After a really long time floating from one job to the next, I’m now in the corporation of buying and selling residential properties.
This started with a small apartment that I inherited from a deceased relative. I really wanted to live in the inherited home and keep it in the family, but I couldn’t handle the financial burden of owning several homes at the same time. Being forced to put the home on the market was a sad experience, but there was some good that came out of it. I had a great realtor who saw a ton of potential in my dead relatives house, and he gave me some easy and quick modifications to increase the value higher than I would’ve ever imagined. He made a sizable commission after the sale, and I made thousands of dollars in equity along with the expected sale price. I obtained another home with some of the currency, did the same thing with the same realtor, and now I currently own several properties. Before I sell them again, I do several things to prepare them for the sale. Making sure the ductwork and central HVAC unit is in a safe and working condition is an immense priority. Sometimes this involves repairing the entire ventilation system. For years, I used to install the cheap plastic ductwork called, flex duct. Imagine a flexible vent hose that can be attached to the back of your clothes dryer. Now imagine if you wrapped it in insulation, then covered it with a thin layer of aluminum so it could still bend and contort in any direction you wanted. It’s cheap and easy to install, but it doesn’t last long compared to ductwork made from sheet metal. Tiny holes tend to form in many places, making it leaky and hard to repair in the long run. If I want to increase the value of the home that already needs new ductwork to begin with, I constantly go with custom-chop sheet metal ductwork.