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re: Are there realtors who specialize in helping you repair a house to sell?
Posted on 10/6/26 at 12:57 pm to dyslexiateechur
Posted on 10/6/26 at 12:57 pm to dyslexiateechur
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Are there realtors who specialize in helping you repair a house to sell?
A portion of my wife's business is doing this. She an interior/exterior designer that has a contractors license as well. She's turned over properties as well as helped prep houses for sale. The work usually comes through contacts with agents that she has relationships with. Since she is both a designer and contractor she can offer turn-key type service where most will have to sub out the work. Makes it easy on them.
She would likely tell you to be very careful about doing any costly repairs unless they are necessary for safety or code compliance. Clean things up, paint the walls white or a close to white neutral and sell it as is. Many upgrades or repairs that people undertake are more costly than they will get in return on the sale.
I'm not saying to not do it, but if you do any of it make sure it's something that the buying market deems as a value add. It's easy to get finically upside down doing this kind of work.
This post was edited on 10/6/26 at 1:02 pm
Posted on 10/6/26 at 1:23 pm to dyslexiateechur
quote:realtors are good at being pretty, not floating drywall
Are there realtors who specialize in helping you repair a house to sell?
Hard pass
Posted on 10/6/26 at 1:38 pm to dyslexiateechur
Once people as a whole figure out realtors are now basically useless. That profession is dead or will be culled heavily.
Your only expenses now to sell a home should be a real estate attorney and who they use to do the title work, etc. and that expense can be negotiated in the price.
Your only expenses now to sell a home should be a real estate attorney and who they use to do the title work, etc. and that expense can be negotiated in the price.
Posted on 10/6/26 at 2:26 pm to dyslexiateechur
You will not get what you spend to repair back when selling. Why not just negotiate any "have to's" off sale price? The shite you see on HGTV is make believe.
Posted on 10/6/26 at 2:28 pm to dalefla
We prob got get the ac in good order and paint at least. Roof is less than a year old.
Posted on 10/6/26 at 4:12 pm to dyslexiateechur
Liability risk...I wouldn't get involved.
Posted on 10/6/26 at 4:18 pm to dyslexiateechur
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Hire an a/c company to clean and make sure it is in working order and a painter if absolutely needed
Sell as is (I worked in the industry for many years)
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be very careful about doing any costly repairs unless they are necessary for safety or code compliance. Clean things up, paint the walls white or a close to white neutral and sell it as is. Many upgrades or repairs that people undertake are more costly than they will get in return on the sale.
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Hire an a/c company to clean and make sure it is in working order and a painter if absolutely needed
Sell as is (I worked in the industry for many years)
Posted on 10/6/26 at 4:27 pm to dyslexiateechur
What part of Baker, out of curiosity. We sold a property couple years ago near the little league pond at market value, did very little fix up. Baker is small but spread out with odd markets.
Posted on 10/6/26 at 4:40 pm to ValZacs
I don’t know the subdivision but it’s off Lavey. We’re now leaning towards not fixing up and selling as is.
Posted on 10/6/26 at 4:43 pm to SidetrackSilvera
Is that the dude from San Antonio from the early 2000s? 
Posted on 10/6/26 at 5:00 pm to Spankum
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Kind of a conflict of interest, IMO. Since realtors get paid as a percentage of total, they would rather drive up the cost of the hose before they sell it through remodeling costs.
Unpossible. Realtors would never do anything unethical.
Posted on 10/6/26 at 5:06 pm to dyslexiateechur
If you do anything, i would keep it minimal like fill in holes, paint and only fix what needs fixing. A/c of course. If you take fha/hud offers you may have to do a little more.
Eta - just an opinion
Eta - just an opinion
This post was edited on 10/6/26 at 5:07 pm
Posted on 10/6/26 at 5:12 pm to dyslexiateechur
Juli is good. Stephen Couvillion is a realtor who flips houses.
Posted on 10/6/26 at 5:13 pm to dyslexiateechur
I think they will advise you to increase the “curb appeal”. Meaning make it look good from the curb, or wherever you first see the house when you pull up.
The front door and steps area should be replaced and/or freshened up.
Basically, you don’t want people thinking “nope” at first glance.
You should consult a professional for anything more than painting and pressure washing. People’s taste vary and popular styles change.
The front door and steps area should be replaced and/or freshened up.
Basically, you don’t want people thinking “nope” at first glance.
You should consult a professional for anything more than painting and pressure washing. People’s taste vary and popular styles change.
Posted on 10/6/26 at 10:14 pm to dyslexiateechur
Realtors are mentally retarded, so no
Posted on 10/6/26 at 10:23 pm to CleverUserName
Once people as a whole figure out realtors are now basically useless. That profession is dead or will be culled heavily.
Your only expenses now to sell a home should be a real estate attorney and who they use to do the title work, etc. and that expense can be negotiated in the
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Agree
A good inspector is worth the money. Hearing from a realtor what colors are pretty or nice spacing is worthless. But people still want their input. Ridiculous
Your only expenses now to sell a home should be a real estate attorney and who they use to do the title work, etc. and that expense can be negotiated in the
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Agree
A good inspector is worth the money. Hearing from a realtor what colors are pretty or nice spacing is worthless. But people still want their input. Ridiculous
Posted on 10/6/26 at 10:27 pm to dyslexiateechur
My daughter's real estate person , who is actually a lawyer is helping them choose contractors to do necessary repairs to make the house more attractive to buyers. That is for buyers to not bitch about the condition of the roof, some plumbing and HVAC.
She is also a property manager so she deals with contractors quite a bit.
She is also a property manager so she deals with contractors quite a bit.
Posted on 10/6/26 at 11:11 pm to lepdagod
Have a private appraisal made by an appraiser who will identify possible repair/improvement issues. Then collect ballpark estimates to address the most expensive. In most cases you will find that the cost of a fix exceeds the improvement expense. If kitchen and bath remodels are being considered remember that many buyers would rather do that their own way after the purchase.
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