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>> No.1273770

You bought a house and you cant even figure out how to hang a little bit of drywall?

>> No.1273782

>>1273770
>You bought a house and you cant even figure out how to hang a little bit of drywall?

What is the connection?

"You bought a car and you can't figure out how to rebuild the carburetor?"

"You bought an air conditioner and you can't even figure out how to change the refrigerant?"

"You bought some paint and you can't even figure out how to add a shot of black?"

>> No.1273790

To me, it looks like a great time to redo the entire bathroom correctly, as in at the very least green board but preferably cement board, more insulation for sound dampening, full on tile work, lighting and ventilation...

>> No.1273874

>>1273782
>crying about a mundane /diy/ thing like drywall
>on a board about /diy/
>expect not to be ridiculed

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>>1273760
Two words.
1) insurance
2) fire
Good luck anon.

>> No.1273948

>>1273760
Idk why you're upset. I love "problems" like this when I'm walking through a house. It scares away normies and it's easy to fix. Bad flooring, holes in the wall, broken windows, and a newly leaking roof are all great to me.

>> No.1273984

Always buy a house with two full bathrooms (minimum) that way you can gut a bathroom without issue.

>> No.1273988

>>1273984
Houses with 1.5 baths are tough to sell too. Having that second full bath helps the resell value tremendously. Ideally, you could buy a house with 1.5 baths and expand it to 2 baths to force some appreciation.

>> No.1274132

>>1273948
I was with you until leaking roof
probably 9 times out of 10 there's going to be mold fucking everywhere, enormous amounts of rot, etc

>> No.1274146

>>1274132
I like to replace the roof in my rentals right off the bat anyway. When I've already got the roof off, it's relatively easy to sort through the mold issue. It usually only costs me 3-4k to replace the roof and the few sheets of rotten OSB.
Same with the AC unit. It's easier to just get the replacement out of the way. I can replace a whole unit for $2500 and not have to worry about it for a few years.

>> No.1275130

>>1273760
Dude. I wish i could find the pics. The ignorant fucks got there trash bill or water or whatever shut off and just threw it in the back yard. Old lady was a diabetic. Needles for fucking days. It took DAYS to shovel that shit into a pickup and i puked twice from the smell. Laid some dirt on top just in case. I don't want to catch the hiv mowing my fucking yard...

>> No.1275131

>>1273782
Kek

>> No.1275136

>>1273945
#jewishlightning

>> No.1275137

>>1274146
How many rentals you got anon? Trying to get the ball rolling myself. Got 2 houses. Shopping for #3 if i can fucking find a descent price. People around here are piss ignorant with their prices

>> No.1275145

>>1275137
I've got 8 now. I'm about to pull some more equity out and buy some more within the next year. Two is a bad amount to have. You should have at least 4 to cover your costs in case you get a vacancy.

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>>1273760
OP is back, sorry here is more pictures.
>>1273770
Not my house. It is my girlfriend's parent's place. Her dad's brother needed to sell it so he could move for a new job. Her dad needed a house. So he bought it from him...

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>>1273770
I can put up drywall, and put in a floor, and probably learn to do anything else i need to know.
>>1273948
believe me i am excited to fix this place up

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>>1273760
The kicker is it has no source of heat so it doesn't even count as a bathroom.

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>> No.1276481

>>1276477
How can anyone do this, then step back, and think "yep, jobs done"

Fuck me.

>> No.1276482

>>1276477
AC work and roof replacements are the only thing that I don't fuck with. Roofing is tough work and if it's not done right, you can run into big problems. AC work isn't difficult, but I don't have enough experience to risk not calling in a professional if I get a call from a tenant at 3 in the morning.

>> No.1276483

>>1276481
It's more like

>I got enough of it done to pacify the wife. I'll finish the rest tomorrow.

>>1276478
Before you sell, you should get an HVAC guy to come in and run an air duct to the bathroom. Make sure to get a permit. The whole thing shouldn't cost more than $400 if you do the prep work (cut the hole in the drywall and install the vent). An additional bathroom can add a few thousand dollars to your resell value.

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>>1276483
I am a maintenance assistant and my boss has been contracting for 30 something years, picked up this job during the recession. He said that he would put in heated floors for just a couple hundred bucks

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>>1273760

>> No.1276491

>>1276485
You should check your local laws. In NC, you need a permanent HVAC structure in the room. Heated floors wouldn't cut it here.

>> No.1276587

>>1276475
Nice asbestos ceiling tiles. Breathe deep when you're ripping them bad boys down.

>>1276483
Nigga what? Four hundred dollars and a fucking permit to add a heat run? Get fuckin' real.

>> No.1276593

>>1276587
The permit is $120 here. Maybe 50 dollars insulated duct and supplies. 60 dollars an hour for a cheap HVAC guy. These things add up quick, anon.

You can do it without a permit, but then you couldn't add in the bathroom as heated living space. It's one of the few times a permit is worth the expense.

>> No.1276596

>>1276587
>I can tell if something has asbestos just by looking at it

WEW!

>> No.1276856

>>1275130
I bought a flip house that was a crack house. Same shit except it was inside the house. There were rats there over 14" long not including the tail.

I tore out the ceiling and the rat turds fell down like rain. It was fucked. Puked a few times from smell of dead rats.

>> No.1276885

>>1273984
Y E S

I SO AGREE

You have to have at least 2 bathrooms.

>> No.1277557

>>1276485
Heated floors is easy. You can buy a kit for wtf ever square footage and jist throw er down. Backbutter tile sucks dick but oh well

>> No.1277560

>>1277557
This.

I lock pex in my own custom cut subfloor.

Deatra

Tile

Profit.