab costs—no matter how many property rehabs you do, property renovations always seem to cost more money than you initially think they will, so it’s very important that you leave room for cost over-runs in your rehab planning 2) over improving property–when you rehab a property to sell, your goal is to maximize your profit which requires keeping your costs to a minimum. You should rehab a property to fit the character of the […]
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