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Best Time to Renovate a Rental (And When to Wait)
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Send us Fan Mail The best time to renovate a rental is almost never the moment you finally get sick of looking at the kitchen. Timing is the variable nobody talks about, and it quietly decides whether your money ever comes back. Kevin opens with a framing that clears up half the confusion on this topic. There are only two kinds of rental renovation, and landlords get into trouble when they apply the rules of one to the other. From there we get into the window we actually use, why an empty unit is dramatically cheaper to work in than an occupied one, and the seasonal play that lets you burn vacancy days you were going to lose anyway. I also walk through what happened when a bathroom flooded in Chico and we had no choice at all, plus the three week vacation that turned into the best renovation window we have ever had. Then Kevin covers the Idaho unit we poured a small fortune into and got almost nothing back on in rent. We would still do it again. There is a reason, and it is not sentimental. Hit play. You will finish knowing whether your next project is a business decision or a preference. What You'll Learn in This Episode ● The two categories of rental renovation, and why mixing th