{"id":131,"date":"2026-10-01T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rhondamusch.com\/blog\/?p=131"},"modified":"2026-10-01T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T09:00:00","slug":"buying-a-fixer-upper-how-homebuyers-and-investors-can-make-the-numbers-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rhondamusch.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/01\/buying-a-fixer-upper-how-homebuyers-and-investors-can-make-the-numbers-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Buying a Fixer-Upper: How Homebuyers and Investors Can Make the Numbers Work"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>Fixer-uppers offer lower prices and less competition, appealing to owner-occupants and investors willing to renovate. Success depends on careful budgeting, including purchase, renovation, financing, and carrying costs. Key inspections should focus on major systems. Financing options vary by buyer type, with renovation loans available. Location impacts affordability and demand. A successful project requires realistic expectations, financial reserves, and a solid team.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mortgageresearch.com\/articles\/how-to-evaluate-a-fixer-upper\/\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fixer-uppers offer lower prices and less competition, appealing to owner-occupants and investors willing to renovate. Success depends on careful budgeting, including purchase, renovation, financing, and carrying costs. Key inspections should focus on major systems. Financing options vary by buyer type, with renovation loans available. Location impacts affordability and demand. A successful project requires realistic expectations, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":132,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rhondamusch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rhondamusch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rhondamusch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rhondamusch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.rhondamusch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":135,"href":"https:\/\/www.rhondamusch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131\/revisions\/135"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rhondamusch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rhondamusch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rhondamusch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rhondamusch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}