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After the auction of The Mold House we thought back and could have swore we heard the auctioneer say “Going once, twice, SOLD…mold included.” As you may remember why we aptly named this house we are of course dealing with the mold. Let’s check in to see how The Mold House is coming along.   This house […]

The Low Down The modern economy has a lot of individuals curious about making money from real estate. The sad truth is that most people have no clue about where to get started. If you have  been wondering what you can do to invest in the real estate market the right way, you should know […]

  Next on our Market Watch list is a smaller suburb right outside Boston.  Peabody, MA made Money Magazine’s Top 100 places to live in 2012, but just barely. Rounding out the 100 at the last place was not much to say, but hey at least they made the list. Peabody is located in the North Shore region of Massachusetts. A […]

In most areas around the country a whole home inspection will require a termite inspection. You hope all you have to pay for is the cost of the inspection. Termite control can become a costly expense  for your potential flip if problems go untreated for years. Unfortunately in the business of flipping houses with some not being […]

About a year ago, Trulia released their predictions on the best and worst markets for real estate in 2013. They rounded up 13 of the healthiest markets in the U.S. going into 2013, and 13 of the least-healthy markets. You might say it was a play on the year 2013 with listing the “Lucky 13 vs […]

The first thing people want to know when it comes to a bathroom are how many the house has. The second thing? If it has been updated. Bathrooms can be a huge selling point for your potential flip. Most houses are standard 2 to a normal sized family house. There is always an option to […]

  As 2013 started we saw a recovery with the real estate market start off as slow as a snail. But as the 2nd quarter started we started to see the new light of day. By the 3rd quarter we were seeing numbers the real estate market hadn’t seen since the 2008 crash. The fourth […]

Non-traditional/New Age In the first part of our series we talked about  traditional options for your countertops in your flip. In our second installation of countop talk, it is the less ordinary countertop we will discuss. A different countertop could be just the special thing you need to make your kitchen pop! Tile Modular and […]

  One of biggest questions for a flip is whether to replace or reface the cabinets in the kitchen. Replacing of course is removing the entire cabinet boxes and installing new ones. Refacing involves replacing only the doors of your cabinets instead of the entire cabinet box. Here we discuss the difference and how to […]

I am sure you remember the scene from the movie The Perfect Storm. In the climax of the movie, a rare combination of weather circumstances  converge to create a storm of immense power creating an event of unusual magnitude. Just like in the movie several factors are mounting as evidence that a perfect storm may be building for individuals […]