All Forum Posts by: George Searcy

Wow these are all great suggestions, thank you. We'll need to sit down and consider our options, since I doubt we'll  be able to do everything suggested here all at once. I'll let you all know what we decide and how it works. As always any more suggestions are greatly appreciated. Still a lot to learn here. Thanks!

Hello,

My dad and I are looking to start flipping homes in North Dallas (Plano, Murphy, Wylie, Sachse). Currently it's a sellers market, and houses sell quickly for too much to be able to repair and sell at the ARV. We've visited a number of what we've kindly called failed flips, where it was obvious the investor spent to much on the house, couldn't afford to fix up the house to look good (didn't get rid of the cat pee smell, no pads under carpets, etc) and are now asking for $20K over market value. We would very much like to avoid this.

We've looked into a number of strategies for finding houses. (real-estate agents, HUD homes, REOs, short sells, etc.) but it comes down to the asking price is too much, or it's under contract and the price is being pushed up. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated, since we would like to get a home before the first of November.

Thanks in advance,

Ron