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[after >> before, x3] the world’s tiniest bathroom. while our laundry room remains in shambles... here is a look back at the smallest room we’ve ever reno’ed. the window was put in way before we bought it; lucky for us, octagons* are cool again 🤓 we did have to get rid of the seashell stencil and granite “backsplash” though.. ya win some ya lose some. — #homereno #fixerupper #renovation #mydailyrenovation #renovationstories #myrenostory #renovationlife #storyofmyhome #ispymoderndiy #renomyhome #meetmyretreat #reno #lovewhereyoulive #myinspiringinterior #apartmenttherapy #homedecor #bathroomremodel #beforeandafter #tinybathroom #peepmypad #buyandhold #biggerpockets #reicommunity

[after >> before] here’s one side of the 360 degree fireplace; we opted not to white wash, and highlight the original 1800s brick 🧱 while we renoed our rental properties, this space came together ever-so-slowly during down times the last couple years. live-in renos are always a blast 🤪 at least we have jake and charlie to model for all our projects 🐶🐻 — taking a brief hiatus from the laundry room reno to visit friends in ohio, and continue our national parks tour with cuyahoga! we’ll be back to hammers and nails soon. — #homereno #fixerupper #renovation #hgtv #diy #mydailyrenovation #renovationstories #myrenostory #renovationlife #storyofmyhome #housetohome #hometohave #ispymoderndiy #renomyhome #mycozystyledhome #doingneutralright #kitchensofinstagram #kitchendesign #kitchenremodel #lovewhereyoulive #myinspiringinterior #apartmenttherapy #homedecor #beforeandafter #meetmyretreat #thatdecorlife #peepmypad #multifamily #realestateinvesting #biggerpockets

no after pictures here yet! spending this saturday tackling the infamous laundry room 💪🏼 since the house was built 140 years ago, it has settled over time towards the central massive (re: insanely heavy) chimney. we pulled up the floor, and will be sistering the old joists to make it level again. the house is framed with these beautiful hand planed timber pieces.. HAND PLANED! can’t even imagine the time and effort it took to build houses this way; this old gal ain’t going anywhere 🏡 cheers to weekend reno projects, anyone working on anything good? — #homereno #fixerupper #renovation #hgtv #diy #mydailyrenovation #doityourself #construction #woodworking #oldhomes #oldhomelove #colonialstyle #timberframe #renovationstories #myrenostory #renovationlife #storyofmyhome #ispymoderndiy #laundryroommakeover #oldhouselove #myinspiringinterior #apartmenttherapy #beforeandafter #laundryroom #multifamily #realestateinvesting #biggerpockets

this week we signed a two year lease with some new tenants on our most recent reno! they moved to CT all the way from NV 🚚 and had some crazy cross country stories. — for our REI friends; this is the lower unit of our second two-family home. the year prior we did the same thing to the upper unit as well. based on jared’s calculations for the property, the IRR (internal rate of return) is 17%. meaning, we expect to make a 17% return on all money put into the property over the life of the investment. this includes both your upfront costs (closing, down payment, renovation) and holding costs (taxes, maintenance, mortgage, etc). — this is one of many financial metrics we consider when choosing properties. jared spent a lot of time building and perfecting various RE calculators to get these numbers. many times, people only consider things like cash flow (rent - property costs = X) and forget that the entire point of these properties is long lasting investment power. otherwise that money would be better served in the stock market, which has an average return of ~7.5%, and you don’t have to do any work 🙃 — #biggerpockets #realestateinvesting #rentalproperty #brrrr #buyandhold #cashflow #returnoninvestment #ROI #reicommunity #personalfinance #hgtv #fixerupper #financialfreedom #rentalincome #makingmyhaven #cozycollectives #househacking #debtfreedom #kitchenreno #mycozystyledhome #doingneutralright #kitchendesign #apartmenttherapy #myinspiringinterior #kitchenremodel #multifamily #propertymanagement

[after >> before] since our master bathroom is currently a war zone thanks to the laundry room demo, here’s one of our most recent shower remodels 🚿 it’s kind of crazy to see how our contracting skills have grown since the first reno a few years ago - especially tile and grout lines 🧽 because let’s be honest, we didn’t think we needed those spacers once upon a time 😑 — #homereno #fixerupper #renovation #hgtv #diy #mydailyrenovation #beforeandafter #renovationstories #myrenostory #renovationlife #storyofmyhome #housetohome #hometohave #bathroom #renomyhome #stopdropanddiy #doingneutralright #lovewhereyoulive #myinspiringinterior #apartmenttherapy #showerdesign #bathroomremodel #tiledesign #beforeandafter #doityourself #reicommunity #peepmypad #realestateinvesting #biggerpockets #propertymanagement #multifamily

the face you make when you start to question your choice of entertainment for the weekend 😷 decided to start our laundry room while we wait to hear back on a couple house offers. try to see past the dust and destruction to appreciate the original 1880 flooring; it was hidden under three different layers of nonsense 🛠 happy demo day! — #homereno #fixerupper #housereno #renovation #demoday #thisoldhouse #restoration #diy #doityourself #beforeandafter #laundryroom #oldhomes #biggerpockets #oldhomelove #reno #hgtv #myrenostory #renomyhome #mydailyrenovation #storyofmyhome #juststartwithhardysheart

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