When you think of some of the really great real estate deals that you’ve missed out on in your career so far, it’s tempting to blame bad luck. You weren’t lucky enough to be the first person to make an offer. It was just bad luck that you couldn’t get the cash together in time to make it happen. It’s just … Read More
4 Tips for Investing in Real Estate When “I Don’t Have the Time!”
Tarek and I love spending time with our kids and watching them grow up into unique and intelligent little people, but having two kids is a lot more time-consuming than having just one. Over the past few months, I’ve been really glad to have a career in real estate investing instead of any number of other careers. With house flipping, … Read More
3 Customer Service Secrets That Can Help Any Flipper
When you think of real estate investing, customer service might not be the first thing that comes to mind. In fact, it might be close to the last! However, you might be surprised at a few of the many ways that great customer service can help you get ahead in house flipping. By using some of the same strategies that … Read More
How to Get Involved with Your Community to Improve Your Business
When people ask me what the best thing about house flipping is, I sometimes have a hard time answering. It’s not that I can’t think of anything—it’s that there’s so much to love about this business. From spending more time with the kids to feeling like we accomplish something with our work, I really feel like I could not have … Read More
3 Ways Successful Real Estate Investors Think Differently
If you’re like a lot of the new real estate investors that Christina and I have coached over the past few years, then you’ve probably already done your research and you know on some level what it takes to start making money flipping houses. But if you’re being honest with yourself, you just aren’t sure if you want to take … Read More
3 Ways to Do More with Less Stress
When I first started designing the renovations for our fix-and-flip houses, I would get really overwhelmed with how much there was to do. I’d walk into a disgusting house that was falling down around my shoulders, and I’d think, “Oh my god, there’s so much to do… Where do I even start?” When I actually got started, though, and I … Read More
What is the Number One Piece of Advice You Would Give to Someone Looking to Get Into House Flipping?
I think it’s a common belief among many people that house flipping is a “get rich quick” scheme, but really it’s quite the opposite. Tarek and I have spent many years flipping houses, and it took a lot of effort, time and patience to get to where we are today. When we first started flipping, we really didn’t know what … Read More
Do I Need a Business License to Begin Flipping Houses?
A lot of new house flippers tend to be confused about business licenses, but for good reason. The world of business can be overwhelming, especially when you aren’t sure what direction you are supposed to be going in. Consider this. Are you planning on flipping one or two houses a year while still holding on to your full-time job? Or … Read More
How Much Risk is Involved in the Business of Flipping Houses?
THE BUSINESS OF FLIPPING HOUSES As with any form of investing, there will always be some type of risk involved and house flipping is no different. In the business of flipping houses, you are generally working with tens and hundreds of thousands of dollars. As you can imagine, this can be pretty risky if you don’t know what you are … Read More
(INFOGRAPHIC) The Path to Success in Real Estate Investing
As much as we would all like it to be, the path to real estate investing success isn’t quite a walk in the park. Real estate investing requires a great deal of dedication and patience. You will have to learn to overcome failure, and you will have to put in A LOT of time and hard work. Even though it … Read More
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