The pattern-recognition cards. How to read a finish tier, spot a flip, see past the staging, date a home by its finishes, and tell the difference between cosmetic damage and a mechanical problem wearing a cosmetic disguise.
Type the year the house was built and I will tell you what else tends to be true at that age, what it costs, and what to ask. One number, ten seconds.
Free. No account. Educational and impartial, not a home inspection.
Premium words, value price. Score the finishes, never the marketing.
A flip can score high on looks and low on bones. That is the whole point.
The most valuable thing in a listing is the photo nobody took.
Dated is not disrepair. The difference is care, not age.
Worn is cosmetic. Deformed, stained, or cracked in a line is mechanical.
The single largest cosmetic line item in most homes, and the one where the tiers differ by a factor of five. W
Small rooms, big bills. Bathrooms carry the highest labour cost per square foot in the house, and the price hi
Flooring prices per square foot, which makes it one of the very few things in a listing you can actually put a
Doors, trim, hardware, lighting and paint. Individually cheap, collectively a five-figure job, and the place a
Casaroo reads any listing for the bones as well as the appearance, free, in seconds.
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