[Music] Hello hello hello welcome to another episode of Selling Greenville I am your host as always Stan McCune realtor here in Greenville South Carolina you guys know that you can find all my contact information in the show notes and you know I always ask you guys to leave this show a rating particularly a review we need more reviews if you could subscribe if you're not already subscribed that's great as well the more we get this out to people the better and and I just appreciate it anytime I see a new rating come in anytime one of you guys give me a review that's great and by the way if if I'm not on a platform that you use podcast for please let me know as well this podcast is on a lot of different platforms so search for selling Greenville if you're not sure if it's on yours but if it's not on yours let me know I'd love to to make sure that we're out there on all the platforms that we need to be today's show is going to be a simple show not a Greenville specific show but this is one that is something that is I don't know near to my heart something I've dealt with personally it's just me sharing a little bit of practical experience with you guys that I think will benefit anyone whether you are an investor whether you are not an investor this is just practical advice six everyday tools that are essential but but perhaps not that would first come to mind or in some of these instances these might be tools that you know are essential but you've not necessarily considered getting ones that are specifically the way I am going to describe them in here so I think that this will be a useful episode I'm hoping that everyone here's at least one tool on here that they haven't thought about in the past so we're just going to jump right in now whether you're a homeowner an an investor doing rehabs or whatever the case may be the most essential tool that anyone needs in their home is a leveler you cannot do anything hardly without a leveler that is the the most basic of tools and let me tell you one of the biggest mistakes that made when I first became a homeowner was I bought a leveler but it was one of those small little 6 or 8 in levelers you know the type that you put on a on a shelf to to make sure that it's level that helps in a lot of different ways but the game Cher for me the thing that really took my leveling game from Rookie to veteran to use Sports terminology was when I went out and bought a 4ot long leveler and I hated to do that it cost me way too much money in my opinion but let me tell you having a 4 foot leveler that is a game Cher you absolutely should not be without one of them and here's why it when you're hanging things or when you're leveling things it just allows you to do things on a completely different level than you could before if you're leveling things that have multiple places where you need to drill into the wall or whatever the case may be unless they're greater than 4 feet apart you're going to be able to to level that whole sucker out and be able to put marks where you need to put those things there are so many other practical times where I use a 4ot level I use it more often now than I do my small leveler that is the most basic tool that is the thing when I when I have first-time home buyers and they're asking me hey what should I get that is the first thing that I say to get and right up there with it actually all of these are are pretty equal everyone is going to need you'll obviously need a good drill I I didn't that's not one of the six things but you'll need a good drill but there are two accessories here to the drill that are on my list that really are are game changers the one is everyone needs drill bits right to to in order to drill into the wall or whatever the case may be you need to get titanidrill bits at the end of the day because nothing is worse and and it needs to be quality don't don't skimp on your drill bits get good quality titanidrill bits and here's why when you're drilling something if your drill bit breaks in half that can completely destroy the entire project set you back that that bit might get lodged in a stud that you need to be drilling into and now you've got a piece of metal in there that's going to be difficult to get out now you're down a drill bit that might be the precise size that you need so now you have to go out to the store and get more obviously titanican still break and quality drill bits can still break but you need to get the highest quality that you can that is not the place to to pinch pennies that is where you get quality you purchase quality just do it and thank me later now similar to that is your screwdriver drill bits right so not the not the drill bits that help you to to put a hole into the wall but the actual screwdriver drill bits that allow you to screw a screw into the wall or into a stud or whatever whatever the case may be you need to get the type of bit that is magnetic and and they what I have in my drill it's very simple it's just a an extension type of of piece that is inherently magnetic I put my screwdriver bits in there and it magnetizes the screwdriver bits so what happens now is when I put a screw onto there it stays it doesn't move around it doesn't fall very easily I mean it's it's it's magnetic and it's not a super strong magnet so it can still fall theoretically but at the end of the day it will stabilize the screw so much more than using a nonmagnetized bit it it makes such a tremendous difference it changes the way honestly the way you use the drill it it makes it a completely different process it saves you so much time trust me every time a screw falls to the ground you've just added I should say this you've taken away years from my life all right when when that screw falls to the ground particularly if you're like in a contorted position I've had this multiple times I'm in like a contorted position I'm like trying to trying to figure out how I'm going to you know how I'm going to get this get this screw in here and then the screw Falls falls to the ground and it's like now you have to get out of that position find the screw get you know if you can't find it get another one it's just so much FR so much frustration that it causes and having it magnetized makes such a tremendous difference and plus those ones like the one that I have it's a it's a quick it goes into I can't think of what it's called but it goes into the drill itself so you tighten the drill around around it and then you just pull down the hood of it and slide the bit into it and so it allows you to quickly interchange the bits as well so however you want to do it at the end of the day whether you want to get magnetized bits or whether you want to get one of those pieces that allows you to to to change any bits in and out easily and automatically magnetizes them the key is make sure that you've got some magnetic powers in your drill one way or the other in order to to make that a simpler process for you here's another one that was a bit counterintuitive to me for a very long time and now that I've had it it makes such a difference you need to get an expensive I'm sorry it's going to have to be expensive but a professional studfinder and what I mean by this is I don't mean the type of studfinder that just has one light that once you go over the stud it lights up I mean the type of a stud finder that has has a row of lights and I think if you search on Amazon for professional studfinder you'll find exactly what I'm talking about but it has a row of like 15 lights and so what happens is you can run it across the wall and it will actually light up just the lights where the stud is so you can see exactly how big the stud is where it is exactly what its position in the wall is and it if there are multiple studs right next to each other like if you're if you're getting near a a an opening or something like that where there might be you know multiple studs there you can see exactly where they are where they begin where they end if there's any gap between them and it just completely changes the way you're able to see Behind the Walls it is so essential I could never go back to the old school studfinder where you're just having to go you know go across the whole wall with just one light and try to try to figure out exactly what's there it's going to cost you a little bit more money again all these things are costing you a little bit more money than the standard tools but you won't regret it it will be exactly what you need in order to get the job done all right getting into a little bit the last two okay we've already gone through four the last two are a little bit more expensive but let me tell you they they are essential okay we we you can get by without some of these things but you shouldn't you should just go ahead and get these things the one is a mitol and when I say mitol I don't mean one of those small little 8 in miter Sals I mean you need a big mitera there will be times when this comes in handy if you're doing any type of handiwork at all around your house you have to have a saw right you're you're not going to get by without a saw go ahead and get a miter saw this allows you to cut at different angles and that is listen if you're ever doing trim if you're ever doing a gazillion different things you have to be able to cut at different angles and the mitera gives you the flexibility that you can use it at just a traditional 90° angle or you can do it at a 45 or a 30 or a 15 or whatever whatever you want and it gives you that flexibility and it but it's got to be big all right and and the reason why you want a big mitera if you're only ever cutting 2x4s a small mitol is fine but if you if you start getting into bigger boards two by 8s 2 by 10 your small miter saw is not going to be able to cut all the way through and guess what if you can only cut partially through a board that's not good that's like the worst caseen scenario cuz now you've got something that is partially cut through but there's no way to turn it around in order to cut through on the other side this just not the way it works unfortunately I there might be some miter saws that swivel all the way back and forth a full 180° if that's the case then you might be able to get by without having a really large one but it's still you're you're not going to be cutting as clean as if you have a large one that can just cut all the way straight through get yourself a large miter saw and you will use it it it won't be every day it's not going to be used as much as these other things I've mentioned but the times that you need it you will be so happy that you have it I promise you and sixth on my list last but not least this is going to be a quick podcast today Dremel tool also known as like a rotary tool rotary saw these are just little hand held saws that you can maneuver into tight spaces and used to do a lot of things they they have all kinds of attachments unlimited attachments Sanders different drilling attachments they're super flexible super handy they do so many different things and the versatility of them again this is a tool that you don't use every day but their versatility means that when when you need it it is clutch and it can it has so many different applications so many different ways that can be used that that's what then makes it to me an essential part of your tool kit because it can help to make up perhaps for some of of the other tools that you might not have and I use my Dremel tool several times a year and every time I'm like man I am so happy that I have this I just used it this past week on something I was doing and every time I'm just reminded this tool was an expensive tool to only use a few times a year but the few times a year I need it I need it like and there's not a whole lot else that could work in the place of it I had to use it earlier this year I was working I was refinishing my deck and I was replacing some boards on my deck and listen just having that Dremel tool to be able to to do some different things on my deck and to and to have the flexibility to take that wherever it was super crucial and by the way make sure that just go ahead and get one that's corded don't get a one that's battery powered you you need the full power you need the full electrical power don't get one that's that's on a battery you don't want that use the corded and that's just my personal opinion get an extension cord and this is a little freebie I won't I won't put this I won't necessarily say that this is my seventh on the list but since I mentioned it long you need a long extension cord somewhere at some point you will need a long extension cord I've got a 100 foot extension cord that that I have wound up on a on a Winder for lack of a better word that is designed exactly for extension cords there are so many times where that comes in handy for me as well make sure that you don't neglect that having to string together extension cords is dangerous and not fun don't bother yourself with that so that's it for today's episode those are some tools that will help you with whatever you're doing you need to invest in those things all right take my word for it pay a little bit extra money to get those things versus whatever the the cheaper options it was that you were using but that's it for today's episode I hope you guys enjoyed it as you know my contact information is in the show notes right reviews subscribe to the show now you know what tools you need in order to be an expert home rehabber an expert honeydew list person whatever the case may be so let's go out this week motivated and get some projects done [Music]