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Updated almost 9 years ago on . Most recent reply

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Mark Smith
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$6k House?

Mark Smith
  • Schaghticoke, NY
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Let me begin with a bit of a disclaimer haha:  I am mostly interested in buy and hold, and know very very little about flipping.  Also, I know there is a negative connotation with super cheap properties.  Ok, disclaimer over.

I am currently closing on my first property, and I'm already trying to figure out how I can come up with the funds to purchase property #2.  Why not flip a house?  I know of a $6,000 house that needs a lot: complete heating system, all windows, not sure about the floors or plumbing, but for the sake of argument let's just say it needs a whole lot of stuff.  But even if I had to put $60k or $70k into it, then turn around and sell it for $125k...why wouldn't I want to do it?

So I suppose the question is, should I be afraid of a $6k house?  It is in an ok area, and I'm confident that I can get the work done.  Ignore the fact that I would be a first time flipper, I'm more focusing on the fact that the house is so inexpensive.  Too good to be true?

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