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Old 03-28-2017, 10:01 PM   #7
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Originally Posted by Realtor 1 View Post
Most of these questions can be answered by your realtor. There is no black and white numbers as the quality of work and brands can alter the estimates by thousands.
I'll be honest - so far I'm not happy with my realtor. It's very early in the process and I'm willing to give him a chance, but he's putting off a strong vibe of wanting to make a sale asap and not willing to put the work in. That said, I'm also someone who likes to educate myself before making a large decision like this. Sure, I could take the word of a realtor. Or, I could look into the numbers myself to be certain. I'll burn up the phone's tomorrow getting quote if no resource exists like I'm looking for.

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Depending on your financial situation, one may not be possible. You have to come up with cash to pay for a renovation whereas you can essentially finance the already renovated house. So if you're putting 10% down, that's only another 3k out of pocket for the renovated house. But if you buy a house and then do a 30k reno, it's 30k out of pocket.

Whatever numbers you decide on for your reno, just double it, add 10% and triple your time line.
The money is there for renos if that's the route I decide to go.

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Originally Posted by Winsor_Pilates View Post
So all of the things a good realtor should help with?
Good being the key word. See above.
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