Okay, so we are back with a new segment that we call Money Talks and this is a
segment where we go through the property before, during and after and tell you all of the good,
bad and the ugly. So let's start with all of the bad and the ugly because I
feel like this property has all of that and not very much good. Facts.
Okay, so let's get this rolling.
Okay, so we started of course, with the kitchen because you had to make this video and you went
through this kitchen and it smelled like hell from what you told me. So let's talk
about everything that we need to do in the kitchen starting with these awful cabinets.
So I mean, the way it looks, it smells worse. You're correct. And just look at these cabinets,
they have to go. This is a biohazard. Yeah, it's so funny because usually we
do try it when we're talking about renovating a property, obviously, this is to make money. This
is not for play. This is not just for TV or decor. So if you don't have to replace the cabinets
or you don't have to replace the flooring, we don't. But if you're looking at this property,
there is no way we were able to save these cabinets. I know we usually try to save the
cabinets and paint them and refurbish them. But look at these. Look at this. Look at
this. Yes, there is- is that rat droppings? It looks just like that's what it is. You're
right. And when you when we first went into this, we weren't thinking cosmetic rehab,
we were we think or we had a small budget, we were like, oh my god, this is just a two bedroom,
two bath, we could get this $8,000 It definitely was not 8,000 total.
So you're gonna do your walkthrough. Yeah, and that's exactly what we had to do do a complete
walkthrough, and the cabinets, the appliances, we ended up having to replace all of that.
So let's talk about these cabinets because like I said, they are not in good condition.
So we thought we might be able to save them. But when we open them up, and we do the walkthrough,
and you were in here with this video, opening these cabinets up, it was easy to see they also
have mold and there was like some water- was that water? Like what happened under this kitchen
sink because I'm like, what is that girl? What is that? That black stuff is it is
standing water. It is more there was an issue with the garbage disposal and at that point,
we also knew that we had to get an expert in about the mold to figure out was it mildew? Was it mold?
What is it because the spores in the air? You have to treat that. Yeah, that's another mold is
a really big deal. I don't think people realize that mold is a health hazard. And
it is not something that you can just get rid of really quickly and move on. You have to take
it seriously, mold remediation. Yes, correct. Yeah, so did we think that because it had mold
that we would immediately just have to replace the cabinet's or did you think maybe we could
get the mold out of them and then refurbish these cabinets? What were your thoughts?
That was my original thought like let's see if we could refurbish, if we could save this
because of course it's all about keeping to the budget that you have. So what if we could sand
these down and what if we could restate them? And that was original thought but
after we did get it tested and after we did do our due diligence, we had to replace. Yeah,
so let's talk about the appliances. Okay, so we now we know we need new cabinets. So one of the
things when you need new cabinets of course is you got to measure them out. Cabinets are
not that expensive. However, they are not free. You know what I mean? It's a budget you know,
it's something that you need to do. Okay, so now that we've talked about the cabinets and
we know okay, we cannot save these cabinets, we're going to have to get all new cabinets so of course
you measure to see how much square footage of cabinets do we need. Can we buy the pre built
ones? I guess we'll get into that later. Let's talk about these appliances because they are in
terrible condition. Can we save any of them? Again, we could not save them. With appliances,
you also want to make sure their work and they're up to date. So with these appliances,
not only that you could see like filters wasn't replaced. They were
dirty. They also had mold entire kitchen had mold really this is all crazy because this is
a tenant that have lived in this property for like six years, they literally had just moved
out a week before you made this video. So to think that someone was in here living with this
appliances, the stove looking like this, this refrigerator looking like that. Look at that
stove in that oven. Oh my gosh. Oh, yes and the dishwasher didn't
even work the dishwasher did not work at all. Oh my gosh,
did you test it or you just like opened it up? I've done both. We had to test because you know
you think you can just do a good Clorox clean, that's true. You have cleaned up some really good
dishwashers and say some of them so you're not telling a lie there but this one obviously could
not be saved and because it didn't work. It did not work. It was not
even properly installed. Oh so what is the smell like in this kitchen
because obviously we have some mold, we have mold under the cabinets. We have mold
in the refrigerator like what is going on in this kitchen. What does it smell like?
Oh my goodness. I had a mask on so even through the mask I could smell it. Smell
like a funky dog or funky donkey what did it smell like? Tell the truth. Tell what you
told me because that's what you told me King donkey that's what you say tell the true
A funky bleep word. Yes it was so true. There
were two pets there, you can see that they went on the carpet, you could see. Oh,
really? Their pet their dogs were on the carpet. Yeah, he could see it. Oh, it's
really bad. So let me tell you another thing that I thought was just so funny about this kitchen,
they had a microwave sitting on top of the counter like what year is this? This is 2021
2022, why is your microwave just sitting on the counter like that? Do it even work?
So these pets were going on the floor? Yes, you could see it. You saw the stains
everywhere and number one and number two really?
Oh my gosh. Inside of the house. Yes. Inside this little bitty townhouse? Yes. Oh my gosh. So are we
gonna be able to save these carpets cause usually like you said we tried to save the flooring. If
we can get the carpets clean, we will we have some great industrial carpet cleaners
and it is amazing how well we have cleaned some carpets so you feel like this is gonna
be one we're gonna be able to keep the carpets, we're gonna be the save these carpets? What is
your thoughts? That is where the smell was. Oh real in the carpet. Okay, so the carpets has
okay so they have to go we are pulling all these carpets. Oh look at the stairs,
the carpeting on the stairs and the dogs go up and down the stairs and poop on the stairs to?
I don't think that carpet was ever vacuumed swept ever,
ever. Oh my god. Okay, well we need all new flooring. So are we replacing the
flooring in the kitchen too or we think we can save the kitchen in the flooring and then we
just need to replace the carpet that's in the living room and on the steps?
So going in initially we did we could just say the tile in the kitchen because you just clean
that up and get the grout but we knew the house is totally carpeted all the way through so we
had to replace all of that. So now we're at the point where are we replacing cabinets. We're
replacing appliances and we're replacing carpet. Okay so this is still considered a cosmetic flip,
just for the record though, we are not pulling up- we're not opening up any walls, we are not
tearing down any walls. We're not fixing roofing, plumbing, electrical, we are still thinking this
is a cosmetic flip because changing the flooring out even in the cabinets does not make it a true
flip and it's still considered cosmetic. So all right so we got to replace all of this
carpets we're going up the stairs we're in these bedrooms. Let's talk about this master bedroom.
What is going on in this master bedroom because this carpet is just as dirty as everywhere else
in this house and the bathroom is even worse. What is going on is the same thing on the stairs,
you see the pet kennel. You see the animals number one and number two on the floor. You see the dirt
in the corners, you see mold and then you go into the bathroom. Look at the bathroom floors.
Oh my gosh let's talk about this bathroom for a second because this is the master bathroom.
So we have a master suite. We got a nice sized bedroom here. I see the two windows and nice
sized closet. But now we are in this bathroom and I'm like OMG, is this actually someone's
bathroom? Is this their tub? Like you said they had moved
out, look at that toilet. Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh. First of all this
bathroom is so outdated. Again this video is 2021, 2022 actually is the beginning of 2022. What
are we talking about? Why is this so outdated? Look at the tiles, look at the countertop in these
cabinets and all everything is terrible. I mean wallpaper, wallpaper. Are you serious? Yes.
So assessing that new floors upstairs. Yeah, carpet is not going to make it but
we're gonna just put new carpet, we're not gonna put tile, we're
not putting wood flooring. I think we can just replace the carpet and keep it moving. We
can, we also look at the windows. We have broken windows. Okay, I see it. I do see
some broken windows. So it's not replacing the entire window. Okay, just the pains. Okay,
make sense? Yes. So we're in this master bedroom. Is that mold even in the closets?
Yes. You know how people throw towels over the door, wet towels? Oh, is that what they
did? That is what they did. And he got mold on the doors and we have to replace the doors
and they were just living in this house with all this mold and making the mold even worse with
their own actions. Just crazy to me. You have a towel bar for a
reason, behave like a human being. Okay. All right. So we know we need new blinds. We know we need
new window treatments. We got new flooring and new carpeting. And now we have to do
all of these bathrooms. Look at this secondary room and let's look at this bathroom in the
secondary room. Obviously it's not as bad as the master bedroom bathroom, but it's
pretty bad. Yes, still that nasty toilet. Oh, same nasty toilet. So
we need whole new toilets. These toilets are not going to be able to be cleaned. We
need to get brand new toilets. Yes we do. New tubs.
Here's the fun thing though, that people don't know. Toilets are actually very inexpensive you
can buy a brand new toilet for $60. Yeah, so that wasn't a horrible thing
to think about when it came to the budget the toilets because we knew we were going to
replace those but they just was hard to look at because they were very bad.
The showers, just doing something difficult, as I said, even above the
shower wallpaper near water, near your shower. It's not a smart idea. So we knew that we knew
we were gonna pull the wallpaper down. And we knew we weren't gonna put wallpaper back up.
Not going to happen. Not happening. Yes. Not happening.