In my last update to this series, I discussed the question of whether or not you’re handy and how that impacts your dreams of flipping houses. However, regardless of how handy you are, anyone flipping a house needs to have a rolodex, by which I mean a list of contractors, attorneys, etc. who can step in when […]
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House Flipping 101: Are you handy?
There are typically two types of people who want to flip houses – those who have (or believe they have) a lot of money lying around but don’t know much about construction or repair-work and those who are handy and can make a lot of repairs themselves but don’t have a ton of money. And […]
House Flipping 101: Do you have the capital?
I’ve been flipping houses for about five years now, and I can tell you from firsthand experience, it’s not a glorious task. Unlike the shows on TV, it’s difficult to make money flipping houses, and the stress involved along the way can be overwhelming. However, thanks to reality TV and, more recently, an optimistic economy, […]