fixer-upper


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fixer-upper

Usually a polite way of describing a property in need of extensive repairs, renovations, or cosmetic improvement.

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Bair says interested homebuyers need not shy away from buying fixer-uppers, but they need to have a fair amount of extra cash on hand, as well as realistic expectations of what they're getting into.
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The highest average market value of these fixer-upper properties was $74,005 in Indianapolis.
Detroit tops list of markets with best fixer-upper bargains
Within a year they refinanced the mortgage on the fixer-upper and bought a two-bedroom condo in Crystal City, Virginia.
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It is the sort of book that our private clients and fixer-upper buyers will read, so as appraisers we should know what it says.
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Investing in Fixer-Uppers
Eventually able to buy a place, we found a large fixer-upper with several wonderful outbuildings on five acres.
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But Kory also said most people who looked at her Upper East Side fixer-upper showed little interest.
New York's market for multi-million dollar fixer-uppers
* I'm sure we all remember our first "fixer-upper." The story of this young couple was heartwarming.--EILEEN GARRETT, LOMPOC, CA
Provocative paradise
He used his severance from Prudential to make improvements on the couple's one-family home, a "fixer-upper" they purchased for $74,000 in 1998.
A step toward independence: a downsized IT professional looks to real estate for economic freedom
The fixer-upper or camper in your family will love this miniature beacon.
Clip-on LCD lamp lights up the dark recesses
Funny lady Mindy Kaling has gotten dead serious, it seems, about selling a fixer-upper above the western terminus of the Sunset Strip that's newly re-listed with a substantially lower asking price of just under $2 million.
Mindy Kaling chops price on sunset strip fixer-upper
We are now witnessing the phenomena that an investment in a two-family fixer-upper has more legitimacy than an investment in IBM stock.
Industry all set for success, with stable economy and favorable rates
She lives ill Madison with her partner, environmental lawyer Lauren Azar, in a Victorian fixer-upper they have taken on together.
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