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00:01I think it's one of the worst houses we'll probably ever encounter in our
00:05entire career. This house excites the crap out of me. I'm Kamal Haikalama, right?
00:11Yeah! And I'm Tristan Kalama. I put on extra deodorant for this. Oh my god! We buy and
00:20renovate homes in the most challenging place in the country, Hawaii. The shipping
00:24is more than the actual material cost. We want to restore homes for local
00:29families. The real estate here is crazy expensive. So to make this work, we have
00:36to take on some of the most rundown homes on the island. Can you hear us? Disgusting.
00:43How do we do it? Our giant family. I have 87 first cousins. Yo, what's up cuz? More
00:50than anything, we want our children to be good human beings. Exactly. Can't have
00:56little ass walking around. Little ass walking around.
01:09Mommy, I have a joke for you. Oh, love your jokes. Why did the student eat her homework?
01:17Because she didn't want to do it. Because she was hungry. Because the teacher said it was a piece of
01:23cake.
01:24Oh, that's a good one. Okay, do another one. That is a good one. Can you see who just texted
01:31me?
01:32Shawn texted that there's a lead and you need to go now in Kaimuki. You guys want to go look
01:38at a house?
01:38No! Real fast, you guys. I gotta pee. Headed to the other side of the island. Let's go.
01:45Come on, get ready. Come on, get ready. Come on, get ready. Come on, get ready. Let's go.
01:52I love Kaimuki. Yeah. Kaimuki is just such a cool area. Original, old school Hawaii, but then young,
01:59hip, and modern. It's just a hustling and bustling fun place. You know what that means is that there's
02:05going to be a ton of activity on this house. The text says it's a three bed, one bath, about
02:111,800 square
02:12feet. They want $980 for it. The average home price in the area is about $1.3, but some of
02:19the houses go
02:20for almost $2 million. So at $980, I know there's going to be a ton of people that want to
02:26go look at
02:26it. So if we want it, we have to act super quick. Gotta act quick, guys. You heard that? It
02:31literally is
02:32going to be speed to lead on this one. Try and get in there quickly and then finish our day
02:38not
02:39working. Not working. We're not supposed to be working today. This is balance, right? Oh no,
02:45this is integration. A lot of times, houses get listed on the MLS. They're way overpriced. For
02:53investors like us, when a property actually gets priced correctly, there's a ton of competition.
02:59Yep. Looks like there are investors here. It's important to get in there as quickly as possible
03:06and underwrite the deal faster than everybody else. Okay, kids, you ready? Yeah.
03:12And that's speed to the lead. Speed to the lead. Holy crap, these mango trees are massive. You can't
03:19even see the house. I think we're going to have to cut them. Not cut down, just like trim. The
03:25trees
03:25look healthy and buyers like fruit trees, but look at them. There's two of them and they're completely
03:30hanging over the house. A lot of dollar signs before we even get to the house. Correct. There's
03:37a carport, like a big one. This is where we have laundry, obviously. The water heater's down here
03:43and a door to something. It says no access. I know. Is there another story down here? That's a wild
03:51card.
03:53Yo. Hey. What's up, dude? Oh, we know you. How are you? Good. How are you? I didn't even know
03:59you were
03:59up there. Did you just come out of the house? I did. I did. Check this place. How's it looking
04:04up there?
04:04It looks like a solid investment. Oh, yeah? Yeah. It's got a lot of potential to it. Were you able
04:09to
04:09get in there? I was not. Okay. Yeah. I was trying to figure out where the basement was. It's weird,
04:14right? Yeah. Yeah. It's always nice seeing you. Yeah. Good to see you too. Yeah. Yep. Have a good one,
04:19bro. You too. Bubs, can you let me go now or what? Yep. Let's go upstairs. Come on. This is
04:25a, this is a
04:25PVC handrail. That is not sturdy. Let's do this thing. Okay. This is interesting. This is weird walking
04:38into a space like this. Like, what is this space? I don't know. It looks like this is an addition.
04:45Facts. There's no flooring. There's these weird makeshift landing. There is a closet. There are windows.
04:53So technically this could be a bedroom. Let's go inside. Go. Go. There is the kitchen. Okay.
05:02I expected worse and not going to lie. I haven't seen a metal backsplash in a long time. What? This
05:09is
05:10crazy. All the electrical is outside of the walls. It looks like they just put new faces on old boxes.
05:18They look newer. Don't open the fridge. 101 of walking houses never open the fridge.
05:25What if it has a wrap? Look at this. Like why? Drain line and electrical.
05:31There's an AC on the other side of that. It cuts through the corner of the cab. I don't love
05:36that
05:36this is blocking your view to your living. No. I mean, everything needs to be gutted.
05:42Tear this down to open it up to the living. Put in some lighter cabinets to make it feel brighter.
05:47Moving on. It feels very dark. I'm worried about this water damage that I see right here.
05:53Yeah. So I would like to check the roof.
05:55I'm just drawn out to these views. Parting through the mango tree.
06:00Parting through the mango tree. There is ocean out there.
06:03Wait. You can see diamond head. Oh my. Yep. So you get ocean and diamond head views.
06:09This is a game changer for this area's value. So we definitely need to cut the mango tree.
06:15Can't see the million dollar view because of no mango trees. Exactly. Yeah.
06:20You get more natural light in here. It could feel a lot bigger. Okay. So then you have hallway here,
06:25making it feel much smaller. Because if you gained this space, you could have a much bigger living
06:31area or bigger bedrooms. Oh, it's a good size bedroom. Looks like they have new windows.
06:37I can see more water damage. Holy crap. What? Is that a camera? Oh my gosh. That's so weird.
06:45In a bedroom. Bathroom? It's a good size bathroom.
06:50It's first an elderly person to use. There's a dead gecko on the ground. And a camera in your
06:57bathroom. Let's get out of here. It's so creepy. That is so weird. Next bedroom. This is a small
07:03bedroom. And last room. This is a big room. And another camera. Okay. This one has a lock on the
07:12outside of the door. That's sus. No. Did you just say sus? Sus means suspicious,
07:18dad. Get with it. Yeah. There's no primary with an en suite. But we need a fourth bedroom to make
07:24it more profitable. So I feel like you can turn that bathroom into two bathrooms. New windows over
07:30there. Original windows over here. There's a lock on this door. Camera. It's just weird. I mean,
07:36let's not discuss the house inside. Who knows if somebody's watching us. I really wish we knew if there
07:44was a room through that door in the garage. Do you guys want to go try and see if we
07:49can peek in a
07:49window? Yeah. Come, bud. It's blocked off. Yeah. See, it's boarded up. Can't see.
07:57Can you see anything? Nope. Nothing. There has to be something legit down here though, babe.
08:03Because look, it goes all the way that way. It maybe is some kind of living area, right? We're not
08:09gonna really know for sure what's down there unless we get in. It could be rad. Well, what are you
08:15thinking, Rena? I think this is gonna be like 200. I think you need to create a fourth bedroom. I
08:20think
08:21you need to create a second bathroom. But it's not in bad shape at all. This area is super desirable.
08:28With ocean views, for a four bed, two bath, we could probably sell 1.4. And let's say an eight
08:35week
08:35timeline. That's like $175,000 in holding selling costs. That would mean we would make around 45 grand,
08:43which is well below our $100,000 minimum. We need a minimum of $100,000 of margin because if we
08:55get the ARV wrong and we're on market sitting and you reduce price one time by 50 grand.
09:03Now you're at 85, right? $50,000 is out the window. So you need to have a really big margin
09:11for the just-in-cases. It's called the oh s*** fund. It is. If down there is usable square footage
09:19and we could turn it into a rental unit, that would bump the selling price up by like 100 grand,
09:25which is a big difference. That's a huge wild card. I know we have to make an offer right now.
09:30I think
09:31that the house has a lot of potential, the views, the location. We're risking a lot, but I'll tell you
09:37the truth. If we didn't have whatever it is right there, I don't think we'd do this deal. I think
09:43we
09:43should do it. I agree. I'll call the agent right now and see if we can make a deal. We
09:48can't pay more.
09:49Be aggressive. Be aggressive. Can't pay more. Okay, kids. Speed to the lead, Ben. Let's get this one.
09:54Let's go. Oh, my gosh. Here comes more investors.
10:03Hey, what's up, man? It's Kamo High. Oh, how's it? We just finished looking at the house
10:09and how serious is your seller about this price? He's firm and very serious. We love it and we
10:17really want to do the deal, but what is below that door downstairs? I'm not really sure. The
10:23lock's broken and I haven't been able to get a locksmith over there. The owner is off island
10:27right now. He inherited this property and doesn't know much about it. Just wants to get rid of it
10:33as soon as possible. But hey, heads up, I already have offers in right now. Got it. We're gonna make
10:40an
10:40all cash, full price offer, waive all inspections, contingencies, and we'll buy it completely as is.
10:48So we're gonna be the guys that make it the easiest for you to get this house sold. But I'm
10:55looking at
10:55three, four other houses. So you gotta let me know within the next couple hours. Let me talk to my
11:02client real quick and then I'll call you back. All right. A few hours after we made the offer,
11:15the agent called us back and we got a deal at 980k. So we are officially back in Kaimuki. We
11:23still
11:23don't know who our contractor is going to be or what's behind the downstairs door. Speed to lead,
11:29we're just going. I mean, you just don't know, right? But we're going to get dirty. We're going
11:34to do some demo and we'll get a good head start. It's really about just demoing kitchen, bathroom,
11:39and getting all the carpet out. In the kitchen, we're going to tear down this wraparound counter
11:43and open it up to make one big room. The bedrooms are staying where they are, but the half bath
11:49will
11:49split into two to create an ensuite for the now primary on the left. This weird area becomes a laundry
11:57room and a fourth bedroom, turning from a 3-1 to a 4-2, which will increase the resale value
12:04tremendously. I'm going to sign you two upstairs, but we have yet to get into that space. On tax records,
12:11it shows that there's more square footage to this house. I hope it's some sort of living area and not
12:16a small storage space. And I think it's still locked. Well, it says no accent.
12:24Now we own the house. We can do whatever we want. So we're going in. Let's go. What is down
12:30here?
12:32Holy crap. Holy crap. Bitch. Interesting. Jeez.
12:39I think Trav doesn't come across as like a super funny person, but when he does make jokes,
12:45they're pretty funny. Well, there you go. I guess that's why it was locked.
12:49He took the door off the hinges and then closed the door. And then I'm over there like thinking
12:55it's going to be hard and the thing just falls off. I know. You got to come in here though.
13:00What is down
13:01here? It's a dungeon. It is very dark. Okay, wait. Get all this stuff out the windows so that we
13:08can
13:09see what's going on. And then there was lights. Jeez. Look what we got though. This is good. It's like
13:19a
13:20little apartment down here. This is a full shower and a toilet. This is the best case scenario because
13:27we can turn this into an ADU. This adds a whole nother level of potential for a multi-generational
13:36space. So it would bump up the value a ton. We'll just need to check with our draftsman to make
13:41sure
13:42we can do that. You have to figure out how to rework it now. It's very weird that you walk
13:46in to a bathroom.
13:47To a bathroom, I know. I think we shift the bathroom over to one side with the kitchen next to
13:51it. And then
13:52you have your bedroom on the other side and it will work as its own unit. Okay. So what do
13:56you want to do?
13:57Let's break the cabinets. Okay.
14:04You guys want to go upstairs? Yeah.
14:23All right. Love that.
14:34We have a ton of projects happening right now. And because timelines are so important, we want a
14:43separate crew working on each individual house so they can jam through it much quicker. So we've had
14:51Travis reach out to three different contractors to get bids for this project. We need to be at 180.
14:58I have 255. This one's 271. And one at 165. Wait, what? Why is that one so cheap? His timeline,
15:09he can't start for like a month and a half. That doesn't work. So what are we going to do?
15:16We have a super tight construction timeline. We can't afford, I don't think on this one,
15:24to roll the dice with a new contracting crew, especially if they're not coming in where we need
15:29them to. I talked to Chad, the other contractor, and he referred me to this other guy. Dave, who can
15:34meet
15:35you at your 180,000 price? Yeah. But we've never worked with that particular crew. We've never
15:41worked with that. But we still have experience with Chad, so I trust that route over this route
15:45for this specific house. I'll get on the phone with him and see if I can meet the guy. See,
15:50let's see this new crew you've been holding back from us. I know.
16:00Now that permits are approved and we have our general contractor solidified,
16:04thanks to Chad's recommendation. We can full steam ahead with demo and framing.
16:18Okay, it's been two weeks. I mean, let's see how this new crew is doing. I need you to grab
16:23some of
16:23these mangoes. It's what I need. Okay. It's all demoed. I love that we opened up the kitchen and now
16:30we have
16:31this open floor plan, but I'm disappointed. It's been two weeks and this is all we got.
16:38Not even full framing complete. And no one's here. I need to text Dave.
16:47Hey guys. How are you? Good. Hi. Hi. Looking good in here though. I mean,
16:53see everything. I was like, we're behind. We're behind. Why are we have walls completely up?
17:00But yeah, I do have some news for you guys about the ADU. So if you want to take a
17:03look downstairs.
17:04Yeah. So we got the pre-check back from the building department. Okay. It does have to meet,
17:11you know, certain criteria on here and it's, it's not approved. What? So the current sewer lines in
17:18this particular area isn't adequate enough to support two dwellings. That sucks. Yeah. Losing this ADU
17:25is going to put us right back to a $45,000 profit, which I mean, we wouldn't have done this
17:32deal in
17:33the first place. So what can we do? Like we have to come up with a solution quick. Yeah. So,
17:37I mean,
17:38the good news is that because the plumbing is already existing, you can do something with one bathroom.
17:43What if we have it as a rec room? You can still have a bathroom down here. Okay. And then
17:48you can have
17:48a dedicated wet bar. So wet bar would just be your sink and a refrigerator. There'd be no cooking
17:53appliances. Obviously ADU is more valuable, but a recreation room, it's additional living space.
17:59It can be an office. It can be used for a multi-gen still. What does that look like for
18:05our sales price?
18:06I mean, it'll drop a bit, but we're still looking right around 1.44 million. I think it's the best
18:12of
18:13what we could do. There's just some unknowns that you just can't see. It's unforeseen. All right. Rec room it
18:21is.
18:29While framing is finishing up and electrical is ongoing at the house, we're going to solidify
18:33the design plan. Babe. Yo. It's decision-making time. I feel like you're always calling me outside for
18:43material. It's part of your husbandly duties. Wow. Look at this. Isn't that cool? These are sick. Rad.
18:52So this is for our mango tree house. Kaimoki to me is such a nod to old school Hawai'i.
19:00And then you have
19:01the coolness factor of Kaimoki, right? Young. Up and coming. Yeah. So it's like blending the two.
19:07I'm going to start with this because I was waiting for the perfect location to use. You just put a
19:15smile
19:15on my face. That's Kalama oak you have right there. I think we do it here. We designed this
19:20color after the rich history and culture of the Kalama name, the significance of it. And I feel
19:26that same way about Kaimoki. It feels so rich, old. There's a lot of history and culture. So I think
19:32we run this everywhere. Living, dining, kitchen, bedrooms is all this. And then starting in the
19:38kitchen, we'll contrast the dark oak with two-tone calves, a taupe on the uppers and a light oak on
19:44the lowers. And then this is the backsplash with a black countertop. Sick. Yeah, that is crazy. Next,
19:51I want to go into the primary bathroom. Use the same light oak cabinets and black countertops. We'll match
19:57the dark counters with a smoky stone-like tile on the floors and into the shower pan. And then we'll
20:02wrap the shower walls in like a bluish brown picture frame-esque tile. I feel like it pulls
20:08in both the cabinets. That flooring has all the different variations of color. Yeah, it almost looks
20:14like there's some browns in here too. Exactly. Moving into the hall and downstairs bath, we'll use the
20:20same floors and the tubs around as the primary but in white. And then for the wet bar in the
20:25rec room,
20:26we'll do the same calves and the counters as the rest of the house, but use a white decorative,
20:31almost mosaic tile in the backsplash. And that's all she wrote. Now that you approve,
20:35I'll order it right now. We gotta order it. Pommel High approved. Swipe the card.
20:42Damn. I mean, I see framing is done. I see framing. I see electrical rough. Some plumbing rough. But
20:50there's still no drywall up. Where is everybody? Like I hear, is there one guy out there? There's
20:58one guy outside. Why is only one guy here? Every day that there's one worker means that's one day of
21:06falling behind and more behind and more behind. I just, I don't know, babe. We took on this deal
21:12thinking that we could get this lower level permitted as an ADU, which would make the deal worthwhile.
21:19Now we can't do that. So we took a hit there. Any delays or overages or just anything that happens
21:26affects the bottom line at this point. So we really just need to get things moving and have things go
21:31smooth. Hey, are you leaving? The one guy is leaving. You gotta go. He's really leaving. Our one guy is
21:39leaving. I'm just discouraged, honestly, because I just feel like we should be further along. Nobody's
21:45answering. We have no answers as to why nobody's here. We're just losing money every single day.
21:51I just don't know what to do. I mean, we're on an island. The labor pool is limited. The only
21:57other
21:58option is we fire them and we bring in a new crew.
22:04I just don't know if we can do that. Then if we fire someone, then does more time pass and
22:10we fall
22:10further behind while we're trying to fill with a new crew? Let me try getting Dave on the phone
22:15and see what we can do.
22:34I've been telling everybody for two weeks. I have been telling everybody for two weeks and nobody is
22:43there working at the house and now I'm the only one that's getting the end of the deal. Not you.
22:48You're still getting paid. And then you tell me it's not your problem. It is your problem. I hire
22:54you to do it. Okay, so if drywall isn't finished tomorrow, you're going to come on Sunday and make
23:00sure it gets done. Okay, bye. You all right? No.
23:08We have to do something. It's going to cost us more money to fire a contractor than to put up
23:16with these guys right now and bring in some extra labor to kickstart this project and get done way
23:26quicker. So you just want to hire more labor to come in and do whatever can be done to push
23:32the
23:32project forward. We're four weeks into this project and one of our best crews is now available. So we
23:39spend a little bit of money right now, get the project done, kick it into high gear, finish. It'll
23:46save us probably 10-15 grand on the back end. I'm just frustrated that we even have to do that
23:52in the
23:53first place. We got to dig ourselves out. Like, we're not in good shape on this one. I know. I'll
24:00call
24:00the guys. I'll have them come in and start, like, right away.
24:12Now that we got a bigger crew, our guys can get full steam ahead cranking on this house. Let's go.
24:25We got some drywall happening. Drywall is up. It's good that they're finally kicking into gear.
24:54With progress moving forward on the house, we're meeting with our landscaper, Regan,
24:58to get a quote to trim these massive mango trees that are blocking all of the view. Improving an
25:04obstructive ocean or mountain view in Hawaii can add a ton of value to a house. In this case,
25:12I'm thinking we're adding about $60,000 to the sales price. All right, man, let's go talk about
25:18these humongous mango trees. Right? I mean, they look healthy. It's, I mean, they're fruiting,
25:23they're healthy, but this one right here, you see right here, it's cracking the foundation of the
25:27wall right here already. Yeah. You know, and who knows, it's only a matter of time before it starts
25:32pushing the walls. It's already going like that. Yeah, I mean, this is a humongous tree. I would remove this
25:36one.
25:37I would totally get rid of it. Completely remove it. Yes. You know, it's, I'm surprised that it
25:42hasn't broken, you know, I mean, you have some cracks right here. That's what I was going to say.
25:44What about this one? We want to try and save one mango tree. Definitely want to take it away
25:49from the house. I would just clean it up, take this whole branch off right here, and then just lift
25:53it up a little bit. Yeah. This is definitely the biggest mango tree I've ever seen. Yeah. Oh yeah,
25:58it's big. That's guaranteed three trucks. What are we thinking that's going to cost us? I would say
26:03you're looking at about $20,000 about, you know, for everything. That is not what I thought.
26:09Yeah. That's insane, dude. I mean.
26:1520 grand. That's basically our entire landscape budget. It's more. That's more than our landscape
26:22budget. Because that doesn't even include us freshening up the actual what's left, you know. I know.
26:27This is just another huge hit to the never-ending money pit. How long do you think this will take?
26:33Maybe
26:33three days. Okay. Three or four days. Yeah. Okay. Do you think we can salvage any of the wood and
26:37mate for something? Of course. Of course. There's going to be a lot of thick, big branches. Yeah.
26:41This is a big job, so we can't start for three weeks. All right. Well, thanks for coming out. Yeah.
26:47I appreciate you, man. Yeah. Thank you, man. Appreciate it.
26:57So we're moving into what was originally supposed to be our final week, but cabs have officially
27:02arrived and are getting installed. And while that goes on at the house, Tris had an awesome idea
27:08for a special feature in our kitchen and our downstairs rec room. Today, we're headed out
27:14basically to North Shore to meet Joshua. He is a woodworker and we're on a mission. Look at this.
27:21This is the coolest. I mean, this is the mango house, so I feel like we need to incorporate mango.
27:29What's up, buddy? How's it, man? How are you? Good to see you. Yeah.
27:33One thing about mango wood is that it holds a ton of moisture. So we have all this mango wood,
27:39but it's going to take at least a year for this wood to cure. To dry out. And we just
27:44do not have
27:45that time. So we're looking to trade the mango tree wood that we're cutting down in the next week or
27:50two.
27:51And he gives us some finished mango wood. It's going to add a super unique design element and save us
27:57a lot of money, like $2,000. It's the good old-fashioned barter system. Yeah. I give you this,
28:04you give me that. So we're thinking a countertop for the wet bar that's downstairs and then a hood
28:11vent surround. So actually, I have some pieces over here that I think would be ideal. Oh, wow. Look at
28:16that.
28:17So you still have to use a lot of imagination. This is right off the mill, but when we put
28:22a little
28:22bit of water on it, it really shows you, it gives you a hint. Oh, what's going to be there.
28:25When we put
28:26the finish on. Oh, yeah. Look at that. How it's really going to come alive. Wow. Yeah, that's wild.
28:31It really just comes alive. Yeah. Yeah. And this, you can tell. So this is called compression curl.
28:37So there was a branch coming off here. And over the years, as that branch is swaying in the wind,
28:43the fibers break and then regrow. Wow. And it gives it that compression curl. All these trees
28:49have stories. It's telling a story. That's what I was going to say. I think this works for the
28:53event hood. Great. A hundred percent. Yeah. What do you think for a countertop?
28:57I have another one out here. Okay. Let's go. Let's go out there.
29:04This one. We've got the width. We've got the length. Right. Right. And already it's kind of
29:08giving us some hints. It's already giving countertop. About how cool it's going to be.
29:13I love it. Yeah. You can see that bit of curl right there. How amazing is that? Oh,
29:17I'm excited. Yeah. It's going to be so beautiful. I think so too.
29:28We are coming down to the wire here in Kymel Key. We have the last of our exterior
29:32tile getting installed and we have countertops and backsplash going in.
29:39And Joshua got our mango wood done a week early. So the crew is installing those as well.
29:54We've got one week left and it's all hands on deck. What's up, man?
29:58The tree guys are here today. And so is the furniture. I mean, these are the biggest mango
30:05trees that we have ever seen. Ever. They were hanging over not only our house,
30:10but the neighbor's houses as well. Yeah. And I'm super worried that they're going to cause some
30:15major damage. So we're here to make sure that doesn't happen. To increase our blood pressure.
30:20We got the whole crew, crane and all. This one got to go. And then this one just totally trimmed
30:26back.
30:27Yeah. We're going to play around it right across there, round it over there a little bit and clean
30:30it out real nice. Maybe do a light raising up. Right on. Let's go.
30:44We just finished putting a ton of money into this house and it was stressful. We spent a lot of
30:51money.
30:52We went over on a lot of things and now it's finally done.
30:56Oh my God. Any mishap and one of those tree branches could go right through our roof.
31:03Just equals damage. Yeah.
31:08Holy . Babe, you're freaking out. What the heck?
31:14Oh, bro. Just bushes. It's not a big thing. We're good. We're good.
31:19This is the one I'm terrified about. The one he's about to cut down.
31:23Oh, he's going to cut the rope. This is wild. Not only will the branch take out that whole
31:30side of the roof, he will also fall through it. Holy . Holy . Holy .
31:44That's crazy. Scare you guys? Yeah, that one got the blood pressure going for sure.
31:55Oh my gosh, babe. I don't know if I'll be watching any one tree. Yeah, I feel like maybe we
32:01don't hang
32:02around when they're cutting the trees down. No. I mean, I think these guys got it covered.
32:06Why don't we go in the house and get ready for furniture?
32:12It's just a bunch of little things, right? I mean, it's a lot of little things. It's always like that.
32:16Let's go.
32:19A moment for the Kalama oat. It looks so good laid down.
32:24The contrast is good. I mean, come on. I know.
32:38It's so good. It's a bomb diggity. It's not funny, but it is funny that you have to duck to
32:44see
32:44the view. Yeah. And it was here all along, just hidden. You feel good? I feel good. I think it's
32:51really cute. Yeah, this is a special one, babe. It feels really good. I agree. It feels really
32:55good in here. I hope that Sean likes it. Speaking of, looks like he's walking up right now.
33:04Yo! What's up, brother? How are you? Hello. Nice and beautiful day. How are you?
33:09Good. You still? Good, bro. Good, good, good, good. This ain't the same property.
33:13Just the whole picture is very, like, clean, real natural. I agree. Very inviting. It wasn't
33:21inviting before us, for sure. No. You couldn't even see the house. You couldn't even see the house
33:24when you walked up the street. It was just two massive mango trees. We removed this one and
33:28totally trimmed back that one. It really changes everything. The footprint of the house is exactly
33:34the same, but aside from that, everything changed. We did this accent, wood, dark tile look down below.
33:42I think it gives it that perfect pop. And then there's not a ton of it, but it makes such
33:46a big
33:47difference. Huge difference. I can imagine if it was just white. It's black. You know what I mean?
33:50It was just boring. You need that pop. Well, you want to go inside because it's hot out here.
33:54Looking forward to it. Let's go. I mean, we got to check it out.
33:58Ta-da! Oh my goodness. Look at this. It's not the same house. It's inside and out.
34:09Getting rid of that mango tree and now having all of this natural light flood into the space.
34:16That's all it needed. And you have, I mean, look at this view. You can't go wrong, dude.
34:19And it's the same square footage in this area. Same square footage.
34:22100% the same. What an illusion. That was my biggest worry.
34:24Who would have thought just cutting some trees makes this space feel so much bigger? It was all here.
34:30I mean, everything was closed off and now it's just light, bright, wide open.
34:36Oh, I love these dark floors. It feels good, right? It's awesome. Yeah.
34:39Going with a dark floor was kind of risky. Risky. You think it might make it feel smaller,
34:43but it didn't. It doesn't. Not at all. It gives it a cozy cottage kind of feel.
34:47Cozy cottage. Old Hawaii. Kaimoki is old Hawaii meets new Hawaii.
34:50Totally. Like kitchen. There's a big wall or something here.
34:54Well, this is where that peninsula came out. Got it.
34:56An insula came out and it had uppers. So it was all closed off. Right, right, full blocked off.
35:00But now it opens up to the living room and it feels so much bigger, so much brighter.
35:05Checks all the boxes. This wouldn't have been enough. No.
35:08This wouldn't have been enough. No, it wouldn't have been enough.
35:09I think we optimized what was better. For a small kitchen, look how much space you have, right?
35:13Right. Do you notice anything special about- That we've never done before?
35:18This kitchen. Hmm. I noticed that right when I walked in, it caught my eye. Yeah.
35:23Yeah. So it's mango wood. We took that mango tree that we cut down. We took it to a woodworker
35:29who already had like dried out mango wood and we traded. Yeah. Oh, awesome.
35:33And you know how important for us telling stories with the house, right? We try and make it easy for
35:39you to sell them, but these are the kinds of things you can say, right? It ties in really well.
35:43So now I can live on in the home, I feel like. A lot of thought put into this one,
35:47I can tell.
35:48Yeah. Yes. Yeah. Perfectly done. Now, if you turn and go down these stairs, all of this was just
35:54unfinished. What we did is we cut it up into two separate spaces, one bringing laundry inside the
36:02house now, and then we created an office. Yeah. I think you utilized it. It's interesting. Perfect.
36:07Well done. Love it. Yeah. So this is guest bath and two more bedrooms on this side. Oh, look at
36:14that
36:14tile. It's kind of like a modern retro. It's like bringing back that old classic. Yeah. He's
36:20freaking kind of key, right? Yeah. It's timeless. It's kind of key. It's so good. It's awesome.
36:27And then this room was always here when we staged it as a kid's room. And another bedroom at the
36:31end
36:32of the hall. Really nice. Last room upstairs. I'll let you go in first. The primary. Ooh. So
36:40obviously it was always here, but what wasn't here and I think is the biggest transformation
36:45is behind you. It's flowing right into the primary. The en suite. Gotta have an en suite. It flows really
36:50well. Yeah. The hall bath was long. Long ways. Oh, okay. And it went all the way back. So we
36:54changed
36:55the orientation of the bathrooms and then put two bathrooms side by side. We don't have a huge,
37:00huge space up here, but we've really maximized every inch of it and it feels a lot better and bigger
37:07now. Checks every box. We pretty much followed every rule of what people need. You know, the size,
37:12the bedroom count, those sinks, like all the details, but the design is unmatched. Yeah.
37:18We've seen most of the house, but we've left one of the probably biggest things out. We got more.
37:25We got more. We got more. When we bought it, there was that door in the garage that we couldn't
37:31get
37:31into. Being able to use whatever was behind it was super important for the selling of the house. So
37:38i'm super interested to hear what he thinks. Into your fully finished rec room. It's so inviting.
37:52It didn't have drywall. It didn't have lighting. It looked unfinished. All the windows were boarded
37:57up. 100% felt like a dungeon. Now it feels like almost like a whole nother house down here. Look
38:03at
38:03all the different sections. You got a dining room. You got living room, full size fridge.
38:08We carried the mango down here. Oh my goodness. This is cool, yeah? Good. I love this. Well,
38:14you're not done. Go in the bathroom. Carry the tile down here. Those tiles are growing on me. I know.
38:19They're so good. You don't feel like you're in a basement. Not at all. Like literal dungeon to
38:25done up. I love it. Do you love it? Love it. Well, this is it, bro. Yeah, that's it. That's
38:32all she wrote.
38:32You guys killed this one. But I think she wrote a good song here. Yeah, yeah. Well,
38:36let's go ahead to the front and then we can talk story about numbers.
38:39So did a little research around the area. Originally, based on comps and just looking
38:45at the activity, I was coming in closer to like our ARV 14 thinking. Yeah. Were we talking about ADU
38:52prior for this space or the reason why you didn't go that route? They don't allow ADUs in this area.
38:59Oh,
38:59I didn't know that. Because sewage system doesn't allow for it. Originally, I was thinking we were
39:05going to be able to sell it for like $144. That would have put us at like $70,000, which
39:11is below
39:12our normal buy box. Just with all of those things going wrong, we really need to sell this house fast.
39:20So the great news is, although you went through those setbacks, it's not uncommon. There's more
39:26that are not ADUs than ADUs. And even though this is considered a rec room, it can create separate income.
39:33So with that in mind, I'm feeling like instead of being at the $144 or $145, we talked about,
39:40I think $15, it would be a no brainer based on where the market is. I actually have a couple
39:45of
39:45interested buyers that are in this price point in the area. So I'm going to, I want to start showing
39:50early. Just call them over today. We're going to do some early marketing. If we can find that perfect
39:55buyer, it would turn this project around. Let's freaking go. Now the house is ready for a new
40:09family to come and live in it. But the project is really not done until the house is blessed.
40:18Aloha everybody. It feels good to be back in Kaimuki. And we absolutely love this house and love this
40:42area. It was really good. Hey, how are you? Good, how are you? You too. You get a 180 degree
40:51view.
40:52For that price point, it's like pretty amazing. We were super anxious coming into this open house,
40:59but Sean's strategy worked. All of the pre-marketing he did was excellent. And we ended up getting a
41:06offer above our list price of $1,490,000 at $1,510,000, which is going to help pull us
41:15out of the
41:15money pit. So to break it all down, we bought the house for $980,000 with overages of $13K. Our
41:23total
41:24renovation costs were $213,000. Our holding and selling costs were $230,000, making our total profit $87,000.
41:36I mean, especially with this house because of the mango trees and all of the issues with
41:42construction and it potentially being a money pit. Now knowing that a local couple is going to be able
41:49to enjoy this house, it really meets the mission and it feels really good. Yeah.
41:58Good boys.
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