Income property-The help

Joe and I did a crazy thing and bought an income property in October. My parents own multiple income properties and make being a landlord look easy. Joe is always looking at MLS listings and sometimes can talk me into looking at one. This property had been on the market for over a year and just took a drastic price cut. It is a duplex property with one side habitable but the other side needed so much work just so someone could live there. I'm not kidding... If the kids dropped things on the floor and the thing would get thrown away or placed separate to get washed. It was a real fixer upper. We knew we would put a lot of time and sweat into this project. I love how it turned out, but first here are some pictures of the people who helped us. 

For demolition Joe's brothers Tom, and Sam and his Dad Tim came into town for the morning and helped us rip out the rusty metal kitchen and all the sub floor underneath. As well as moldy sheet rock in the kitchen. It was a big help!

 My parents are amazing and came up multiple times from Salt Lake to give us a huge hand. The condition of these walls were horrible. The house was built in 1950 and has had so many tenants over the years who destroyed them (I should have considered re sheet rocking). My parents worked their magic and with a lot of mud made them look as good as new. My Dad did a great job leading painting. I enjoyed working along side him and learning all his tips. I thought he would fire me because I give a terrible straight edge, man is he patient.

My mom would often say, "Come here Sarah, I want to show you something." and then she would teach me what she has learned for 30+ years of being a landlord. She taught me everything from fixing a painted shut window, tiling, custom fitting blinds, repairing holes in dry wall and anything else that she could pass on.

 Harvey and Kate were amazing during the renovation. We would usually go up and work in the morning and Harvey would nap for a little while in his car seat. We would come home for lunch and Harvey's afternoon nap and then head back up to work. We would usually meet Joe after work there and then one of us took the kids home while the other stayed and worked. It was a horrible schedule but the kids were troopers.

Harvey got stuck in the new kitchen cabinet, and when I saw his face I grabbed my camera instead of rescuing him!

In this picture my Mom is passing down one of her many talents. She successfully
 taught me how to size a blind to fit a window properly

Poor Harvey spent half the project stuck in the pack and play until I could get the floors redone. I could not imagine my baby crawling around on the disgusting floors. 

Nonna rescued Harvey from the Pack and Play for a cuddle. 

My brother Jeff came up during Christmas break and installed a brand new front door. It looks amazing and sets the tone for the whole apartment. We also had to rip out all the baseboards and Jeff installed new ones. He is amazing! Thanks for all the help! I can't wait to show you the before and after!