Flipping Houses For Dummies
Chapter One
Wrapping Your Brain Around
the Idea of House Flipping
In This Chapter
* Understanding the concept and challenges of flipping
* Flipping the right way - legally and ethically
* Developing a winning strategy and the right connections
* Surveying money matters and savvy renovations
* Marketing and staging a house properly to maximize your profit
Flipping sounds easy. You can flip a pancake. You can flip a coin. Without
too much effort, you can even flip out. Flipping a house, on the other
hand, requires a level of knowledge, expertise, and sticktoitism unrivaled
by any of these mindless tasks. It requires access to cash, and lots of it. It
demands time, energy, vision, attention to detail, and the ability and desire to
network with everyone from buyers and sellers to real estate professionals,
contractors, and lenders.
In this chapter, I offer a broad overview of what flipping houses is all about. I
introduce the overall strategy of flipping houses - buy low, renovate, and sel ... read full excerpt from Flipping Houses For Dummies ebook
