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Property is a 6,200 sq ft 1994 build on a golf course lot in the top submarket here. Listed 2.65M, been sitting 140 days, seller is an estate. My offer thinking is 2.35M, maybe 2.…
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Halfway into a 5,400 sq ft luxury reno I'm managing as a partner rather than as the GC, and the millwork package just blew up. Architect's allowance was 95k for kitchen, butler's…
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I've been doing this about five months, which is to say I've been reading. An operator I met through my agent is putting together a 4,900 sq ft dated luxury reno and offered me a…
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I run a finish trades business, five years in now, mostly high-end interiors, and I've never structured anything like this. Sponsor is doing a 4.6M target flip, big renovation, a…
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Bought a dated 1970s hillside house in a luxury pocket at 2.05M, put 640k into it, all-in with 9 months of carry sits at 2.87M. Under contract at 3.395M, financing contingency cle…
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Project is a 1990s builder-luxury house in a strong high-end submarket, 4,600 square feet, target 4.1M. Purchase 2.44M, reno budgeted at 720k, currently trending 785k before this.…
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Six mainstream flips behind me, purchase prices 300k to 600k, and I've hit the point where the returns per deal don't justify the hours. So I'm looking at a listing I keep going b…
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Finished a 5,900 sq ft luxury flip in late spring. Bought at 2.6M, all in at 3.68M including a scope overrun I'd rather not relitigate. Listed at 4.45M on comps that supported 4.3…
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Six months of building models, no deals yet, and I want to stop being wrong about this line before I write offers. Here's my monthly carry sheet on a hypothetical 2.6M purchase in…