If you are looking for fixer upper houses I have a trade secret. Do you know how to determine the approximate age of houses?
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Use the toilet!
Next time you are previewing fixer uppers with your Realtor, excuse yourself to the bathroom, remove the toilet tank lid and flip it over.
Assuming you are looking at the original commode, an imprinted date stamp should reveal the approximate year the house was built.
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Sometimes you need alternate methods for fixer upper houses because after 20 years, you can assume the toilet has been replaced. So I asked real estate agents for their favorite way to determine the age of houses. Here is what they told me.
Realtors determine the age of fixer upper houses by comparing:
Contractors have been known in certain regions to leave behind a charcoal scribble of year built behind plaster. Please don't even think about pulling down walls to search for the smudged date!
Now that you know the secret about toilets and fixer upper houses, go to Private Money Lenders because rural properties need special consideration.
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