FWIW, that's a knockout Mike. You should have stuck your screwdriver in there harder.

I've done that a couple times. Installers forget it because a lot of plumbers drain straight into the PVC drain.

:banghead: :cuss: Been there done that!

No, it wasn't.:)

I looked over the unit pretty well - even pulled it out (That is after I hit it several times fairly hard). The unit is cheaper and is plastic (Which is what I would have bought to replace a defective unit prior to sale). The plastic molding on both sides had no appearance whatsoever of knockout capability. Didn't take but a second to drill out with a spade bit though.

I've never seen one that wasn't a knockout. That's crazy.

It had me puzzled, that is for sure. 'Course, most of the disposals I have messed with were metal too.

You're a flipper? How long you been at it?
Some friends and I are setting up a small consortium of folks with capital, experience/resources in home repair, contacts in the RE market and financing expertise [or some mix thereof] to start up a flipping operation.
Wouldn't mind picking your brain as things progress.

After looking at Pastors pics, I wish I had taken before & after pics of the shit i've been doing. I've had a buddy that knows what he is doing help me do most of this crap which has been great. I've learned the biggest hurdle that I face (other than being generally awkward and not handy) is I do not have "the right tools for the job". It makes the projects go much smoother and easier..:)

Anyways, i'm planning on getting my Condo listed March 1st. This weekend we are installing baseboard & door trim in the kitchen and the bathroom. I'm hoping to find prefinished stuff in the color that I like so I don't have to mess with that. Of course, i've never installed trim, but I heard it wasn't too difficult.

Then, painting. The only painting that will be somewhat difficult will be in the living room, where we have high ceilings. I think i'll let the wife do that part.

Then, carpet. I'm going to go out and get a bunch of estimates this or next weekend, and get it as cheap as possible.

Finally, just need to fix a bunch of little things. At one time in my bedrooms, at least one outlet was wired to the switch on the wall where you could hook up a lamp and it would turn it on, since there are no fixtures in the ceiling (weird). If I could find a way to re-wire them so they would work again (they stopped working after I replaced the receptacles, go figure), that would be nice. I thought I had replaced them wire for wire, but maybe I did not get the right receptacles? Hell if I know. Anyways, thanks for the help in this thread. When we get a house i'm sure I will need alot more of it.

I'm at about the same point as you, actually. We're just laying the groundwork and hoping to do our first house this summer. I had posted last night asking for advice, telling people I was about to start a flipping business with another teacher for the summertime.

Must know. FHA loans not approved for properties owned by seller less than 90 days. Must provide additional valuation documentation 90-180 days.

http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2...f/03-10778.pdf

I've done a lot of projects that when they were through I was wishing I had taken pics before to look back on. Now I try to take pics on all the major projects. One thing I have wanted to do to but never seem to do is get the "During" pics of how work is progressing.

Alright, borrowed a tile saw from a friend and the pump is totally shot. The impeller keeps coming off the axis on which it should spin, meaning it takes about 5 minutes to fix for about 1 cut, meaning the thing needs a new pump.

Any kind of small aquatic pump should work, don't you all think? I should be able to just go to a pond/landscaping store or fish store? Or is there something I'm missing here.

I bought my last replacement pump at Ace. It was about $8. I'm guessing that's cheaper than what they'll sell them at a specialty shop or tile store.

Alright, cool. So it's something that a hardware store will have? Excellent. I'll head there after work. Hopefully they're generic, because I can't even tell what brand this tile saw is it's so beat up and old.

The floor guy I know who's saw I borrowed drops added a longer hose and puts his pump in a 5 gallon bucket of fresh water. When the tray under the saw gets full he dumps it and refils the bucket. He said it seems like a tad more trouble but the pumps last a lot longer that way.

That would make sense. The tray gets pretty nasty, and the filters on those pumps aren't exactly high tech.