Curb appeal is important to a home’s value, but that’s not the only reason it’s important. A house with good curb appeal will make you happy and proud every time you arrive back home after a long day at work. It’ll also help keep your relationships with your neighbors positive, especially if any of them are trying to sell their …
Want to know the best way to flip a house? The secret to getting the best and fastest results as you find and flip houses isn’t complicated at all, and it’s not expensive, either. In fact, it’s really simple and really cheap! If you didn’t know it already, curb appeal is everything when it comes to house flipping. When you’re …
A lot of crazy things can happen while you are flipping houses. For example we had a car get stolen in the middle of the day in front of one of our flips, while we were standing in the back driveway. That thief sure had some guts! I’ve had quite a few students ask me about that day, and whether …
We’ve seen some real adventures in flipping houses over the years. From chickens running around in the yard to black mold in the bathroom and everything in between. One of the properties that really sticks out in my head as one of our biggest mistakes, though, was a house that we went way overboard on. Whenever people ask me what …
When ever I fix and flip an investment property, I always go by a closing table checklist. By mentally (or physically) checking every thing I need to do before closing and everything I need to bring with me, I can ensure that I’m not going to get there unprepared and potentially lose a really great deal. So, what’s the Real …
If you’ve only watched a few episodes of Flip or Flop, you might be wondering how we find one flip house after another so fast. To be honest, we don’t. New real estate investors often think that you have to work on one project at a time so that you can see it through properly, from beginning to end. If …
When people think of flipping houses, they usually think about foreclosures and short sales. They also have a stereotype in their heads about the kinds of people who get foreclosed on and the kinds of properties they own. As a result, they completely miss an amazing market for flip houses that can really make their real estate investing dreams come …
Over the past few years, a lot of people have asked me how to start a house flipping business. After all, you probably already know that Christina and I started flipping houses after the housing bubble burst in one of the worst real estate markets in history. The thing is, it’s really not that hard to flip a house, even …
I love ugly houses! Really, it’s true. When you see the really crazy projects that we get on Flip or Flop, you probably think something like, “Tarek and Christina must be nuts to take that on!” Then, by the end of the episode, you see this amazing transformation from a real ugly duckling to a beautiful house that’ll make its …
If you’re new to real estate investing and you want to learn how to flip houses, you might think you have a long way to go. You might even think that it’ll be months if not years before you’re ready to start flipping. Well, stop right there. Believe it or not, Christina and I didn’t know everything when we started …