All Entries in the "Renovations" Category

Start Property Investing With A Renovation

Many people would like to get involved in property investing but feel that a buy and hold property is not their goal.
If this is the case a simple buy, renovate and sell property may be the answer. Unless an investor has done some renovation before it will pay them to thoroughly research this topic be [...]

5 Top Tips for Renovating Investment Property Bathroom

Renovating properties is one of the primary functions overlooked by a competent real estate investor. Home renovating is needed in order to get the property appraised for a price much higher than what it would have been without it. There are various techniques for each part of a property, and the bathroom is among those [...]

5 Top Tips for Renovating Investment Property Kitchen

As we all know, the kitchen is one of the most critical parts in the home. It needs to have proper care at all times to avoid instances where it looks shabby. Many investment homes are purchased on a low budget because they are not in the best condition.
The kitchen is usually the most affected [...]

Don’t Get Caught Up In The Renovation Hype

All these renovating shows on TV are fun to watch and make interesting viewing for those who have an interest in improving their home, who like being involved in hands on projects or those thinking of making a profit from renovating properties with a quick buy and sale turn around.
It is with caution that I [...]

Upgrading Electrical Work In An Investment Propertynt

Property upgrades are quite popular with property investors, although in actual fact, not as frequent as they could be.
When people upgrade a house they think of:

a quick coat of paint
some new drapes
some new light fittings
maybe some new tiles and fittings in the kitchen and bathroom
maybe some new flooring

These are fairly standard budget upgrades which [...]

Renovations Are The Order Of the Day

Times are still tough out there in the business world and with all this uncertainty anything to do with finances seems to have stagnated.  What always seems to happen in the housing industry in times like this is renovation rather than selling and buying again.
I am sure you know a number of people who are [...]

The Fastest Way To Start Making Money In Property Investing

That sounds like opening a can or worms, doesn’t?  Because I know a number of people who have made good money in real estate, in a short space of time and within that group there would be several different strategies that have been used.
What I am talking about here though is the point that for [...]

A Look At How To Plan A Full Renovation

Renovating an investment property in a minor way can be quite a lot of fun, but when it comes to a full renovation then this is a whole different strategy. This is not something that will be done in a week or two and it most definitely will cost a lot of money.
Let’s look at [...]

Renovating Investment Properties and Where To Buy

Renovating properties is a very popular strategy for making extra money when property investing.  Many investors will renovate and rent for a higher rent which is a good way to increase capital growth and also receive that higher rent, but also some property investors like to renovate and flip the house as soon as it [...]

How to Renovate a Property Investment to a Budget

Investment property renovation strategies.
That word ‘budget’ makes some people cringe, but what is a budget really?  Just a list of numbers so that there is a ‘road map’ to work with.
When budgeting to renovate the first item on the list should be the $ value that is going to be spent on the project.
This may [...]

Renovating A Smaller Property To Keep For Investment

Many properties that are bought for investment but which are going to be renovated before occupation are on the smaller side.  Here are some tips that might help you give it the appearance of a larger home when renovating a smaller property, especially and older style property.
•    Carefully look at the total layout and see [...]

Investment Warehouse Property Conversions

I have found for you a very interesting website and the link I will give you below will be to a 2 Part video on a warehouse conversion into two apartments.  The actual site is in the US but the content of the site is excellent for those property investors who have not actually done [...]

Building approvals for property alterations

When making changes to any of your investment properties, remember to check and see if you need building approvals.  If you do, and you don’t, it could cost you dearly down the track.
Some examples of work that you may not need to get approval for are:

putting up small sun shades on the house, usually those [...]