Archive for the ‘Tucson fixer 1’ Category

The Tucson fixer upper is finally sold

Wednesday, November 14th, 2007

Man this has been a wild real estate journey.  Here is the story of the Tucson fixer upper. My friend and I bought this house in February of this year around $120,000.  Our plan was to flip it as soon as possible with a budget of around $20,000 at a potential ...

Buyer backed out of Tucson fixer upper

Thursday, October 4th, 2007

On the last day of their inspection period the buyers decided to cancel the contract.  They cited that the roof needed work as an explanation however upon further discussion they said that it was because they couldn't get anyone to come inspect it in time. Luckily we had multiple offers on ...

Quick update

Monday, September 24th, 2007

Short post today... Finally, the Tucson fixer upper is under contract!  More to come later. No hits on SFH#2 for sale after one week and a full weekend.  This is not a good sign.  I need to add some value to the home and make it stand out.  I'm thinking about installing an ...

Update on my properties

Friday, May 11th, 2007

SFH#1 is officially under contract.  I know I said it was on Monday but we finally got confirmation that the earnest money has been received at title.  Whenever I sell a property I go through a checklist in my mind.  These mini milestones, each which brings the probability of a ...

Tucson fixer upper electrical update

Tuesday, April 24th, 2007

This is like a long soap opera that never ends.  When we last left the Tucson fixer upper the electric meter had to be moved because it was located under a carport.  Our electrician asked if we wanted to upgrade the house from 100amp service to 200amp service.  It would ...

Tucson fixer upper day #60

Tuesday, April 10th, 2007

It seems like the electrical issues never end.  We finally had the electrical approved by the city of Tucson, but well Tucson Electric Power came out to install the meter they said that it did not meet their standards because the meter location was under a carport.  We didn't move ...

Tucson fixer upper day #52

Monday, April 2nd, 2007

We passed electrical inspection!!!  Called TEP, the Tucson power company to come turn on power.  They said it can take up to two weeks!  We're gonna keep bugging them to get this power turned up.  This power issue has held us back about 3 weeks!