Our real estate agent told us that if we wanted to ask the sellers to pay for the repairs and upgrades to the house before we bought it, then we needed to have some contractors come in and give us estimates of what it would all cost.

I was excited to think that we may be able to have all of the work done prior to moving in and it would not cost us anything. My husband told me not to get my hopes up, because we had not gotten the sellers to agree to anything yet.

The first thing I did was to contact a Minnesota remodeling company to have them meet us at the house and look at the two bathrooms that were in need of some serious updating. I told the Minnesota remodeling company that I wanted the pink tub and shower gone and replaced with something a little more modern.

The next call was to a Minnesota deck company to have them give us a bid on redoing some of the cracked and broken deck boards on the side and back decks. This bid was not as high as I thought it would be which was good. Now, we need to submit these to the sellers and see if they are willing to deal with us or not.