After multiple years of floating from one career to the next, I’m now selling and buying residential properties. It all started when there was a small house inherited from a relative who passed. As much as I wanted to live in a small house myself, I couldn’t handle the financial burden at the time. Being forced to put the house on the market was an upsetting experience, however there was some good that came out of it. I had a friendly realtor who saw a ton of potential in the home, as well as offered to help me make a few adjustments to get the property value up higher than I would’ve ever dreamed of. My realtor made a big commission as well as I earned thousands of dollars in equity on top of the currency I expected to make before any of the handiwork was done. I bought a house with some of the currency I had leftover and did the same thing with the same realtor. Three years later, I’m sitting on five properties. Before I sell any of them, I do several things to prepare them for the market. Insuring the HVAC duct as well as central Heating as well as A/C systems are in working order is a huge priority to me. Sometimes, this involves fixing or replacing the whole ventilation system. I used to install the cheap plastic HVAC duct that are usually called flex duct for years. Imagine the flexible vent hose which attaches to the back of your clothes dryer. Now imagine wrapping it within insulation, then covering it with a small layer of aluminum so it can still bend as well as contort in multiple directions. It’s cheap as well as straight-forward to install, but the lifeline isn’t wonderful compared to HVAC ducts made from sheet metal. Tiny holes can come up in multiple places, making it leaky as well as hard to fix. If I want more value out of a home that already needs some HVAC ductwork to begin with, I always go with custom-split sheet metal HVAC duct.
