What do you do when business gets complicated - not for the faint of heart Part of the project management process is risk analysis...

What to do when business gets complicated - not for the faint-hearted

Part of a project management process is risk analysis and hedging, before we start a project we must understand the numbers in absolute terms.

1. Purchase price of the property

2. Renovation cost

3. Sale price of the property

In order for us to understand the selling price in an absolute way, we must understand the area, understand the differences between the streets, and know how much our property will sell.

I must before deciding whether to purchase the property for renovation, understand the numbers and build a business plan that will leave me enough profit in the event of unexpected failures.

In one of our projects, after the work started, we received a notice of code enforcement from the municipality.

For further work, the municipality demanded to receive the renovation plans, and each stage of the renovation must be signed and approved by a licensed contractor, meaning we need a general contractor with a license, a plumbing contractor with a license, an electrical contractor with a license and a heating / cooling contractor with a license.

A contractor we work with is a general contractor with a license but now we need subcontractors, and suddenly the cost of renovation jumps from $ 70 to $ 115, which means that the profit has gone…

so what are we doing….

I consulted with the contractor, with the agent, and started interviewing other subcontractors, at the end of the process, I was able to lower about $ 15 in renovation costs by replacing subcontractors, but still, I was in excess of $ 30 after the cut.

At that point, I realized that I needed to find one contractor to answer everything - one mam show, a contractor that would give me a full shell, and save costs and I would not compromise on the quality of the renovation.

Again, I interviewed contractors until I found a contractor whose cost of renovation was $ 80.

With a deviation of $ 10 I can live, when I built the business plan, I left enough space for Balatam and so I also came out with a profit from the deal.

In other cases, we have identified problems with structures and foundations, and the cost of additions must be taken into account (all properties sold as is or auctions do not always meet all the renovation costs).

Even fundamental problems that at first glance seemed like the repair could cost thousands of dollars, if a correct analysis and understanding of the problem, I brought in other professionals who offered, a test by a highly experienced project manager together with a local contractor could find a cheaper solution than the initial cost the contractor offered, instead $ 15 repair, the cost of repair was only $ 2000.

It is important to examine each case on its own, not to accept the explanation of the contractor or of such or other professional for granted.