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How to Start a House Flipping Business – Brick-by-Brick

By Tarek El Moussa

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 in a terrible market, if you know what you’re doing. Without getting into as much detail as would be covered in a Success Path Education workshop, here are the basic steps for starting your own house flipping business.

Blog, Flipping Houses, Real Estate Business, Real Estate Investing 101

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Five Ridiculously Cheap Ways to Find Good Real Estate Deals

By Tarek El Moussa

The key to finding flips really is to find motivated seller leads, people who are ready to be out from under the burden of a property they can’t (or don’t want to) pay for any longer. Check out these great tips I use all the time when we’re on the hunt for great real estate deals.

Blog, Flipping Houses, Real Estate Business, real estate deals, Real Estate Investing 101, Real Estate Marketing

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6 Essential Questions You Must Ask Sellers to Find Out if Flipping Makes Sense as an Exit Strategy

By Tarek El Moussa

If you want to get serious about flipping houses for a living, you’re going to have to do some legwork, and that includes talking with sellers and determining whether or not a house is a good flip or not. As a real estate coach, I give a lot of advice on how to make this decision with as little wasted time as possible.

If you’ve already attended a Success Path preview workshop then you’ll already know some of our tips and techniques for finding houses that are under threat of foreclosure or short sale or that have been abandoned and could prove to be lucrative investments. But if you haven’t here’s a good primer on the essential questions you should ask any seller before purchasing a flip.

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Painting is part of rennovating a home when flipping.

How to Work with Home Improvement Contractors—3 Tips to Make Flipping Houses More Profitable

By Christina El Moussa

The term “flipping houses” is relatively new and not everyone understands what it means. Simply put, it means getting a house under contract, doing the repairs, and reselling it to a new owner as quickly as possible—for a profit. That means you can’t afford to waste time thinking about the design options too much or debating which kind of countertops to have installed. Time is money—your money. Which is why selecting the right contractors to work with is critical.

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