When I first walked into this property, my first reaction was “It’s kinda tight, small and dark” (like a snobbish person would react ). I have valid reasons to back up my snobbish reaction, as I explain below. I will also list all the things that I changed/updated for this property and the total renovation cost.As the title of this article stated, I turned a decent closed floor plan into a beautiful open floor plan. After the renovation, the property is completely opened, bright and airy. It looks like something from a magazine, but that’s just my opinion . You can judge for yourself after you see the after photos below and all the things I did to it.The property at its current state was not bad at all. I like the huge game room upstairs, the nice pergola in the backyard, the family room is quite a good size, […]
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Transform a Boring Condo Into a Modern Condo and Maximize Rent Income
I purchased a freakin’ cute, little, cozy condo around mid-2016 in a prime area in Dallas. “How cute”, you ask? Scroll down and see for yourself (but scroll your ass back up and read everything that I wrote! ). It’s surrounded by shopping, dining, clubs, and bars; walking distance to running trails where you can walk your lovely little pooch, and a $5 uber ride to downtown Dallas and all the cool areas.The condo was in great shape, well-designed and I could lease it out immediately if I wanted to. But I didn’t. I wanted to modernize it and maximize the rent income.For the area that the condo is in (surrounded by new, modern condos/townhomes that easily cost $350k+), there was excellent opportunity to maximize rent with a modern renovation. People who live in that area and those who want to live in that area are young professionals who like […]
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