| Cabinets can make or break a kitchen. Countless | | | | will you need to pay for replacement costs, but |
| hours of research, many trips to the store, phone | | | | freight also. Sometimes In-Stock can be an even |
| calls and appointments with the professionals have all | | | | exchange or even get a full refund if the difference |
| yielded valuable information that I will share with you | | | | is in your favor. |
| here today. This information alone could possibly save | | | | Lowes has a nice maple, raised panel cabinet on the |
| you hours upon hours, even weeks or months of | | | | shelf and comes already assembled and is the best |
| research, which is about the amount of time it took | | | | value in my opinion. They are not the quality of the |
| me to gather. I know for the busy real estate | | | | Contractor's Warehouse cabinets mentioned in Part II |
| investor, time is money, so consider this my gift to | | | | of this article but you can't beat the price and the |
| you. | | | | fact that they are in stock is a must. |
| Unless you have a strange configuration that would | | | | Contractor's warehouse on the other hand, is one of |
| require going with custom cabinets, I would strongly | | | | the best in stock resources for a better quality |
| suggest only using In-Stock cabinets and here's why. | | | | cabinet and I love the increased options of things like |
| Say you order a non-stocked, 4-6 week lead time | | | | spice racks and decorative details. They even stock |
| cabinet and after they arrive you discover that either | | | | the crown molding if you are using it which I would |
| you have measured wrong or they shipped the | | | | highly suggest in giving a finished look to your kitchen |
| incorrect item. Either way, you will have to wait for | | | | project. They offer a beautiful maple, white and an |
| the replacement to come in. Not only will this eat | | | | awesome higher end cherry wood product straight |
| heavily into your timeline but you can bet that if the | | | | off the shelf. This is more of a do it yourself place |
| error was your fault the vendor may take the full | | | | so don't count on the service you might get at some |
| 4-6 weeks to process and reorder. | | | | of the big box stores. You will have to figure out |
| The delays only help to make the problems snowball | | | | your needs and make sure, if you do have to return |
| because the completion of the other items namely, | | | | something, that is hasn't been touched, meaning |
| the counter-tops, are dependent first on the | | | | installed. They are not quite as easy to work with as |
| completion of the cabinets. You cannot even | | | | the other larger stores but the products offered are |
| measure for countertops until the cabinets are in and | | | | exceptional in certainly most, but not all, cases. |
| placed. If you will be using tile, you can figure supplies | | | | Home depot offers an In-Stock product as well but it |
| mathematically, but in the case of solid surface tops | | | | comes KD (knocked down) so I avoid altogether. If |
| like Corion, granite, quartz and the like you must have | | | | you are super handy and plan on doing it yourself go |
| your cabinets placed and set before they will even | | | | for it since the price point is a fair amount less than |
| measure, much less start the order. These are the | | | | all the other options but the time it takes to |
| kinds of problems you don't want to deal with so, I | | | | assemble eats into my precious timeline for the |
| have found that using only In-Stock products helps | | | | completion of my project so this for me is not even |
| to eliminate the problem. | | | | an option. One thing that inherently seems to happen |
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| Since 1995 SEO/SEM tools, training, and professional | | | | holes don't line up. They are Mickey Mouse and seem |
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| affordable rates. | | | | Read Part II of this article for The Real Bonus. |
| Another great reason to go with stocked product is | | | | Hope this information was helpful and remember, that |
| that many times the goof ups (incorrectly ordered | | | | when you ask someone who knows, you save |
| cabinets) can be returned for full value and another | | | | yourself countless hours of research and time. Our |
| picked up in its place, regardless, of whose fault it | | | | aim is to help you discover powerful lessons learned |
| was. This amounts to a huge savings if you compare | | | | from real estate investing nightmares that will make |
| In-Stock goofs only cost you time whereas, special | | | | you a fortune. |
| order goofs can cost you big money as well. Not only | | | | |