In this final installment of the five-video series, Mel Stachura offers a look at one of the plans for the Little Italy rowhouse he's helping rehab. Yes, that's it on the wall there.
Thanks to Stachura and homeowner Tianne Baker for participating, to Sun tech whiz John Lindner for editing and to you all for watching.
In this fourth of five video clips on rehabbing, Mel Stachura offers a handy tip about when you have to bring something up to code -- and when you don't.
Tomorrow: No, I won't spoil it. You have to see it. It makes me grin every time.
In this third of five video clips, Mel Stachura talks about the difference between owner-occupier rehabs and investor rehabs -- and why he thinks it's a much better time to try the latter than it was during the housing boom.
In this second of five video clips, Little Italy homeowner Tianne Baker talks about why she decided to buy a house and tear it apart before moving in.
Keep those rehabbing tips coming, guys! You can't beat the voice of experience.
Admit it: You've thought about rehabbing. You have a house that could use some work, or you fantasized about buying, fixing and flipping a rowhome during the boom, or perhaps you just wondered how on earth people do it. (Maybe you've actually rehabbed a place yourself, in which case you've thought a whole lot about rehabbing, up to and including "what have I gotten myself into.")
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Remember some of the overly optimistic things people said about the housing market at the end of the boom and beginning of the downturn? The Surviving the Crash blog has a video comparing these nuggets to quotes by experts right before and after the stock market crash of 1929. It's "Housing Bubble vs. Great Depression."
Thanks to Baltimore Housing Bubble for pointing it out.
Seen any other housing-related videos -- depressing, cheery or just plain funny? I'm all ears.
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