CityView Magazine - Fayetteville, NC
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64 | May/June • 2014 two car garages. "You can sell these at a great price. It's hard to sell a house without a garage in this market," Stout maintained. Since Croegart has only truly "flipped homes" in the last year, he is not focused on any particular part of town. "I've worked on homes in Haymount, Briarwood and currently Ashton Forest off Hope Mills Road." Fix iT Both gentlemen are actively en- gaged in the flipping process, but be- cause Croegart manages residential properties and Stout has other pro- jects going on like commercial reno- vations, some of the work like floor- ing and painting is completed by their respective crews. "My volume has grown. So I have to have crews I can call," said Stout. Croegart relies on a husband and wife team to paint the interior and exterior and believes in giving local people the work. He ex- plained, "I do all the finishing details. I put up the blinds, choose colors for the walls." Croegart and Stout are avid fans of home improvement shows for en- tertainment, but also to learn what current trends are in décor. Stout and his crew "stage" the homes. Usually, because he sells to predominantly military, the buyers will keep the mir- rors and other home accessories used in staging, making the transition easier. He explained, "ey just need to back their U-Haul in and move the furniture inside. ey're keeping the mirrors, the stuff in the kid's room. I offer a complete package." Stout con- tinued, "I would say that I love the design aspect. Building products and the industry are constantly evolving. Design trends change. Like it was the dark cabinets, now it's the white. Chrome is coming back. I like to keep my finger on the pulse." At times it can be extremely chal- lenging to do what needs to be done to a home for it to be ready to sell. For example, Croegart's first house flip was in Haymount and belonged to a smoker of 60 years. "at house was "i do all the finishing details. i put up the blinds, choose colors for the walls." – Rich Croegart Photographs by Byron Jones BEFORE AFTER