Most agents will tell you what a renovation returns. I can show you, because I write the checks. Every project here is one I bought, renovated, and sold. Real addresses, real numbers, public MLS record.
I've been in real estate and mortgage lending for over twenty years. Somewhere along the way I stopped only advising on deals and started doing them. That changes what I can tell you.
When I price your house, I know what a kitchen actually costs and what it actually returns, because I paid for one last year. When I tell you a repair request isn't worth conceding, I've been on the other side of that call. This page is the receipts.
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Scottsdale Monterey · 3 bed, 2 bath, 1,841 sq ft · built 1979
Nothing was wrong with it. It was clean and twenty years behind. Six before-and-after comparisons, the full cost breakdown, and the negotiation, including the offer I refused to answer.
Read the whole story →Two more renovations are underway in Scottsdale right now. Both will be posted here the same way, with the actual numbers, when they close.
Thinking about renovating before you list, or looking at a property as a project? I'll tell you what it really costs and what it really returns.
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