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16 Sep This. Is. Demo.

Posted at 17:01h in Angel Investor, Appraisal, Architect, Architecture, Demolition, General Contractor, Investment, Investor, Mistakes, Real Estate, Rehab, Renovation, Residential, Residential Rehab, Small Business, Start-Up, Uncategorized, Venture Capital by Integro Builders 0 Comments

Well, we finally made it. Renovations started on the Kenwood house this week! We have "Polish highlanders" handling demolition (my GC was very impressed by this). My main man, Wesley, spent over an hour walking through the house with myself and my GC reviewing the drawings...

01 Sep An Appraisal Lesson: What Renovations Add Value to Your House?

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It has been quite busy around here in the rehab world. We are finalizing the bid with our General Contractor, conducting a team walk-through with the architect in hopes that we'll have some "ah ha!" moments before we're dishing money out during renovations, and we're...

27 Aug Annoying, Money Saving Tasks Worth Doing for your Rehab Project

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I met with my landscaper last week to address the garden that has turned into the opposite of Eden over the past couple weeks. I cannot WAIT to get this project started. Fortunately, the construction industry picked up in a big way this year which...

22 Aug 5 Ways to Recover When It’s Not Your Fault

Posted at 16:45h in Angel Investor, Appraisal, Design, General Contractor, Human Resources, Investment, Investor, Mistakes, Real Estate, Rehab, Renovation, Residential, Residential Rehab, Small Business, Start-Up, Venture Capital by Integro Builders 0 Comments

So, I was driving to get yet another iPhone 5 fixed today when I received a peculiar phone call from one of my sub-contractors asking about an invitation he received from a team member outside of my company about a client meeting that I have...

19 Aug What makes a true heroine?

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Here's to strong women: may we know them, may we be them, and may we raise them. Female Bricklayer Defied Doubters to Build Baltimore Landmarks...

14 Aug Real Estate Deals: Creativity Wins

Posted at 16:39h in Angel Investor, Appraisal, Architect, Architecture, Design, Interior Design, Investment, Investor, Real Estate, Rehab, Renovation, Residential, Residential Rehab, Small Business, Start-Up, Venture Capital by Integro Builders 0 Comments

So, a few weeks ago one of my favorite brokers in Chicago called me with an off-market listing (by the way, any broker that comes to you with off-market listings is a broker you keep close). After maybe 15 seconds of introduction, I knew exactly...

05 Jul Investors: How to Pitch the Deal

Posted at 16:35h in Angel Investor, Appraisal, Architect, Architecture, Design, General Contractor, Interior Design, Investment, Investor, Real Estate, Rehab, Renovation, Residential, Residential Rehab, Small Business, Start-Up, Uncategorized, Venture Capital by Integro Builders 0 Comments

So, I was attending a non-politically correct themed party for Independence Day weekend and met someone who was taking his broker's exam next week in hopes to begin "flipping" houses *cringe*. He seemed very excited about his new venture and asked me some questions about...

28 Jun Rehabs: The waiting game

Posted at 16:31h in Appraisal, Architect, Architecture, Design, General Contractor, Interior Design, Investment, Real Estate, Rehab, Renovation, Residential, Residential Rehab, Small Business, Start-Up, Uncategorized by Integro Builders 0 Comments

We are in week 4 of the Kenwood house! Similar to week 3, the house is still empty. No clanging, hammers, body odor, crude jokes, or cigarette butts. I'll tell you what's not empty - the mailbox. It's filled with bills! A month of holding...

10 Jun Rehabs: The truth about design

Posted at 16:23h in Appraisal, Architect, Architecture, Design, General Contractor, Interior Design, Investment, Real Estate, Rehab, Renovation, Residential, Residential Rehab, Small Business, Start-Up by Integro Builders 0 Comments

Ahhh, Kenwood house - how we love you so...

28 May It’s not all glamour: 10 Essentials to Start-up your Rehab

Posted at 16:14h in Appraisal, Investment, Real Estate, Rehab, Renovation, Residential, Residential Rehab, Small Business, Start-Up by Integro Builders 0 Comments

Well, here we are! 2 days until closing on our next rehab! We are so excited to be starting this venture and it has been a long time coming. During this "long time coming" period, what were we doing? Well, we were appraising homes and watching...

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