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Welcome to our next edition in the Flipping House Series, The Kid-Tastrophe House. Another foreclosure, this flip has some damage to deal with, not uncommon with this type of acquirement. The house got its name from all the kid stuff and presumably damage done by children. There was crayon scribbles on the wall, wall paper […]

It is that time of year again. The time when the husbands busy themselves out in the yard and the kids hide at the mention of two words: Spring Cleaning. No one loves to clean but it is a necessity for not only the cleanliness of your home but more often to help battle allergies […]

Florida was arguably one of the hardest hit area in the county by the mortgage crisis. We have seen many of the “Sand States” deal with the down turn but many are on their way back up. In our next issue of Market Watch we visit a city in Florida that has many experts calling […]

Every once in a while our team finds a home that will need a little extra work. Sometimes these extra work flips can turn out being big on their return. Our next home in our Flipping House Series did just that. This house was nick named The Dirt House because the flooring was gone and […]

One would think that Hollywood’s elite would have better things to do with their time than invest in real estate. Like maybe drive their $100,000 cars or walk their designer breed pooches. Why do they have to poke their noses in the flipping industry? Every day when our team is doing research on the industry […]

In our next post in our Flipping House Series, we will take a final look at The Wind Storm House. As mentioned in our first post on this house this flip is actually from a few years ago. We wanted to share this one though because of the insurance dealings we had with this one. Soon […]

If you think your think your home doesn’t need insurance while you are remodeling it, you are out of your flipping mind. If you are a REI, you will be surprised to know that you need to purchase a specific kind of insurance called “vacant home insurance” for the properties. Not only that, the insurance […]

Today’s post is all about success. We thought we can blog all day about how to be successful, what books to read, what we wish we knew before we started flipping houses etc. But what really motivates people to start a new endeavor? What is that one thing that that makes you commit to a […]

This issue of our Flipping House Series we take a final look at The Fire House. As you may remember or as the name obviously gives away, this house had suffered a fire a little while back. Through a wholesaler we found this deal after he had gutted the house, but then decided to sell […]

  So what area do people spend most of their time in their house? The BEDROOM of course! Studies show that an average person spends about 1/3 of their life in their bedroom…sleeping. You can bet when they are looking at your house, what the bedroom is like is something they will take note of. […]