Table of contents for
Fixers by John T. Reed
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Renovation 5
- This Old House renovation $350,000 over budget 14
- Profit opportunities in bad foundations 14
- The Nickerson formula lives 15
- William Nickerson 4/10/08-10/19/99 17
- Wall Street Journal article says fixers rarely profitable 20
- Contractor estimates 20
- One investor’s career 21
- Profitable pre-sale fix-up 25
- Profitable renovation 27
- Inner-city fixers 29
- Book review: Buy it, Fix It, Sell It, Profit 30
- Book review: Fixin’ Ugly Houses For Money 33
- $28,000 renovation profit 35
- Foundation bargain 37
- $180K profit in fixer duplex 40
- $80,000 rehab profit 42
- Title problem OREO rehab 44
- The most cost-effective improvements 46
- Lucille’s drapes 48
- Over-55 fixers 49
- Off-campus fixers 51
- Gentrification flipping 52
- Let the buyer do it 53
- Property-improvement loans 54
- Rehab pay-back survey 57
- Improve the Value of Your Home Up to $100,000 by Robert Irwin 58
- Cosmetic renovation of common areas 59
- Aging and home design 60
- Remove and don’t replace 60
- Flipping and wholesaling 62
- Making improvements on property already owned by an affiliate or party related to the exchanger 62
- Bathroom increases value 24.1%? 63
- Slate roofs 63
- Slate roof 65
- Too much fixing 67
- Home improvement 68
- Home office LOWERS value? 70
- When good contractors go bad 70
- Exterior shutters 72
- The ultimate fixers: builders 73
- Lessons learned from renovations 75
- Replacing carpet as a value increaser 77
- Thomas Kinkade homes 78
- House-flipping TV shows 80
- Flipping study 81
- Tear-downs of expensive properties 83
- House architecture 84
- Revisiting Nickerson’s advice in 2006 86
- Over- and under-estimating 89
- Adding space underneath the building 91
- Extreme makeover: Home edition taxable income 92
- More stigmatized properties 92
Bibliography 94
Index 95