Home Builder | Realtor | Investor 50+ homes built before age 28. I build homes and do real estate in the Carolinas. Owner of Alexander Realty & Construction.
Charlotte, NC
Joined August 2011
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Little bit about myself and my background. I’m a 28 year old licensed GC / real estate agent and I went to University of South Carolina. I have completed over 50 builds in the past five years. Always eager to learn and grow my business.
If it’s so cheap and easy just do it yourself or get multiple quotes.
Just got quoted $2,400 to paint a 23 by 13 foot living room.
The 4 gallons of paint it takes to do the job costs about $110 at Home Depot, or around $160 if you want Sherwin Williams.
This is not a particularly skilled job.
You went to trade school, not medical school.
You own a brush and a roller.
Stop ripping people off, contractors.
I’m realizing I have four bachelors next year and I’ll be golfing on all of them. What advice would you give to a man who doesn’t really golf / hasn’t golfed in years?
565k and can see the ocean?? Tell me what’s wrong with it. House needs to be renovated obviously but for 565k and views like that, that’s hard to beat.
It took me so long to learn this.
My mom wanted to add a shower to her bathroom so she got a contractor out for a quote. I told her beforehand its gonna be like 20-30k
Guy spends 2 hours at the house, probably another few hours at home doing the quote. Comes back at 30k and she's like nope way out of my budget
I'm like mom you wasted that guys whole day lol. She says it was a free quote, he offered to come out, she didn't make him do anything
Which is kinda fair tbh. He could've just asked on the phone "these usually run 25-30k is that in your budget" and saved himself 5 hours
Contractors need to stop giving away free time like this
Had some 7 foot spots in the corners. Mostly 3-5 feet around entire footing. I’m just glad we at least finally hit solid ground. These are the risks when you build a spec home.
Exterior painted. I love it. Our custom green color we created and urbane bronze. A timeless combo. Matches the brown metal roof and gutters perfectly.
Sometimes you see a build and just think wow. I’m a builder myself, but these guys are on another level. Hope to be building homes like this one day. Absolutely gorgeous home.
Been having trouble with an audio file and been trying to fix it manually with ChatGPT. Been working on it for over an hour with no progress. Muse fixed it in one minute. Wow.
Just a simple paint color in our new office. The lighting in here feels perfect now. Painting the trim and exterior today.
