Part Time REI

In 1993, Zima was thrust upon the country as “Zomething Different.”  Coors introduced the beverage to fill the previously unknown void between beer and wine coolers.  Turns out that drinkers of beer and wine coolers actually preferred their respective products and have no desire to mix the two.   Zima was mercifully discontinued in 2008.  Other than the public shame of those who ordered […]

Let’s take a look at the progress on The Waterfall House. If you remember this house had basically 3 big problems in addition to your basic rehabbing; painting, new carpet, etc. The first problem we tackled was the plumbing bursting.  We are repairing the broken plumbing, removing all the damage, and replacing everything.    2. Since […]

    What keeps you up at night? Is it the second mortgage on your home? How you will pay for your kids’ college? Do you think, if only I had a supplemental income, then I could worry less. These are exactly the questions that led us to start blogging about investing in real estate […]

Since we posted our blog about flipping houses in the news there has been even more buzz about rehabbing. Enough that we felt some of the more newsworthly stories deserved a second glance.  It seems every day there is a new list of the “Top 5 Hottest Markets For Flipping Houses”.   Here’s a few […]

The nick name for our next house might get you thinking you are about to hear a horror story. With all the terrors you hear from veteran house flippers about mold infested foreclosures, sinking foundations, and roofs caving in…  But every now and then we get lucky. Here we found a little diamond in the […]

From HGTV to CNN, network line-ups and newscasts are filled with stories of real estate investors and their success stories.  If you’ve ever watched the shows, “Flip This House” or “Flip That House” then you know what we are talking about. Flipping houses involves buying a property, renovating it and then reselling the home.  When […]

Fire-Damaged? Great! Structural Issue? No problem.  Mold?  Mmmm….Smells like money!  Most of the time, distressed properties and your run of the mill “ugly” or “dated” houses are hot pickings when flipping houses.  But there are properties out there that you should avoid at all costs.  Here are 8 properties that make our list of houses not to […]

    Time is money!  While cliche, this statement is absolutely true when investing in real estate and, doubly so if you are investing on a part-time basis.  So how can you make sure that you are not overspending your time and money when flipping houses?  Having good systems is critical. One of the more […]

  If you are a Doomsday Prepper and have been living in a shelter since the Mayan Apocalypse, you may not realize that the above-ground real estate market is back.  The rest of us have once again been inundated with news articles and TV shows about flipping houses.  From HGTV to CNN, the airwaves are […]

  I am sure most of you remember that show that gave us Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis, you know That 70’s Show?   Well, our next project in our flipping houses series could have been the Forman’s neighbors. That 70’s House was purchased from an individual as an Estate sale with the intent of flipping […]