Post your most recent purchase

[bh446066]

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1000 square feet of Brazilian Teak Lament wood floors. Regular $3.50 a square foot. The salesman messed up and I got the entire thing for $1.75 a square foot. They had 400 square feet at the store and he said since it was close out stock he would give me it for $1.75. The other 600 square feet he had to order from the other stores and I would have to pay the $3.50 price point for the remaining square footage. Needless to say when I got to the counter they rung me up for 1000 square feet for $1.75.

Purchase price = $1,890
Original price I SHOULD have paid = $3,024
Saved = $1,134
WOOOOHOOOOOOOO!!!!!

That's awesome. I recently did the same thing, but got stuck with the market installation rate. I envy you.

[Phobia]

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I grew up in a construction business. My dad owned his own company for many years. As I grew up, I was doing everything and learned a ton. So this house I been remodeling all myself. I installed all the ceramic tile floors, counter tops, drywall, shutters, windows, insulation, etc

So far I have completely remodeled the kitchen, dining room, living room, master bed, hall bathroom, computer room aka man cave, and spare room. I currently have the laundry room and master bathroom left and the interior is complete.

Then going outside, I have quite a bit still left. I have to get a box blade to re-level the backyard (previous owner had dogs who dug holes). Put up privacy fence, remove a few trees, rent stump grinder to remove 15 shrubs, new roof, and landscape the front yard.

So I save a ton of money from not having to pay for labor. I am about to put on my own roof also. I can get the materials for 2,300 and do it myself. But if I pay someone to do it, it will cost almost 7,000.

So long story short, I am installing the wood floors myself also

P.S. I also will make 100 grand or more on the flip. The house appraised for 140,000 when I purchased it. I purchased it for 92,000, 2 years ago. I recently had it reappraised this year and it appraised for 177,000 with the remodel I have done so far.

Once it is all said and done, 190,000 to 200,000 should be easy to reach for my price point to sell. 100,000 profit is not to shabby

[bh446066]

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F-ing A! I toyed with the idea of doing it myself, but we recently re-financed, and we were able to negotiate a home remodel provision in it, so we had it done along with some other stuff and ended up getting a reduced mortgage payment out of it. Only been in the house for a couple of years, so it went from a 30-year note to a 32-year note. Like you, I'm hoping for a significant profit when we sell. I've done a lot of landscaping outside myself, and begrudgingly to drywall/etc., even thought I hate it. Recently had to do this after my celing caved in due to an A.C. epicfail:

[Phobia]

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Damn that sucks, When you go to re-texture that tell me how that stuff works. I have a area I just installed a chandelier and I have the same thing. Smooth drywall surrounded by textured. I have the can of the spray crap just have not felt like messing with it yet.

[bh446066]

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Spray stuff sux. I borrowed a hopper and a pancake compressor from a friend and bought the smallest size texture bag from Lowe's and went to town. Make sure you tarp around the area real good....that $hit goes everywhere.

[jeremym480]

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25FT HDMI Cable for $8.60.


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Another year of XBL for $39.99. I had to jump on it before the price hike.

[Phobia]

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Spray stuff sux. I borrowed a hopper and a pancake compressor from a friend and bought the smallest size texture bag from Lowe's and went to town. Make sure you tarp around the area real good....that $hit goes everywhere.

Nice. My section is only like 8" x 36" so the spray can should be plenty. Not sure how good the quality will be to match the old though.

[bh446066]

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I think the trouble with the spray can is that when you invert it to get to the ceiling, it doesn't work like it should. I could be wrong. I'm certainly no expert.

[Phobia]

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I think the trouble with the spray can is that when you invert it to get to the ceiling, it doesn't work like it should. I could be wrong. I'm certainly no expert.

Good point, I will certainly give it my best shot and see how it turns out. If it does not work correctly then I will have to go another route.

[DaveDQ]

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This is my new thing. I'm in the process of collecting and making a room/wall dedicated to these kind of weapons.

Very Nice.

[DaveDQ]

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I grew up in a construction business. My dad owned his own company for many years. As I grew up, I was doing everything and learned a ton. So this house I been remodeling all myself. I installed all the ceramic tile floors, counter tops, drywall, shutters, windows, insulation, etc

So far I have completely remodeled the kitchen, dining room, living room, master bed, hall bathroom, computer room aka man cave, and spare room. I currently have the laundry room and master bathroom left and the interior is complete.

Then going outside, I have quite a bit still left. I have to get a box blade to re-level the backyard (previous owner had dogs who dug holes). Put up privacy fence, remove a few trees, rent stump grinder to remove 15 shrubs, new roof, and landscape the front yard.

So I save a ton of money from not having to pay for labor. I am about to put on my own roof also. I can get the materials for 2,300 and do it myself. But if I pay someone to do it, it will cost almost 7,000.

So long story short, I am installing the wood floors myself also

P.S. I also will make 100 grand or more on the flip. The house appraised for 140,000 when I purchased it. I purchased it for 92,000, 2 years ago. I recently had it reappraised this year and it appraised for 177,000 with the remodel I have done so far.

Once it is all said and done, 190,000 to 200,000 should be easy to reach for my price point to sell. 100,000 profit is not to shabby

This is so cool. My wife and I have done the same and our home currently appraises for $50,000 above purchase price. I have done most of the remodeling myself and am getting close to its selling point (maybe 3-5 years away).

[Phobia]

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This is so cool. My wife and I have done the same and our home currently appraises for $50,000 above purchase price. I have done most of the remodeling myself and am getting close to its selling point (maybe 3-5 years away).

Yea Dave it has been a blessing. Its a wonderful feeling huh?? In 5 years we are either going to rent it out for 1,300 a month (3 or 4 house on my street rent for that) or we will just sell it out right and make the lump sum. But I would rather go the renting route and just have this house pay for my future house note. Looking to get something in the 300,000 range in 5 years.

So either the house is paying for most my note OR sell the house and put 100,000 down on the future house.

Most importantly I am on my way to having financial freedom. No house note is a HUGE financial step in living and doing the things you dream of.

[MrNFL_FanIQ]

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[DaveDQ]

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Yea Dave it has been a blessing. Its a wonderful feeling huh?? In 5 years we are either going to rent it out for 1,300 a month (3 or 4 house on my street rent for that) or we will just sell it out right and make the lump sum. But I would rather go the renting route and just have this house pay for my future house note. Looking to get something in the 300,000 range in 5 years.

So either the house is paying for most my note OR sell the house and put 100,000 down on the future house.

Most importantly I am on my way to having financial freedom. No house note is a HUGE financial step in living and doing the things you dream of.

Yes, I agree. My wife and I are a single income family, so getting our first home for a very low price was ideal, but now I'm eager to get to where we are putting a good chunk down on the monthly payments so we can pay it off.

Maybe one day we can put pictures up of our homes in this thread so we can say for certain we truly just bought it. lol

[Phobia]

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Yes, I agree. My wife and I are a single income family, so getting our first home for a very low price was ideal, but now I'm eager to get to where we are putting a good chunk down on the monthly payments so we can pay it off.

Maybe one day we can put pictures up of our homes in this thread so we can say for certain we truly just bought it. lol

Yea I have a bunch of before and after pictures. Did it so we had proof of the changes for the appraisal. They are on the digital camera, when ever I think about it. I will pull them off and show the changes.

We also try and pay more towards our mortgage. We pay a extra 100 bucks each month to try and knock off as many years as possible. I hate interest lol