>buy house for 230k (tax included) >decorate and paint

no thats poorfag, you need at least 20-30% profit
but a nice start, well done OP

>>1994793
>you need at least 20-30% profit
Says who?

>>1994806
says me who does it at least one per year.
you asked for an opinion and got it chill out!

>>1994789
If you're paying in cash, yeah

If you're getting a mortgage for this house then you're not making anything, considering the cost of the mortgage, negotiations, time it takes to get the home financed/in your name etc.

>>1994839
>chill out
It was an honest question anon.

Thing is, I set the list price at what I actually wanted to get out of it, based on numerous appraisals.

Now everyone who comes to visit automatically bids 20k below that.

On the other hand, if I had set the list price higher, maybe nobody would've ever come.

>>1994847
The 230k buying price includes all of that.

people will always try their bid 20k lower, its the 'norm' just stick to your guns on your asking price or list 10k higher and take 10k lower to make it seem like you're discounting it. typical sales game, everyone wants to think they are getting a 'bargain' or at least some sort of discount.

>>1994789
There are realtor fees involved in buying and selling a house. Plus you have any repair/improvement costs. $20k might not cover all that.

also sometimes I re-mortgage property and use funds to invest in something else whilst I rent this out if it's struggling to sell, depends on your local economy / house market

>>1994862
The 250k sell price includes the realtor fees.

And I only spent like 2-3k on the house, ever.

>>1994860
That's what I thought.

The realtor convinced me that if the house is priced right, people would be more willing to pay closer to the list price.

>>1994789
No. You're not factoring taxes, insurance costs while it sits, real estate agent fees, and so on. You'd be lucky to break even if you're only aiming 20k higher.

I renovate houses for a living, and there's profit in it, but you need to get it dirt cheap and put weeks of work into it.

*** CLARIFICATION BY ME, THE OP ***

I bought at 230k including all taxes and expenses related to mortagages, fees, etc.

I'm selling at 250k including all expenses for realtors, etc.

*** END OF CLARIFICATION BY ME, THE OP ***

>>1994881
I am factoring in everything.

Here are the figures not factoring in everything:

Bought the house for 210.000

Selling the house for 258.000

>>1994793
Were you also operating under the assumption that I wasn't factoring in mortgage fees, taxes, realtor fees, ... when you mentioned the 20-30% figure?

>>1994881
Well, I'll give you a tip. If it's got a shit kitchen, renovate it. Don't put more than 10k in it. Women absolutely LOVE new kitchens.

Redo the bathroom floor.

Plant a few rose bushes or appropriate to the neighborhood.

Although all of those are relatively cheap, you can add a ton of profit from it.

>>1994891
>>1994909
whoops

>>1994918
The kitchen is large and original to the era (60s), and bitches love it. They say things like "it's like a pinterest kitchen".

I also painted the entire house on the outside, and the difference is pretty dramatic.

I put a ton of work into the yard as well.

Tons of elbow grease, but very little investment.

Just wondering how this type of profit margin of 20k pure profit stacks up.

>>1994870
>The 250k sell price includes the realtor fees.

You didn't say that to begin with, dumbass. It makes a big difference.

>>1994952
About 8k difference, yes.

I just thought business-savvy people like /biz/ would naturally assume I was selling it myself, without the realtor.
And honestly that was the plan, but I involved the realtor anyway as part of the negotiations for the house I'm about to buy.

>>1994793

No one outside manufacturing makes 30% profit. I dropship 90% of my orders. Everything is B2B packaging and janitorial materials, and Id fucking kill for 15% profit after all is said and done. Last year on 1.3mil in sales, I walked away with 96k for reference

>>1994965
Maybe he thought I wasn't factoring in mortgage fees, taxes, realtor fees, etc.

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>>1994960
>business-savvy people like /biz/

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>>1995120
>>business-savvy people like /biz/