We recently purchased a 4BR 2.5 BA home in suburban Atlanta. The home is a classic 1940s era ranch with a finished attic space that contains a master bedroom, a 2nd bedroom/office, two medium size closets, and a very small bathroom. The master bedroom is a nice size, but the bathroom is pretty sad and only accessible through the master bedroom. We are considering converting the 2nd bedroom (which is about 10x13) into a nice master bathroom, and the existing small bathroom into a laundry room. So, we would lose a bedroom (which is a pretty useless room the way it's now configured with no bathroom access) but convert the entire upstairs into a master suite that includes a 2nd floor laundry room. We would then have a 3 BR 2.5 BA home, but one of the bathrooms would be exquisite. What do you think this would do to the value of the home? Increase, decrease, stay about the same. We do not need the 4th bedroom but thinking of selling the home in about 5 years. Thanks for your thoughts! ...

Bought a house with a septic tank and I like to shave over the sink. 99% of the hair is no longer than an eighth of an inch. Any larger beard cuts going into the trash. Is this going to be an issue? submitted by /u/luckysparkie [link] [comments] source https://www.reddit.com/r/RealEstate/comments/1uatn6j/razor_stubble_in_a_septic_tank/

Greetings! We listed our house two days ago but have an open house this weekend. We've no showings requests. Is it possible this is because of the coming open house? Does that tend to reduce inquiries for showings? submitted by /u/SonOfQuora [link] [comments] source https://www.reddit.com/r/RealEstate/comments/1ua50p0/less_showing_requests_before_open_house/

TLDR: How much should I ask for to fix 11 door/doorway casings and ceiling drywall for one room (150sqft) on a home that I’m currently under contract on? Full Details: Trying to get advice on a situation I’m in. After going under contract, there was water damage in the home from a water line in the attic. It resulted in the flooring and ceiling in the master needing repairs. The new floors led to gaps between door casings and the floor. The homeowners sons have tried to fill the gaps with matching casing and caulk but it’s terrible work. For the ceiling, instead of completely changing the ceiling drywall or retexturing the ceiling, more mud was thrown on to try and match but it looks like garbage. We’ve extended closing once already but at this point I’m tired of giving them time to handle it and am moving towards just asking for concessions so I can bid out and have the work done myself. submitted by /u/SoMuchNic [link] [comments] source https://www.reddit.com...

My wife and I are planning to purchase a house and sell our existing condo. We're trying to figure out the best way to make this all line up if we cannot put selling the condo as a contingency on a purchase agreement. Combined income is $225,000 gross. Current condo should sell for ~$550,000, according to our realtor. We owe $212,000 on the mortgage. So figure that after closing costs/realtor fees, we would net $300,000. We are looking at homes between $800k-$1m. We have $180,000 in various taxable brokerage accounts; all would be subject to long terms capital gains tax. I have $350,000 in a 401(k) and $60,000 in a Roth IRA. I checked the specifics of my 401(k) plan: I can take a (max) $50k loan at "12–60 months term at 6.75% interest"; and it specifies that "If you leave [employer] for any reason – including as a result of a layoff or workforce reduction – before the loan is repaid, you can continue to repay the loan." Wife has $100,000 in various retire...

Would you have the option to sell the house from your mom for the equity which makes it possible to buy realestate would you do it? Its a one familiy house, prob. worth about 1.4 Million. This would give me enough to buy residential buildings. As work I do draughsman which could add to own contribution to bring the finance plan from the bank down… Would you do it? How would you do speak about it with your mom? What deal would you set up with your mom so she has enough to live good good? submitted by /u/Dangerous_Ad7101 [link] [comments] source https://www.reddit.com/r/RealEstate/comments/1u7jpvq/selling_house_from_mom_to_reinvest_buy_real_estate/

We are considering selling our home. It was a major fixer upper when we bought at 150k. We owe 120k and the estimated value is some 220k give or take. The realtor heard our list of remaining updates and fixes and said just to let the future buyer deal with it because ROI wouldn’t be nearly worth the money spent. Here’s the list of updates we were planning: 1) Windows. We have VERY old metal framed windows. Some are broke and they’re extremely inefficient for insulation etc. 2) front and back door replace and reframed. These are both on semi broken hinges and the framing is horrible leaving gaps at the tops. 3) kitchen backsplash. I get it’s not necessary but the kitchen is unfinished and looks unfinished because of it. 4) changing out old hollow interior doors for solid wood doors. Mostly for us but we’ve done this with a few and the noise reduction is just so noticeable we thought it would be a welcome feature compared to the super thin 80s doors we have. 5) Entry way accent wal...

My fiancé and I are selling our current house and purchasing a new house. We need the funds from our sale to put towards the closing costs of the new house. HELOC and bridge loans were not financially feasible for us so we tried to make our sale/purchase contingent on each other for a bit. We had a couple buyers ready to go but the contingency was killing our offers to purchase houses listed for sale. So we recently decided we would sell first so future offers wouldn’t have the contingency. We considered renting, but in our area it is expensive and difficult as we have 2 cats and 2 giant breed dogs. So we decided to move in with my family temporarily. My parents are clearing out my old bedroom and we will keep our furniture in storage until we find the next place. Has anyone done this before? Any regrets going this route? On one hand I’m so thankful that my parents offered to help us in this way, it lets us save some money and solves the pet issues we ran into while looking for rental...

Hi, I wanted to check if there is anyone here who has succesfully registered their site in Gnana Kuteera Phase 1 after making the investments with the society? Did they allot the site without asking for more money than the originally agreed upon amount? How much was the registration delayed? And what is your advice in investing in Phase 2? Also, if you are someone who has invested in Phase 2 and know of any groups or interested to create a group, please let me know! Thanks! submitted by /u/ArchVeg [link] [comments] source https://www.reddit.com/r/RealEstate/comments/1u8k7ti/looking_for_people_who_have_registeredinvested_in/