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Flipping homes is a common real estate investing strategy. Learn more tactics and strategies here.

Nov 29, 2009Mar 16, 2021 Justin Pierce

12 Improvements That Didn’t Pay: Learn From These Rehab Mistakes

Two weeks ago I wrote a warning about over-improving and last week I told you about a house that I over-improved. I went long last week and I didn’t get…

Nov 15, 2009Jun 17, 2024 Justin Pierce

Rehabbers: Know the Warning Signs of Over-Improvement

Rehabbing or flipping is almost 100% art. There are very few hard and fast rules. The goal, like in any business, is to maximize profit. Many times I have quoted…

Oct 18, 2009Mar 16, 2021 Justin Pierce

5 Steps to Calculating the Purchase Price for a Rehab Property

Knowing what to pay for a home is critical in the rehabbing game. I’ve come up with my own method for determining my purchase price for a property. While I…

Sep 13, 2009Mar 16, 2021 Justin Pierce

Rehabbers! Know ALL the Costs to Flip that House

Every once in a while I catch an episode of Flip this House; I have to admit, it is entertaining and it does show the drama involved in fixing up…

Nov 29, 2008Jun 11, 2021 Rob K. Blake

Hard Money Buying Worksheet

I have the worksheet I use of a ‘quick and dirty’ hard money purchase analysis and I thought I’d share it with you…download here! First if you don’t know much…

Feb 05, 2008Mar 16, 2021 Richard Warren

How to Get Started In Rehab Real Estate

You want to rehab houses, but where do you start? We see the fix-and-flip “reality” shows that, somehow, manage to have no basis in reality. How hard can it be…