House flipping has become very popular and has spawned a number of television shows that gloss over the minutiae of how to flip a house and maximize profits. If you don’t want to get a little dirty and invest your time and sweat, be prepared to lose a significant chunk of profit to contractors. The more you take in, the more you can potentially benefit.
I worked with an investor for five years, helping him flip houses. At the time, some simple fixes save time, travel and money when I first visit. one of his houses to work on. This article will give you a tip or two to save the buck and the basic contents of the essential home flipper first day toolkit.
Bathroom and kitchen
Two of the biggest areas that can make or break the sale of a house are the kitchen and the bathroom. These can also be areas where fixture replacement can be expensive. But just because they look bad doesn’t mean they have to be replaced. Sometimes good solid cleaning strategies and a little elbow grease can renew the look of a fixture.
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I found a great product to remove burn marks cigarette and some stains from the learned marble tops. The kit comes with the best instructions and two freebies-instructions to remove the ceramic surface rub and a handy book that gives cheap “recipes” and instructions cleaning products. This product is called the Burn Buster Kit and is located at Additional Resources. Even the asset is worth the asset.
For the old style of cast iron cooks only clay, so cleaning is not enough. Sometimes you will find cracks in the cast iron or the cast iron can be worn and the black iron is showing a shot through the finish. You have two potential options here. For simple cracks or nicks, use Nick Fix Porcelain-Enamel-Acrylic Touch-Up. It can be compared at Home Depot Supply or from Surface Repair. You will find both about the lead or the bath and the stem. It comes in a small bottle with a small set and you use it to paint. Another product that I highly recommend for cast iron floors with gray showing through the bottom is SureStep Non-Slip Coating. I have used many of them many times and, when used properly, it creates a very pleasant concoction, which eliminates the need to replace the barrel, which is not only expensive, but time consuming. Buy it from the source at the Home in Additional Resources. Nice, friendly people who can buy you or chance. Be sure to read the directions and be happy to tell them what you read about it here.
After you have cleaned and flushed your pipes, before doing any finish repairs or installing new fixtures, remove the old discolored or stained stem and replace it. They make a tool for this, but I found the knife useful and straight-edge razors in the holder. a bigger job. Do not use the stem of the painter in wet areas, it will rust. I recommend GE Silicone II, Home Depot item. To give your caulk a professional finish, squeeze the caulk through the seam, then use a Homax caulk removal tool to remove the caulk (available at Home Depot for about a dollar). We wipe off the excess caulk from the finish tool often with a facial or toilet tissue. Finish by gently wiping the stem with a soft damp cloth.
If you plan to keep flipping, invest in a handy steam cleaner. He gets into corners, cleans tile and grout, toilets, utilities, refrigerators, fireplaces, pretty much everything I won’t, Steam is also a super disinfectant. It’s as easy as to clean.
Now that your fixtures and tops are all clean and looking good, just some updated faucets, faucets and handles- and of course a new toilet seat—voila, good looking.
repositories
White kitchens are very decorative, while the old dark wood is in style. You don’t have to replace all those big bucks. Take off the gates and hate. Clean and then lightly sand doors and cabinets boards. Give them a first coat of white white, then a coat of semi-white paint of a good color. Replace old hinges and handles with updated versions and potentially save yourself thousands of dollars and create a clean look. This process works for bathroom sinks as well as cabinets. Use white or use a color that matches the color of the wall. Use masking tape to mark the doors so you know where they go and put all your hardware (bolts, hinges, handles) in bags zip locks, if you plan to reuse, so don’t go astray. A product like Light Grease will remove grease from kitchen utensils, but remember to clean them immediately to prevent them from getting wet or rusting.
Smells
A great product for eliminating odors in bedrooms, closets, carpets and various other places is OdoBan. It also works well in pet odors. You can buy this at Sam’s Club (a dollar membership is well worth it) or through Home Depot Supply (maybe they can special order it for you at any Home Depot store, item #115500). It comes in a bottle and you can mix it to the required strength. The instructions are on the label. Always have a shower bottle around.
cracks and gaps
Have a few tubes of stem painter and a stem gun in your first day kit. Use painter’s tape to fill small cracks in the corners of the walls or where the ceiling and walls meet. It is also useful to fill gaps where the crown does not fit against tight walls, where the countertop is gaping from the wall, or as a quick filling of nail holes when you do not have the space. Make sure the surface is smooth. The best way to do this is with a soft damp cloth. When you paint your repair, it becomes invisible and gives your job a beautifully finished look.
Spackle (wall panel mud) is standard for drywall repairs. If you are inexperienced with spackle, you can opt for a new lightweight quick dry spackle such as Patch N Punishment. It dries faster than a regular spatula, applies primer more easily and works well with small holes. Home Depot has it in jewelry.
Perforated in the walls
How many times have you seen a door handle punched in the wall? You can put a tape over the hole and try to “feather” the edges so that the bump does not appear. Alternatively, you can buy a circle wall protector. It sticks to the wall, it covers the hole, it can be paint the same color as the wall and prevent another meeting. It is available from Home Depot Supply in various colors and sizes (item #807835) and can probably be found at hardware/a >.
If there is a hole in the wall where the above solution does not work, try this. Take a piece of light cardboard (head of a key, back of a phone book, business card; etc.), punch a hole in the middle, and insert a string or braid (the twisty pair will do in a pinch). At the back of the binding paper put a small pin, thread, or hair pin to the strings and arrange it so that you can pull it tight against the paper, but not through the hole at the back. A piece of duct tape can help her. Complicate, but do not enlarge the cardboard and tie it into the hole in the wall. You want to open a piece of cardboard inside the wall. Once it is open, pull the wire to hold the cardboard against the back of the hole. Now he just put some straw in the hole. Don’t try to fill the hole all at once. Leave enough space to cover the cardboard and hold it in place. When this dries, cut the wire, add a spacer and continue the process until the hole is filled. Then sand and paint.
The tree came to life
If you don’t intend to paint the wood, an easy resurfacing technique is to rub the wood with Tung oil (from a hardware or home improvement store item) clean , a dry, lint-free cloth as a shirt material. Tung oil moistens the wood and gives it some shine.
Stoves
There’s nothing like a good old Easy to clean inside a dirty oven, unless it’s steam cleaned. Those little chrome-colored under-the-sweat shingles can be purchased as replacement sets for under $15.00 for home improvement store or in appliance parts supply. A replacement is recommended for these, as they are rarely cleaned for scintillation. Knobs can also be replaced. Take the model with you to the appliance parts store or find the model and serial number on the stove and call the appliance parts store to find a match. For more difficult tasks, refer to Remedies to remove sticky grease from stoves.
Miracles
Mirrors tend to de-silver around the edges. There are three potential solutions for this if you don’t want to replace them. They are given to you here in order of the most recommended.
1. Take the mirror down and you have the glass and the mirror store cut it smaller to remove areas of silver.
2. Purchase Mirror Edges from Home Depot Supply. The kit has everything you need (item #900423). The mirror kit contains attached mirror edges, giving it a three dimensional effect.
3. Buy some edge wallpaper and glue to the edges of the mirror to cover the silver make you miter cut the corners to get a good finish and that enhances the flattering pattern or colors in the room.
Minimize Repair Clean Up
To minimize clean up, find a sturdy box about the size of a large microwave. An empty paper capsule is a good example too. Take this box with you from room to room while you repair or install fixtures. Put all your toys, nails, broken sheets of drywall or glass, empty containers, etc. in this box. Trash bags are not as good as a throw away box that has sharp edges because they can puncture the bag. the box is safer for you when dealing with sharp lips. All your trash is in one place, and you only have one box to finish. By having all of your junk in one place, you can quickly remove it if a potential buyer shows up early.
Home Flipper Essentials Toolkit
The items listed below will give you a big jump in getting your flip pointed in the right direction. When things are clean, it’s easier to see what needs replacing or repairing.
Garbage cans, paper-towels, cleaning cloths (like old t-shirts), garbage bags, brooms, dust pans , cleaning buckets, toilet brushes and mops, an old toothbrush (for hard-to-reach corners and tight spaces such as around faucets and hubs), sponges, Zip Lock bags (for small parts, screws or parts that you need to remove for fitting); permanent marker for labels, pencil and note (to write down the dos and don’ts you need), baking soda, bleach, glass cleaner (or one of the cleaning formula containers from the Burn Buster Kit Good Old Maker’s Cleaning booklet), drain cleaner, floater, phillips and flat screw head screws, a pair of pliers and/or hair canal, painter’s caulk, gun, stem gun, spackle, mud chisel, dust mask, safety goggles, light bulb.
Make sure water and electric are available, otherwise take your own water and go during the day (take a flashlight too). Utilities are turned around, especially water and gas. If water gets turned on when no one is around and there is a leak that you don’t know about, your “flip price” could go up dramatically because of the water damage-and leak gas is not enough! Also check out The Downside of House Flipping.
