I’ve been in the real estate business for almost three years now and have completed five deals: one buy-and-hold long-term rental, one short-term rental, and three fix-and-flip projects, for which I helped raise capital.

Make sure they've done flip deals themselves so they can help guide you through parts that you might miss.

Where you hoping to flip or keep for passive gain? 

In Los Angeles at least I see a lot of flips with no permits.

I see too many new investors want to house hack, but also brrrr, but also flip, and maybe an air bnb in there too.

At the end of the day vet these lead gen sites/companies on a short-term basis, then flip to something else if the leads are not working while having the right expectations.

I watched my parents flip houses since I was little and have always been on job sites or made "pocket money" by doing chores like painting fences or washing kitchen cabinets, which I realize now my parents were putting us to work to build that sweat equity.

Hey, hive mind.I'm a flipper who's not having a great time flipping.

We recently had a flip where the membrane over the garage was leaking on the north edge, water migrated back about 15' before finding an opening in the decking and dropping through to an interior hallway.

Investment Info:Single-family residence fix & flip investment.