Your Investor's Guide on How To SUCCEED in Section 8 Housing Rentals

Chapter 9

Flooring and Ceilings

We will simply save you thousands in this section. Also, a top 10 reasons on why we hate to install carpet.

"I’ll get right to the point. I hate spending money on new carpets! I can’t think of a bigger waste of money than spending money to install carpets in a rental property..."

"That’s what’s great about them. They may not look as nice as carpet or be as comfortable, but unless you plan to spend the night over your tenant’s house, who cares what they’re walking on..."

"Have you ever heard of carpet in a can? It’s called paint. Rustoleum gray oil base paint to be exact, and it works great. Two gallons at about $25.00 per gallon should do the trick. Simply roll out all the bedroom floors, the hallway and steps and you’re done. The floors are restored for $50 bucks! Unless you want a high pile from your carpet in a can, that would be two coats of paint! (joke) Your floors may look like the floors of a navy battleship when you’re done, but they will look clean and you will save some cash..."

I’ll give you a David Letterman top 10 reasons why I hate installing carpeting:
#10. Mom, I spilled my glass of Hawaiian Punch all over the living room carpet.“Don’t worry about it, baby, it’s the landlord’s carpet”.
#7. How often do you think they will have the Chem-Dry guy over the house for a cleaning? Let me give you a hint – What comes before number one?
#6. God forbid, they sneak a pet into your property. You can evict the tenant, but you won’t be evicting the fleas or the cat piss smell anytime soon.
#2. It’s too expensive of an investment for possibly only a 3 year return. AND THE #1 REASON WHY I HATE INSTALLING CARPETS IS..."

 

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