[Stephen Husted] (0:00 - 1:09)
First and foremost, location. So I always look at the potential of that house and then what do the houses around look like? That's a big key.
How's the yard to the house to the left? How's the yard to the right? Because that's the first thing buyers are going to see when they drive down the street.
The second thing that I'm looking for is the overall flow of the house. What can I do with that interior? Is it an old galley kitchen?
Can I open up walls? Can I reconfigure where the bedrooms are at? Make the bathroom bigger?
What can I do to add value and just maximize the overall space? Because at the end of the day, houses are all built at different time periods and they cater to the periods of the people that were actually buying these houses. So older homes, you know, you'll find that there's a lot of rooms or the closets are small.
What can I do to this particular house that I have in front of me that can modernize it to what families or a home buyer wants in today's market? And so I'm really looking at the interior flow, the bones of the property. Another big thing that I would always look into right off the bat is the foundation.
So how good is the foundation? Have any cracks? Because foundation work can get pretty expensive.
Not saying that it would make me stop looking at a project, but I really always want a solid foundation as well.
